FS2004/FSX Douglas XB-19
The Douglas XB-19, carrying Army serial number 38-471, was the largest airplane in the world when it first flew in 1941.
It was intended to carry a 36,000-pound bomb load for 2,000 miles.
The purpose of the XB-19 project was to test the flight characteristics and design techniques associated with giant bombers. Douglas Aircraft Company strongly wanted to cancel the project, because it was extremely expensive. Despite advances in technology that made the XB-19 obsolete before it was even completed, the Army Air Corps felt that the prototype would be useful for testing. Its construction took so long that competition for the contracts to make the XB-35 and XB-36 occurred two months before its first flight.
The plane finally flew on June 27, 1941, more than three years after the construction contract was awarded. In 1943, the original Wright R-3350 engines were replaced with Allison V-3420-11 V engines. After completion of testing, the XB-19 served as a cargo carrier until it was scrapped in 1949.
The main gear wheels retracted nearly flush with the lower surface of the wing. A tunnel in the wing allowed crewmen to access the engines in flight.
Cockpit and flight engineer's stations of the XB-19.
The XB-19 featured a capacious bombardiers station below the cockpit. The pilot in the left-hand seat is Major Stanley Umstead.
The view from the bombardier's station was magnificent.
The XB-19 bristled with guns. The nose turret and the forward dorsal turret were each equipped with a 37mm cannon and a .30-calibre machine gun. The rear dorsal turret, the ventral turret, the tail gunner's station, and a station on each side of the rear fuselage were each provided with one .50-calibre machine. The bombardier was provided with a pair of .30-calibre machine guns located to either side of the bomb aiming station. Another pair .30-calibre machine gun was located in the rear fuselage under the horizontal stabilizers.

TECHNICAL NOTES:
Armament: Two .37mm cannon, five .50-cal. and six .30-cal. machine guns; 18,700 lbs. of bombs (maximum load)
Engines: Four Wright R-3350-5 radials of 2,000 hp each
Maximum speed: 224 mph at 15,500 ft.
Cruising speed: 135 mph
Service ceiling: 23,000 ft.
Range: 7,900 miles (maximum ferry range); 7,300 miles with 6,000 lbs. of bombs
Span: 212 ft. 0 in.
Length: 132 ft. 2 in.
Height: 42 ft. 9 in.
Weight: 140,000 lbs. gross weight
Crew: 18 (maximum)
Serial number: 38-471

Installation:
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-Unzip " B19" into a temporary file and move the "B19" folder into the main Aircraft directory.
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-Read instructions carefully when installing the gauges , say YES...when asked if the gauges sources should be trusted. If you say no....most of the gauges are not going to work !
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-Don't modify the panel folder, leave everything in there.
-For FS2004, rename fs9panel.cfg in the panel folder to panel.cfg and let it overwrite the first one.
-Sound aliased to Douglas_DC_3.
ATTENTION :
If having trouble with the cockpit transparencies or turningprop in FSX acceleration, copy the glass.bmp and Propdisk.bmp from the Acceleration.texture into the plane's texture folder.

Effects:
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-Entrancedoor opens/closes with the normal key.
-Cowling flaps open/close with normal key.
-Bomb doors open/close with Tailhook key.
-Gunners and guns appear/disappear with the spoiler key.
-Working cockpit controls.

FLYING
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The plane flies as it looks...Big and heavy but without vices.


CREDITS
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Special thanks to :
-GMAX for the drawing program.
-To Paul Clawson whose FSX model and most of its textures contributed to the creation of this model.

LEGAL:
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The project is released as freeware. You may modify it and repaint it. You may upload this file to another website as long as it is not for profit.
You need the written permission of the original authors to use any of these files for commercial purposes, otherwise a simple credit would be nice. Non commercial repaints-remakes are welcome but I would appreciate very much receiving a copy of your model.
This file should not cause any problems with your computer, but I accept no responsibility if you think it does. Remarks and hints are welcome and are being considered.


Happy Landings!

A.F.Scrub
June 2010
Email: af_scrubbypc@hotmail.com