B-36: Upper main undercarriage leg door

B-36

😉 Sir;
Try U.S.A.F museum at Dayton,I stood under the one there.WOW!
Call or e/mail there the person could walk out with their cell phone
and manual and show you. All our members MUST visit this “mecca”
once in their lifetime.

Good luck,Wolfgang.

Many thanks indeed for that.
The door I was referring to is on the upper undercarriage leg (i.e. the outboard end of the well) and forms part of the engine nacelle when the u/c is retracted. It seems to disappear on extension – at least I can’t see it on images of the beast with the u/c down.
Any further information on this one anybody?

Further to my previous information I have at last seen the area you decribe at schema-root.org/murr/SACgalleries/B-36/index.htm what I would like to see are some details from the AP to give some idea of the movement of certain panels which seem to have cutouts to enable movement over some fittings on the undercarriage leg!
Ray

Many thanks indeed for that.
The door I was referring to is on the upper undercarriage leg (i.e. the outboard end of the well) and forms part of the engine nacelle when the u/c is retracted. It seems to disappear on extension – at least I can’t see it on images of the beast with the u/c down.
Any further information on this one anybody?

Anybody got any information as to the retraction geometry of this door?
It seems to disappear (inside the nacelle ?) somehow when the gear is extended.

The B-36 main undercarriage leg retracts from an hingepoint just inboard of the inner engine nacelle towards the fuselage. Before this happens the main door hinged at the fuselage end of the wing drops to let the undercarriage enter the wheelwell then the main door retracts. When the undercarriage is extended the main door drops, the undercarriage is lowered and locked and the main door retracts out of the way. Leaving more room when being serviced and armed.
Information from ‘Convair B-36’ author Meyers K Jacobsen printed by Schiffer Military History. The most expensive book I have ever bought at £55!
Further confimation came from ‘B-36 in action’ authors Meyers K Jacobsen (he likes the B-36) and Ray Wagner. Illustration by Don Green, and published by squadron/signal publications at the very agreeable price of £7.99!