Aircraft pics

[JChlupsa]

OK so someone tell me what this is and whats its out of

[ANDY M]

JATO from a B-47?

[JChlupsa]

Nope

[427TJ]

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JATO from a B-47?

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Here's what a JATO takeoff of a B-47 looked like.



JATO = Jet Assisted Take Off. The 47 would accelerate up to about 100 knots, fire the aft-mounted JATO system, and lift-off into a steep (for those days) initial climb. The JATO system expired at about 2000 feet altitude and the bomber continued under its own power. The JATO system helped the B-47 get off the ground at high gross weights or from short runways. I think the Boeing B-47 was the only operational USAF aircraft to use the JATO system. Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

[L89DRMR]

X-1 Rocket Engine?

Dave

[427TJ]

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X-1 Rocket Engine?

Dave

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Looks like you nailed it Dave!

[L89DRMR]

Thanks! Once I saw the number of chambers, I remembered back to when I read Yeager's book a few years ago.

Dave

[nuch_ss396]

I have this problem with Hornets around my house

F-18 Hornets that is

Hornet buzzing around

Nuch

[nuch_ss396]

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OK so someone tell me what this is and whats its out of



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I know Jeff! That is the insides of my new Electrolux vacuum

Nuch

[nuch_ss396]

If there are four thrust nozzles there, I would have to guess
that it is out of an early X-plane varient.

Nuch