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Title: B-10 information
Post by: frank3 on January 12, 2004, 10:57:32 AM: I would like some information about the B-10 bomber, since it has flown for the Dutch aircommand in WWII.

Can anyone supply me with as many information possible about this fabulous aircraft?

Thanks in advance.

Frank
Title: B-10 information
Post by: Arlo on January 12, 2004, 12:32:29 PM: Super easy search engine topic. Just typed in "B-10 bomber" and all sorts of stuff comes up.

(http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/early_years/ey13a.jpg)

The B-10, the first of the "modern-day" all-metal monoplane bombers to be produced in quantity, featured such innovations as internal bomb storage, retractable landing gear, a rotating gun turret, and enclosed cockpits. It was so advanced in design that it was 50% faster than its contemporary biplane bombers and as fast as most of the fighters. When the Air Corps ordered 121 B-10s in the 1933-1936 period, it was the largest procurement of bomber aircraft since WW I. It also ordered 32 B-10 type bombers with Pratt and Whitney rather than Wright engines and designated these B-12s.

General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold once called the B-10 the air power wonder of its day. In 1934, he led ten B-10s on a 8,290 mile flight from Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks, Alaska and back. Although Air Corps B-10s and B-12s were replaced by B-17s and B-18s in the late 1930s, China and the Netherlands flew export versions in combat against Japan.

The aircraft on display is painted as a B-10 used in the 1934 Alaskan Flight. The only remaining B-10 known, it was an export version sold to Argentina in 1938. Donated by the Government of Argentina to the U.S. Government for the Air Force Museum in 1970, it was restored by the 96th Maintenance Squadron. (Mobile), Air Force Reserve, at Kelly AFB, Texas, in 1973-76.

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 70 ft. 6 in.
Length: 44 ft. 9 in.
Height: 15 ft. 5 in.
Weight: 14,700 lbs. loaded
Armament: Three .30-cal. machine guns, 2,200 lbs. of bombs
Engine: Two Wright R-1820's of 775 hp. each
Cost: $55,000

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 215 mph.
Cruising speed: 183 mph.
Range: 1,370 miles
Service Ceiling: 24,000 ft.

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http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/early_years/ey13a.htm

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Title: B-10 information
Post by: frank3 on January 12, 2004, 02:42:23 PM: Great info/pics Arlo! Tnx!

Do you guys think it would be suited for AH? Or is it too old?
Title: B-10 information
Post by: hawker238 on January 12, 2004, 03:41:36 PM: Why take that when you could have a BUFF?

Throwback?
Title: B-10 information
Post by: Nod on January 12, 2004, 04:27:43 PM: Bolo
Title: B-10 information
Post by: Staga on January 12, 2004, 04:38:22 PM: It's so ugly it had to be French design.
Title: B-10 information
Post by: Arlo on January 12, 2004, 05:11:32 PM: Quote
Originally posted by frank3
Great info/pics Arlo! Tnx!

Do you guys think it would be suited for AH? Or is it too old?

Hell, Frank ... surely you've seen my ongoing campaign for the modeling of Spanish Civil War aircraft for Aces High. I'm tellin ya'll ... it would be furball heaven. And it would have buffs that are, for the most part, faster than the fighters ... so maybe a buff driver playground as well.

Hehe

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Title: B-10 information
Post by: Reaper5 on January 15, 2004, 02:08:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by hawker238
Why take that when you could have a BUFF?

Throwback?

Yeah, there are a few planes already in AH that are early war models, and far outclassed by other late war planes. They're there for the historical battles, nastalgia and I guess a personal challenge.
Title: B-10 information
Post by: frank3 on January 16, 2004, 10:54:41 AM: Well with a topspeed of 230 mph, it would be hard to be shot by planes like the hurricane etc. it would really be fun to see it in AH :)