Among the design's innovations was a long, narrow, high-aspect ratio wing equipped with large Fowler-type flaps. This wing design allowed the B-29 to cruise at high speeds at high altitudes but maintained comfortable handling characteristics during slower airspeeds necessary during takeoff and landing. More revolutionary was the size and sophistication of the pressurized sections of the fuselage: the flight deck forward of the wing, the gunner's compartment aft of the wing, and the tail gunner's station.
To protect the Superfortress, Boeing designed a remote-controlled, defensive weapons system.įor the crew, flying at altitudes above 18,000 feet became much more comfortable as pressure and temperature could be regulated in the crew work areas. Engineers placed five gun turrets on the fuselage: a turret above and behind the cockpit that housed two. Human x furry gay hentai plus#ĥ0 caliber machine guns (four guns in later versions), and another turret aft near the vertical tail equipped with two machine guns plus two more turrets beneath the fuselage, each equipped with two. One of these turrets fired from behind the nose gear and the other hung further back near the tail.
