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Title: B-29 Turrets
Post by: metronom on April 28, 2002, 10:46:22 AM

Hi folks,

hope to adress some of you guys who knows something more tehnical arround the B-29.
I read that this bomber have remote controled turrets. How do they work? And how the operator aim with  such a gun?

metro

Title: Re:
Post by: Sleight on April 28, 2002, 11:49:26 AM

There were two spotter stations on the B-29, one top and one bottom. I believe that the controls for the turrets were wired to the spotter stations.

Title: B-29 Turrets
Post by: Dr Zhivago on April 28, 2002, 11:52:12 AM

B-29 got four remote control gun turrets and they were aimed from side, dorsal and bottom blisters. Pick is showing gunner and the remote gun computing sight. :)

B-29 Superfortress - Side Blisters (http://www.heavybombers.com/b-29details-blister.asp)

(http://www.heavybombers.com/aircraft/details/superfortress/b29-controller2.jpg)
(http://www.heavybombers.com/aircraft/details/superfortress/b29-controller.jpg)

Title: B-29 Turrets
Post by: brady on April 28, 2002, 01:25:10 PM

I actualy got to sit at one of those stations, althought it was the one the bombader used, It was in FiFi at an airshow, acording to the B 29 vet giving the tour,the sight was coupled to a computer located in the back of the plane the computer did all the math, so what you did was aim the sight at the target and adjust a couple bars in the reflector sight to bracket your target this would establish the range and the computer would autamaticaly provide the right amount of lead on the target.