The JB-10 "Buzz Bomb"


Usage

 

Experimental Prototype

Wing Construction

 

Magnesium and Aluminum

Capacity

 

Unmanne d

Motor type

 

One Ford Motor Company Pulse Jet
 (copy of German V-1 engine)

Power

 

800 lbs thrust

 

Length

 

12 ft (3.7 m)

 

Span

 

29 ft (8.8 m)

 

Wing Area

 

?? ft2 (?? m2)

 

Aspect Ratio

 

??

 

Pilot position

 

N/A

 

Maximum Speed

 

426 mph

 
Before the test program on the JB-1 with the General Electric engines was completed, the program received direction to replace the turbojets with a copy of the German pulsejet engine, and was renamed the JB-10. Ford Motor Company provided the engine, which was a copy of the V-1 design. Cruise speed of the design was about 425 mph. Only 11 JB-10s were constructed.

 

 



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The JB-10 before a flight.

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The Buzz Bomb on its takeoff sled.