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Douglas B-66 Destroyer

13.7k Guiso  4.0 years ago

enjoy! I'm very sorry if I uploaded it a month later, I had to fix some errors, anyway thanks for your download :)

The Douglas B-66 Destroyer was a light bomber that was designed and produced by the American aviation manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company.

The B-66 was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) and is heavily based upon the United States Navy's A-3 Skywarrior, a heavy carrier-based attack aircraft. Originally, officials intended for the aircraft to be a simple development of the earlier A-3, taking advantage of being strictly land-based to dispense with unnecessary naval features. However, due to the USAF producing extensive and substantially divergent requirements, it became necessary to make considerable alterations to the design, leading to a substantial proportion of the B-66 being original rather than derived from the A-3. The B-66 retained the three-man crew arrangement of the US Navy's A-3; differences included the incorporation of ejection seats, which the A-3 had lacked.

Performing its maiden flight on 28 June 1954, the aircraft was introduced to USAF service during 1956. The standard model, designated B-66, was a bomber model that was procured to replace the aging Douglas A-26 Invader; in parallel, a dedicated photo reconnaissance model, designated RB-66, was also produced alongside. Later on, further variants of the type were developed, leading to the aircraft's use in signals intelligence, electronic countermeasures and weather reconnaissance roles. Aircraft would commonly be forward deployed to bases in Europe, where they could more easily approach the airspace of the Soviet Union. Multiple variants would be deployed around Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They would also see use during the American intervention in the Vietnam War, typically operating as support aircraft for other assets that were active over the skies of North Vietnam. The last examples of the type were withdrawn during 1975.

AG 1: turn ON the lights

AG 2: OPEN/CLOSE the bomb bay

AG 3: DROP the fuel tanks

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 73.2ft (22.3m)
  • Length 79.6ft (24.3m)
  • Height 27.8ft (8.5m)
  • Empty Weight 27,142lbs (12,311kg)
  • Loaded Weight 27,142lbs (12,311kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.98
  • Wing Loading 24.5lbs/ft2 (119.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,108.9ft2 (103.0m2)
  • Drag Points 1258

Parts

  • Number of Parts 526
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 1,759
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    Finally someone uploads a B-66

    +1 3.9 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    Thanks a lot men! @FlyingHueman

    3.9 years ago
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    13.7k FlyingHueman

    This is probably one of my favorite bombers of all time - I fell in love with it when I first saw it in a 1974 book my grandfather gifted me. You capture its lines really well, I'd have used intake parts to make the trailing edge "sharp" but that's a minor thing, it looks really good. Congratulations on this piece!

    +1 3.9 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @Mustang51 thanks friend haha ​​yes there will probably be better

    3.9 years ago
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    25.4k Mustang51

    This is probably your best build yet! It’s fantastic!

    +1 3.9 years ago
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    4,449 Shippy456

    Kinda looks like someone scrapped a B-26 and strapped Airbus wings and engines on it.

    +2 3.9 years ago
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    My boss was part of the flight crew on an EA-3B (the Navy version of this plane) back in the 80s. He said landing in a plane this large on a carrier deck was terrifying.

    +2 3.9 years ago
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    3,075 ssenmodnar

    @emanuelga yay

    +1 3.9 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @BlackhattAircraft Thanks a lot!

    3.9 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @ssenmodnar I will take it into account, after a pending plane ends, maybe it will start

    3.9 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @scratch haha I love putting this type of font names in my creations.thanks!

    3.9 years ago
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    Wow, I never thought I’d ever see one of these on the website, nice job looks fantastic! Maybe build a B-45 Tornado next!

    +1 3.9 years ago
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    22.9k Scratchoza

    seeing the thumbnail, at first I thought it was a news headline.
    Nice plane tho

    +1 3.9 years ago
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    execute order 66

    +1 4.0 years ago
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    3,075 ssenmodnar

    @emanuelga hey could you do an XB-19 next?

    4.0 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @Trainzo thanks men!

    4.0 years ago
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    38.2k Trainzo

    And very nice screens .

    +1 4.0 years ago
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    38.2k Trainzo

    Great build , great job .

    +1 4.0 years ago
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    105k Hedero

    But that's fine, most of the build looks great!@emanuelga

    +1 4.0 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @Hedero thanks man, yes, I feel that the landing gear is not the same.

    4.0 years ago
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    105k Hedero

    Wow I had never heard of a b-66 destroyer. Great replication except for the default landing gear.@emanuelga

    +1 4.0 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @Lorileni
    @Evenstsrike333
    @Aarons123

    +2 4.0 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @CRJ900Pilot well thanks I had no idea about that haha.

    4.0 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Nope, like ACEPILOT109 said you can only tag 3 people. It makes tagging many people difficult, they should change that @emanuelga

    +1 4.0 years ago
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    13.7k Guiso

    @RicardoAs1515 ufff quedaría genial

    4.0 years ago
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