This US Aircraft Was Built so Massive it Needs 8 Engines to Takeoff

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[@katakotori]

国内ニュースばかり見てると、こういった最新技術を見ることはないのです。 これだけのものを飛ばす技術力に脱帽します。

[@erichjeske]

Die B-52 ist ein gigantisches Wunderwerk. Sie hat ihren Erstflug bereits am 15. April 1952 mit Erfolg absolviert und ist heute immer noch militärisch gefragter denn je. Dieses Flugzeug hat enorm große Start- und Landeklappen und die werden nur an "Haken" gehalten. Wie ist das möglich?! Heute werden dafür mehrere, unter den Tragflächen angebrachte, aerodynamische Führungen gebraucht!

[@user-bz7fj1fk2m]

What a blessed mind!!!!!! Really Great!!!!

[@ziauddin7948]

wonderful engineering in US B 52 bomber , C 17 & Black hawk #👍👍

[@rrb634]

سيذكر التاريخ ان هذه الطائرة قصفت شعب العراق البرئ تماما من شبهة الحادي عشر من سبتمبر. لاشئ يدعو الامريكان للفخر

[@richtaylor2129]

Seen a B52 fly, what an amazing aircraft! I have seen one on static display at RIAT & in the American Air Museum at Imperial War Museum Duxford. An amazing aircraft to see

[@sandy_sd10]

I was on Diego Garcia ain't nothing like this beast taking off at night 😤

[@habrannunez2610]

Excellent!!!!!

[@bambangwakit3794]

Mudah-mudahan kita bisa buat pesawat lebih canggih... Aamiiin 🤲🤲🤲

[@Mach-6]

Huge flying birds, and made of metal, impress

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Great video. This plane is also known as the "Buff".

[@imransharif443]

Fantastic

[@valentinespanol3231]

4:10,,, PURA MARAVILLA DE LOS CIELOS,,,, ✈️🇺🇲💪👍👌

[@valencia547]

maravilla yanqui que lleva destrucion al mundo

[@robinpettit7827]

My father flew on those aircraft as a tail gunner in the actual tail. He retired when they transitioned to E, F, G & H models as the gunner sat up with the rest of the crew. He had no desire to be in a position to be the designated go for for the crew and liked the isolated position of the tail gunner in the tail. Don't worry he flew in many aircraft including the B-26 and many in-between.

[@stevemcdonald1033]

Don't forget that the B-36 had 10 engines and was larger, although didn't carry as much bomb load.

[@phbrinsden]

6 turnin’ and 4 burnin’. 😎

[@josesideneidemelo8154]

I am going to buy one of those.

[@stanislasbagrevski2660]

Super Bellisimo!!!

[@hennies9509]

Beautiful

[@user-yk4jr7eb5p]

تعيش.امريكا.حسوني.البيرطاني

[@joseantoniorodriguezhernan2308]

MUCHA VANIDAD, POCA BRAVURA.

[@xiaoyany]

人类有史以来载弹量和火力最为强大的巨型轰炸机！

[@larryrobertson4099]

At unstick (when it leaves the ground), the BUFF weighs 488,000 pounds with a full fuel load or fuel plus bomb load. That means for start, taxi, and takeoff roll, it weighs around 512,000 pounds to start with and burns 24,000 pounds of fuel to arrive at the 488,000 pounds at unstick. Those are the numbers for the B52G I flew during VietNam and the cold war. The B52H is the only model flying now and may have different numbers. There are bigger and heavier transport planes that have only (only?) four engines. The C5 Galaxy comes to mind.

[@docd340]

Yeah, the reason it has 8 "turbo jets / with a low bypass ratio" is that they are not very powerful . Look at todays C5 Galaxy it only has four hi bypass " turbo fans." And its huge. Remember, these engines were designed about 50yr ago .

[@mrnicegary2251]

Fond memories of the "B52" at KI Sawyer AFB in the upper peninsula my squadron provided (AGE) equipment to the bomber flightline

[@fidellaboy-negron5816]

AGE=AEROSPACE GROUND EQUIPMENT...WOW...GREAT MEMORIES....72ND FMS. Field Maintenance Squadron ..

[@mrnicegary2251]

@@fidellaboy-negron5816 I lived in the FMS barracks " The Hole" is what we called it

[@andrewmarshall360]

I remember ki sawyer personally, we were stationed there a long time ago . By we I mean my father. Almost lost a few fingers due to frostbite.

[@კახაგურული-რ6ტ]

🇺🇸🇬🇪🇺🇸🇬🇪🇺🇸🇬🇪 ღმერთი ფარავდეს ამერიკას საუკუნიდან საუკუნამდე ამინ.

[@geraldmiller5232]

b 52 and much more. snookered again.

[@imransharif443]

Good

[@kenpamorndaru6968]

Pesawat bikin polusi udara..

[@fastsoft3161]

B.52Why is there so much black smoke when accelerating the old tech-of engine is obsolete?

[@yindu_Weige8888]

好厉害啊。👍

[@edmonblocker3465]

Having refueled many of these, it takes more than an hour to fill them up with JP4.

[@meejinhuang]

No. It's because they didn't have big enough jet engines in the 1950s when the plane was designed. They have big enough jet engines today so it could be refitted with 4 jet engines.

[@tomsamuelson8512]

Even just two.

[@tauqirhussain3778]

This is God's blessed air force because they only trust in God.

[@DSOImager]

The notes at the beginning are not correct. The B36 was made by Convair, not Boeing. Also, the B-36 was much larger than the B29.

[@فهدمحمد-خ8ذ]

B52

[@gerardomunoz4687]

It seems that this aircraft model was also built to pollute the atmosphere as much as possible.

[@naijainnit]

9:21 amazing

[@MCW1955]

Those C-17’s are so large, they sometimes seem to just hang in the sky.

[@stevemcdonald1033]

I was up on a hill with a camcorder, when a C-17 circled around me at very low altitude, heading for a landing approach at our Mahlon Sweet Field. It seemed to be going so slow, I couldn't help but wonder what was holding it in the air. I got some good video footage of it and was glad that it made a safe, uneventful landing.

[@elsoncerqueiramachado9496]

___ESSE AVIÃO NÃO PRESTA !!!!!!!!!!!

[@jawedzahdane1859]

love POUTINE

[@j.carlosaguilar4797]

El Antonov An- 225 aún es más grande con una longitud de 84 metros y una altura de 11 metros y solo vuela con 6 motores...

[@wolfpup9]

had a b-52 modle the wing spand was bigger then my door

[@kwgm8578]

In spite of its 8 jet engines, the B-52 also needed JATO bottles to assist with take off when heavily loaded. The aircraft first flew at Boeing's Everett Field in 1954 and is still in service, today -- almost 70 years later. Man, that makes me feel old!

[@rivetjoint6355]

That was the B-47 that used the JATO bottles to help get off the ground. The non-fan B-52's did have to rely on water injection to boost engine thrust. The H models have more powerful TF33 fanjets.

[@earlsmall9808]

I watched it too. But I thought it was from Boeing Field in Seattle. I saw it either on KOMO or KING TV and the chase car was a four door ford;.

[@kwgm8578]

@@earlsmall9808 Yes, I think you're right, Earl. Did they build a special field in Seattle just for the B-52? Or was it for the 747? I know both required a longer runway.

[@stevemcdonald1033]

I saw the first flight of the B-52 in the summer of 1954. It came from Boeing Field in Everett, Wash. It had a B-47 as a chase plane and also a delta-winged fighter plane. It never retracted its landing gear on that flight and it flew very slowly in a loop around Tacoma. I keep hearing that its first flight was in 1952, but I don't think that's correct. In that same summer, Boeing's Dash 80, the prototype of the 707, first flew. Its pilot, Tex Johnston, put it through his famous barrel-roll maneuvers over the Sea Fair crowd at Lake Washington.

[@thecars69]

hey guys! Could you turn on the subtitles? My father speaks Spanish, I made the settings, but they don't work unless you activate them, so they can reach more views and I mean everyone, the languages, thank you!

[@rudiyanto8589]

I'm afraid the plane's wings will break because they can't withstand the heavy weight of the jet engines

[@ronluzim8864]

I wonder why they don't convert the buff to turbofans

[@فوازالدوسري-ع2ك]

الله اكبر لا اله الا الله اشهد ان لا اله الا الله واشهد ان محمد رسول الله

[@კახაგურული-რ6ტ]

🇺🇸🇬🇪🇺🇸🇬🇪🇺🇸🇬🇪👍👍👍🛫🛫🛫 B 52 C 17 ცის მეფებია.

[@فتحىفتحى-ج6ك]

فى الجو ينخفض الظغط الجوى او يرتفع لهذا ينصح بتناول الحلوه فتوزع المظيفات الحلوه على المسافرين حيث يسمعغ المسافر طنين فى اذنيه وعندما تقلع الطائه يقول القبطان "نرجو ربط الاحزمه" وكذالك فى الهبوط والطائرات تسير بالمحركات النفاثه حيث تنفث الريح من مؤخرتها وهذا يدفعها للامام على ما اعتقد ..هذا كل ما اعرفه عن الطائرات حيث انى عندى خبره فى السفر على الطائرات الظخمه مثل البوينغ

[@maurosilva2801]

Tenho minhas dúvidas/curiosidades : essas asas é uma peça inteira que passa pelo corpo do avião? Se são duas ! Como é feita a fixação já que suportam tanto peso ? Se alguém puder me responder agradeço 👍

[@اناعراقي-ث5ظ]

عساها بلهجام شنو هذولي الغرب يصنعون طائرات حربية لايذاء الشعوب وتدميرها الله ينتقم منهم طالما يريدون إيذاء الاوطان

[@danirgmedia]

I can’t imagine how loud that aircraft actually sounds

[@MakotoTohi]

8p😅⅕😮0

[@thainguyenquang2908]

Vietnam shoots like hot cakes

[@brianscharsch9767]

BAD ASS! 🇺🇸👍🙏

[@jesusmares7171]

If smokes is primitive technology!!

[@大志くん]

target in the sky 😂

[@davidperez9442]

Este chico grandulon esta bien preparado para llevar sus "regalitos" a donde haya malosos pasados de lanza !!!!😎✈👏✈👏✈👏😎👏😎👏✈👏✈👏😎👏😎👏😎👏

[@haskumar.rkumar8049]

👍👍👍

[@radiumdude]

17’000lbs = hairdryer, no wonder it requires 8 of these. The GE9X has 105’000lbs each…

[@がっちゃん117-f4j]

開発してから既に６０年も経つ飛行機がまだ現役時代活躍しているのは喜ぶべきか悲しむべきか？ それにしても爆弾を満載してもしっかり離陸出来るように、エンジンは８基だし主翼は大きく作られている。

[@stephendoughty3798]

The B 36 needed 10

[@nanangpurnomo3207]

Gede mana dg Antonov ?

[@earl9449]

Tools of hegemony that all

[@markklein437]

But do they serve drinks in first class?

[@عثمانالعثمان-ت8ن]

هي متصله في بعضها الأجنحه علشان تحتمل الوزن الثقيل من القنابل ثقيلة الوزن فيه قنابل كلها شضايا حديد صلب ثقيل الوزن وفيه تزن اطنان مقارنه في حجمها وطايرة ال شحن العملاقه جلكسي أجنحتها متصلها في بعضها ولكنها فيه ٤محركات مرعبه وبسرعه تشق الفضا.. بعكس طايرات الركاب أجنحتها ليست متصله في بعضها وهذا يتطلب تكلفه من الالميوم الصلب المضاف اليه مواد معالجه صعب الأنكسار الأوتوبيس ألفضائي فائق التكلفه وألتعقيد بعكس الطائرات الحرببه !،

[@MIKKI9191]

Aux USA ils aiment les grandes voiture, les grandes maisons, les grands espaces, les grands esprits : tout est grand, même les avions... Ils ont bien raison, c'est juste le contraire de l'Europe, ici, tout est petit..

[@desheredado]

O sea que primero lo construyeron tan grande y después se dieron cuenta que necesitaban ocho motores...?

[@emersonribeiro6664]

horizonte sempre plano e nivelado em meus amigos do The Daily Aviation , nunca tem curvatura , deve ser porque a terra é plana mesmo ,kkk ,🤩🤩🤩😲😲😲

[@gokceralp]

While a fully loaded A380 (575 tons) can take off with 4 engines, this B52H weighing under 90 tons should be able to take off with only 2 engines. These 8 engines must be related to something else. Headline of the video says it's about the bigness but it doesn't make sense.

[@garisalva5463]

4e3

[@gokceralp]

@@garisalva5463 What do you mean with that? I didn't get it.

[@jthepickle7]

...a world, an international Society, without military...and all the crushing expense and stupid toys...

[@joaobatistadeassispereira1633]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jha-aircraft6630]

Antonov 225 o maior e mais pesado ,mais capacidade de carga ✈️

[@MartinGonzalez-sb8by]

Son 8 motores pero son pequeños

[@Techrpms]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@eduardjacob8710]

Devorador de combustível....

[@hamideljaouhari708]

عاد السدة شد في السدة ابت😅

[@ensuenosdiscotec]

Hagan algo para la paz

[@sabbavarapuvalerian2761]

👍👍👍👌👌👌

[@javiertaffarel]

porque no esta en castellano

[@brunobarny1648]

Il consomme combien de litres au 100 ?😂😂😅😅

[@elmiutami1515]

Kebanyakan engine,pateng crantel..lagian apa sayapnya nggak bisa patah menopang berar engine yg bgitu banyak dn berat..gak aero dinamis..masih ganteng an TU 160 BLACK JACK..

[@joseeduardodasilveira8087]

Pra que esse exagero?

[@chistian2608]

Yes mais c'est un vieux truc

[@juancarlosjara5740]

Muy desagradable pues esta hecho para destruir vidas . Donde está la virtud ?

[@zyonman2312]

Is there anything we cultivate more,,, spend time,,, resources,,, and the giving of our sons. Besides WAR,,,

[@markaustin643]

A nation can pay for their army or they can pay for their conqueror's army. Choose wisely.

[@josegerardosaenz4183]

En español

[@deojunior2952]

Nao. Nada disso. Redundância ao extremo. Tem que ir e voltar. Se estragarem 2 ainda terá 6. Confiabilidade.

[@LTF39]

Na verdade, não. Esses motores eram os mais potentes da época e realmente foi necessário equipá-lo com 8 motores já que essa besta ultrapassava mais de 200 toneladas de peso máximo de decolagem

[@metin4355]

❤🌷👍

[@argtv1007]

Hey taxpayers ... it costs you $60,000 per minute all in to fly a B-52

[@antonvlahos9779]

So 3.6 million an hr I call bs

[@mohammedimranakbar170]

666

[@lakoncers13]

It has 8 engines but they actually aren’t that powerful… Only about 17,000 lbs of thrust each. The 747 engines make like 65,000 lbs of thrust each.

[@jd70HJ19]

The mass of the aircraft has nothing whatever to do with it needing 8 engines to get aloft . One GE 90 would lift it off the ground with ease. The reason it has 8 engines is mostly due to some aspects of redundancy, but chiefly because of its control surfaces ..in other words it is a flying school bus with relatively 90 pound weakling wings . It should have been retired a few years after it was built replaced by something better , faster and more cost effective . Switching to a 4 or 2 engine configuration cannot be done because of the wings , they cannot take the localized stress of less in number but more powerful engines . Irrespective of all improvements made to it since it production began , including the recent proposed Rolls Royce engine swaps, the remaining 74 in active service from the 742 units made can only do their job of carpet bombing, if the rest of the Air Force has established air superiority in the region where this flying school bus is to be used . The only county on this planet that cannot shoot it down when it is totally unescorted is, ... BURUNDI ...anywhere else it would become a pile of smoldering melted aluminum scrap .the Fact that it still flies is a testament to the power of the MILITARY COMPLEX LOBBY and the nepotism that keeps them flush with taxpayer dollars whether or not it is a flying school bus or a giant duck.

[@harrystachowiak7014]

Weil die USA zu diesem Zeitpunkt der Entwicklung der B52 keine Stärken Triebwerke hatten. Es gibt Flugzeuge die Schwerer sind und haben nur Vier Triebwerke oder auch nur Zwei. TU 160 und TU 22 M3

[@l.k.3165]

U.S.A 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎 from R.Kosova

[@douglasvega6899]

Ya el antonov no existe...

[@vovavinni9656]

Hello my friend👌😊😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👏👏✊👍👍🙏🙏🙏🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@peterneumann8397]

richtig und diese 8 Triebwerke brauchen noch einmal ganze 12 um richtig starten zu können. Halt ein Ami-Bomber, lol!

[@Ieatdeeznuts69]

I can’t imagine how it goes around for a meme

[@Ieatdeeznuts69]

And I cannot how big it is and weight like the Boeing 777 300ER