View Full Version : Weird Russian planes
LotoSteve
04-06-2010, 07:31 PM
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2009/01/25/russian-flying-fortresses/
http://englishrussia.com/images/flying_fortress/1.jpg
jayboat
04-06-2010, 08:33 PM
Wow. How the hell that fugly thing ever got off the ground is a mystery to me. :confused:
Nobody will ever accuse the Russians of being leaders in the style department. :)
They didn't have a monopoly on weird planes, tho... here's a British contribution. Would love to see this thing next to the Spruce Goose. :sifone:
Chris
04-06-2010, 08:39 PM
They're all "artist's interpretations".
Jay's is callen an Ekranoplane. it's more of a ship. max altitude is 5 meters. It was a surface-effect ship. Designed to skim across the water on compression lift generated by the wing's proximity to the water surface.
MarylandMark
04-06-2010, 09:29 PM
Imagine the Red Bird shooting those battleship guns on the top- wonder if it would do a back flip?
Weird Russian planes = all of them
pullmytrigger
04-07-2010, 12:40 AM
english russia is a CRAZY site.......check it out
MacGyver
04-07-2010, 07:58 AM
I see a bunch of puller engines and some pushers too. Jeeez, how many engines does that thing have? Gotta be a gauge cluster phuck for the flight engineer.
BBB725
04-07-2010, 08:08 AM
Russian.............stuff
MacGyver
04-07-2010, 08:14 AM
Why do I have a feeling that each design was developed over a few bottles of Vodka :D
MacGyver
04-07-2010, 08:14 AM
But the jet powered train is kinda cool :sifone:
BBB725
04-07-2010, 08:18 AM
But the jet powered train is kinda cool :sifone:
I wonder how it corners at 200 mph:sifone:
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