Convair X-6

The Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft. The project was to use a Convair B-36 bomber as a testbed aircraft and though one NB-36H was modified during the early stages of the project the program was cancelled before the actual X-6 and its nuclear reactor engines were completed. The X-6 was part of a larger series of programs costing US$7 billion in all that ran from 1946 through 1961.

* The Convair X-6 was a prototype of atomic-fueled bomber releases so much radioactivity on its path, to make it a weapon itself.1
/ North-American XF-88A plus Convair X-6 conversion Aircraft kits (resin) Catalogue £41.2
Convair X-6 and/or conversion for B-36 Douglas PGM-17 Thor ICBM Douglas MIM-14 Nike-Hercules AARaytheon MIM-23 Hawk AALockheed UGM-26 Trident BMLockheed UGM-27 Polaris BMBoeing 3
Convair X-6 ANP nuclear propulsion experimental Convair NB-36H = Po 4
Convair X-6, which would have been a bona fide nuclear flier. Eek.5

Made by Convair.

It is the successor of the Convair B-36 .

glance askew at the Convair X-6, that engineerd™ will be writing about shortly, the Soviets decreed that a nuclear-powered bomber development program should begin post-haste.6
The Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft.7
US had something similar, the Convair X-6; again, it was tested in flight.8
The planned aircraft, the Convair X-6, was to be test flown at TAN, and a large hangar with radiation shielding was built on the site.9
Jet Or Prop
both
Height Alt
14.26 m
Predecessor
Convair B-36
Engine(jet)
General Electric X40
Length Alt
49.38 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
360000.0
Power Alt
2830.0
Max Speed Alt
628.0
Max Speed Main
390 mph
Developed From
Convair B-36
Height Main
1424.9399999999998
Status
Cancelled
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
163000.0
Ceiling Main
40000.0
Number Built
1
Crew
Five
Area Main
4770.0
Primary user
United States Air Force
Span Alt
70.1 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major
Manufacturer
Convair
First Flight
Not flown
Number Of Jets
4
Span Main
230.0
Power Main
3
800 hp
Number Of Props
6
Type of jet
turbojet
Length Main
162.0
Area Alt
443.3 m²
Ceiling Alt
12
200 m
Category
Abandoned military aircraft projects of the United States
Convair aircraft
Nuclear-powered aircraft
United States experimental aircraft 1950-1959

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