US X aircrafts in '40s: XB-42, XB-43, XB-46, XB-48, XB-51, XP-87...

[ysi_maniac]

Here I want to include a series of straight wing conventionaly configured early jets and some prop powered designs that I consider related and in some way beautiful and tasty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_XB-42_Mixmaster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_XB-43_Jetmaster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_XB-46
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_XB-48
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_XB-51
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XF-87_Blackhawk

[ysi_maniac]

Updated XB-43

[ysi_maniac]

Airliner derived from Convair XB-36. Along with orignal XB-46

[sandiego89]

Nice job YSI, fun.

[jcf]

The XB-42A was revised to a standard type canopy, I'd think a revised XB-43 would have
the same canopy.

[ysi_maniac]

^^^^^
I will review my design to use this nice canopy.

[ysi_maniac]

Regional liner based in North American B-45 Tornado.

[ysi_maniac]

XB-51 is a pretty strange project on its own. So I had to address several issues:

1. I removed the center landing gear and replaced it with a classic one.

2. I replaced the variable incidence wings with some classic ones taken from the F-86 (upscaled).

3. I solved the problem of lack of power by adding a fourth reactor, removing the central engine.

Here we can see 2 versions:

1. Closer to the original XB-51, in TWA colors, preferred by Howard Hughes.

2. More civilized, in Pan Am colors, chosen by Juan Trippe.

[NARSES2]