First Flight: Never built. (Test bed
NB-36H)
Mission: Test feasibility of aircraft nuclear propulsion.
Major Accomplishments: N/A
Power Source: (Projected) General Electric P1
(Specifications below are based on NB-36H testbed)
Span: 230 ', 0 "
Length: 162' , 1".
Height: 46', 8 "
Engines: Six Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 radials of 3,800 hp. each (takeoff power)
and four General Electric J47-GE-19 turbojets of 5,200 lbs. thrust each.
Additional Information: The X-6 was intended to test the practicality of nuclear reactors as large bomber propulsion units. The NB-36H testbed was intended to carry operating nuclear reactors and was outfitted with special nuclear shielding.
The X-6 never got beyond the early design stage, no prototypes or mockups were constructed.
