Xb-35 USAF Flying Wing
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Manufacturer: CyberHobby
Stock Number: CHC 2017
Scale: 1/200
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You pay: $20.89
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Manufacturer: CyberHobby
Stock Number: CHC 2017
Scale: 1/200
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This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.
Features:
It was a radical design in that it was a 52.2m-wide flying wing that eliminated the need for a tail and fuselage. The bomb payload was carried inside the single thick wing, and such a design had the potential to dispense with structural weight and drag. Crewed by nine personnel, the aircraft was to have a 10,000-mile range whilst carrying a 10,000lb load. Design work began in earnest in 1942, and two XB-35 craft were built to pre-production stage. The flying-wing design could not use a traditional rudder, so flaps on the trailing wingtip edges performed this function. Powered by two radial engines, the XB-35's maiden flight occurred in June 1946. By this time the war was over and the USSR was the new enemy. The USAF subsequently cancelled the program and the two XB-35s were scrapped in 1949.
Cyber-Hobby has produced a plastic kit of the XB-35 in scale 1/200. The model assembles with consummate ease thanks to clever engineering and the use of high-tech molding technology. The propeller engines on the rear of the flying wings are reproduced in sophisticated detail. The propellers themselves are made true to scale. The experimental XB-35 was an innovative aircraft design, and Cyber-Hobby has done an extraordinarily good job of rendering it in 1/200 scale for the benefit of modelers.
- Newly tooled contra-rotating propellers rendered w/fine detail
- Full-span wing w/intricate detail
- Conventional propellers can be optionally assembled
- Authentic radical XB-35 flying wing
- Y-shaped antenna subtly reproduced
- Delicate cockpit interior details including pilot's seat
- Landing gear can be assembled in either flying or taxiing modes
- Well-designed and well-detailed air intakes
- Landing gear rendered with intricate detail
- Landing gear produced in separate parts
- Detailed wheels w/correct pattern for XB-35
- Custome-printed Cartograf decals
It was a radical design in that it was a 52.2m-wide flying wing that eliminated the need for a tail and fuselage. The bomb payload was carried inside the single thick wing, and such a design had the potential to dispense with structural weight and drag. Crewed by nine personnel, the aircraft was to have a 10,000-mile range whilst carrying a 10,000lb load. Design work began in earnest in 1942, and two XB-35 craft were built to pre-production stage. The flying-wing design could not use a traditional rudder, so flaps on the trailing wingtip edges performed this function. Powered by two radial engines, the XB-35's maiden flight occurred in June 1946. By this time the war was over and the USSR was the new enemy. The USAF subsequently cancelled the program and the two XB-35s were scrapped in 1949.
Cyber-Hobby has produced a plastic kit of the XB-35 in scale 1/200. The model assembles with consummate ease thanks to clever engineering and the use of high-tech molding technology. The propeller engines on the rear of the flying wings are reproduced in sophisticated detail. The propellers themselves are made true to scale. The experimental XB-35 was an innovative aircraft design, and Cyber-Hobby has done an extraordinarily good job of rendering it in 1/200 scale for the benefit of modelers.
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