Northrop B-35

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Wing Span:

172 feet

First Flight:

June 1946

Current Status:

All destroyed

Construction:

All metal

Resources:

Jack Northrop and the Flying Wing
Winged Wonders
Northrop Flying Wings
The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop

I tend to get emotional on the subject of the B-35, so I will leave comments and description to the resource authors.
Only history will judge the wisdom of trying to destroy this dream.

 

Station locations and dimensions shown in red were taken from NORTHROP REPORT No. HB-22
ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR
ARMY MODEL
XB-35
HEAVY BOMBARDMENT AIRPLANE


The following table was derived using a spreadsheet to calculate the intermediate values between those known for the wing root and theoretical wing tip.

All dimensions in inches

Above bottom of Sta. 0

Station

Sweep Back

Chord

Thickness

L E

T E

Washout Deg.

0

0.000

448.000

85.120

42.560

42.560

0.000

44

22.384

433.674

82.350

43.264

43.597

0.171

99

50.363

415.767

78.888

44.144

44.893

0.384

157.5

80.124

396.721

75.206

45.080

46.272

0.610

215.5

109.629

377.837

71.555

46.008

47.639

0.835

281.5

143.205

356.349

67.401

47.063

49.194

1.091

338

171.948

337.953

63.844

47.967

50.525

1.310

400

203.488

317.767

59.942

48.959

51.987

1.550

439.5

223.583

304.907

57.455

49.591

52.917

1.703

479

243.677

292.047

54.969

50.223

53.848

1.857

523

266.061

277.721

52.199

50.927

54.885

2.027

567

288.445

263.395

49.430

51.631

55.922

2.198

612

311.337

248.744

46.597

52.351

56.983

2.372

657

334.230

234.093

43.765

53.071

58.043

2.547

695

353.561

221.721

41.373

53.679

58.939

2.694

731

371.875

210.000

39.107

54.255

59.787

2.833

766

389.680

198.605

36.904

54.815

60.612

2.969

803

408.503

186.558

34.575

55.407

61.484

3.112

840.25

427.453

174.430

32.230

56.002

62.362

3.257

879.5

447.420

161.651

29.759

56.630

63.287

3.409

919.26

467.647

148.706

27.257

57.266

64.224

3.563

959.5

488.118

135.605

24.724

57.910

65.172

3.719

1000.27

508.858

122.331

22.157

58.562

66.133

3.877

1015

516.352

117.535

21.230

58.798

66.480

3.934

1032

525.000

112.000

20.160

59.070

66.881

4.000

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