Specifications (B-47E)
Data from Quest for Performance
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Length: 107 ft 1 in (32.65 m)
- Wingspan: 116 ft 0 in (35.37 m)
- Height: 28 ft 0 in (8.54 m)
- Wing area: 1,428 ft² (132.7 m²)
- Airfoil: NACA 64A(0.225)12 mod root and tip
- Empty weight: 79,074 lb (35,867 kg)
- Loaded weight: 133,030 lb (60,340 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 230,000 lb (100,000 kg)
- Powerplant: 6 × General Electric J47-GE-25 turbojets, 7,200 lbf (32 kN) each
- Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0148 (estimated)
- Drag area: 21.13 ft² (1.96 m²)
- Aspect ratio: 9.42
Performance
- Maximum speed: 607 mph (528 kn, 977 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 557 mph (484 kn, 896 km/h)
- Combat radius: 2,013 mi (1,749 nmi, 3,240 km) with 20,000 lb (9,000 kg) bombload
- Ferry range: 4,647 mi (4,037 nmi, 6,494 km)
- Service ceiling: 33,100 ft (10,100 m)
- Rate of climb: 4,660 ft/min (23.7 m/s)
- Wing loading: 93.16 lb/ft² (454.8 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.22
- Lift-to-drag ratio: 20.0 (estimated)
Armament
- Guns: 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) M24A1 autocannons in a remote controlled tail turret with AN/APG-39 Gun-laying radar
- Bombs: 25,000 lb (11,000 kg) of ordnance, including:
- 2 × Mk15 nuclear bombs (3.8 megaton yield each), or
- 1 × B41 nuclear bomb (25 megaton yield), or
- 1 × B53 nuclear bomb (9 megaton yield), or
- 28 × 500 lb (230 kg) conventional bombs
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