Convair B-58 HUSTLER Flight Control Systems Part 2

Part two of a previous upload. This video has a complete audio track but video is average quality due to conversion from old 2" studio video tape.

[@krystalstarrett6760]

B 58, a fan. Retired crew chief, areo repair, 27 year truck driver. Hard to B S me. Husler one of the coolest planes ever, CNN ,comi BSers.

[@jesse75]

What kind of tubes were used in the early version of this plane ?

[@joelbrooks7116]

The back 2 men must've been tough because I couldn't be locked up in so small a space without windows. These where real men. Amazing thanks for your service

[@honorguardsfencingclub7322]

There were windows on both sides of the second and third crew stations.

[@NFlight]

Cozy...

[@agFinder2]

Nice video! I worked on F4 and RC 135 avionics in the early 80's. The F4's had a Lear-Seigler INS and the 135's had a doppler nav. radar with a Litton LN 21 astral nav. These Hustlers were flying when I was born. It was a fantastic time in aviation :).

[@millerdp]

Hey Scott, I like your bit of technical history from someone who was there...hands-on. I also worked F-4Es (weapons systems) in the early 80s. The "good" old Cold War days...

[@petroldevo9934]

That's amazing. You'll see this same navigation system on the SR71.

[@RobertBardos]

This is an insane video the part 16:20 with the cannon is fantastic. I searched a long time to find the video you shared of how it works. Im in your debt :)

[@t.h.harmon8495]

I remember watching B58 operating out Carswell AFB in early 60's while my dad was stationed there. I was in fifth grade at the time we could see flight line and General Dynamics from the school.

[@tomservo5007]

14:17 , there's a good chance you saw this B58 -- if I put in the coordinates correctly , it looks to be in that area goo.gl/maps/X6usaWUvVVsdi6bD8

[@chriswilde7246]

Wow! I bet the B58 was a sight to see, I grew up in central London, I did see; and of course, hear Concorde very regularly back in the day, but nothing like the B58 lol..

[@FerasAbuTaha]

Where is part 1??????

[@zigman8550]

Love the 20mm gatling gun in the tail.

[@johnsmith-yj2cn]

it to give a extra boost of speed

[@Bluenose352]

Outstanding video! Very nice, seeing the mini gun in action. Moves A LOT quicker than I thought.

[@CharlesHuse]

Certainly one of the more beautiful aircraft designs of its time.

[@mateostaplez7497]

Convair first developed the elevons for the XF-92 Delta wing aircraft in the late 1940s, long before the B-58 used them, but I believe the concept was first used on the Me163 Komet in WWII.

[@Mark_Ocain]

Love the nav system readout on paper tape. I guess it'd suck to get a printer jam in combat conditions though LOL. And just as well the thing was fast , Those GE J79' engines were smokey as all get out! You'd see the smoke from way out. Often said they were a dead giveaway of position with the F4 Phantom in Vietnam - the 'Judas' engine' lol

[@chriswilde7246]

Great clip!! The B58 was a nice looking aircraft too.. I hadn't realised there was 3 flight crew...

[@stuartwatchman8209]

Thanks, this is really interesting. Interesting seeing the mechanical/analogue solutions for the flight control etc. I think the elevon might have been developed earlier by Avro for the Vulcan.

[@n3307v]

Amazing airplane. So advanced for it's time. Thanks for posting these.

[@whatistrue0293]

Beautiful aircraft

[@FerasAbuTaha]

I WANT MORE!!!!! Amazing video sir, please let us have the rest of the series the gentleman was speaking about?!?!?!

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Incredible and beautiful airframe, apparently the father to fly by wire tech.

[@matt7048]

Love this video and all like it (familiarization videos)

[@A_Man_In_His_Van]

What an amazing plane for it's time. I didn't realize that within 10 years of ww2 we got to this. I suppose harvesting all that German technical data didn't hurt.

[@goldsmice]

Serious question: was that "astro tracker" dome the inspiration for R2-D2 in Star Wars? (Remember how R2-D2 fits in a little section at the top of Luke's X-Wing fighter?)

[@jameswoolley7421]

I WAS TOLD BY A WEAPONS OFFICER FROM THE HUSTLER REUNION AT GRISSOM THAT THE 20MM CANNON WAS ALL BY USELESS

[@Astronut54]

Nice tail "stinger"

[@alanbare8319]

RADAR controlled Vulcan Gatling Gun.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I wonder why Convair didn't make the B-58 a tailed delta like the Douglas A-4? Having a tailplane would've enabled the B-58 to have flaps and therefore a much lower takeoff and landing speeds.

[@tech4pros1]

The A4 is a subsonic carrier capable ground attack aircraft, the B58 was a bomber designed to fly at a 0.9 mach cruise with the capability to make a short mach 2 dash into the target area, fast enough to outrun any fighter interceptors.

[@allgood6760]

Thanks👍

[@steveevans4093]

At least they kept it simple.

[@foxtrot312]

LOL

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

I'd like to see a hydraulic schematic on this think.

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

All those Bell cranks are basically a mechanical computer(?)

[@foxtrot312]

1 hour flight= maint×maintxmaint...

[@esathegreat]

Rhe printer is cute

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

What is in that pod thing?

[@honorguardsfencingclub7322]

W-39 or W-53 nuclear warhead

[@charlesreidy9375]

Nuke and fuel