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Historic Aviation => Warbirds => Topic started by: WRCKid on February 03, 2006, 12:29:58 AM
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Does anyone know what kind of Aircraft this is? I stumbled accross it on the internet.
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It looks Russian (Soviet) with Surface-to-Surface Missiles on top of the fuselage.
Just completed a very basic search for it. Different sites call it different names. I got CS-29 "Caspain Sea Monster" and Lun-class "Wing In Ground Effect".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_Wing-In-Ground-Effect_craft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_Wing-In-Ground-Effect_craft)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan)
Used in the Caspian and Black Seas by the looks of it. I don't have any other information at this stage, but it definitely sparked my interest.
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I've seen Ekranoplans before, but never that baby you've got there! :o
Ok...I found a pretty good site about Russian Ekranoplans. The "Lun" is illustrated there, with specifications:
http://aquaglide.ru/history_e.htm (http://aquaglide.ru/history_e.htm)
Ekranoplan "Lun"
Dimensions: 73.8 х 44.0 х 19.0m
Cruising speed: 550Km/h
Range: 2500Km
Ok...and one more link that actually explains the concept of WIG craft quite well:
http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/article.html?&A=1306&P=1 (http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/article.html?&A=1306&P=1)
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I´ve seen it in a documentary. This aircraft is used to deliver troops in a fast way. This russian aircraft flies approx 1-2 meters above the water surface. It has the looks of an aircraft, but its more of a boat with an twist. :)
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Thanks, fellahs!!! I had no idea this was an actual russian secret project.
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I had a nice reply typed out, but opened a picture in this window and lost it...don't want to type it all again. Do a little google search and you'll find a lot of WIG/Ekranoplan related sites. For now, you'll have to be satisfied with this picture as my contribution to the discussion.
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Secret Project? You kid me not?
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theres something like this thing in Metal Gear Solid 3, when you are in Russia escaping the bad guys..
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Sweet. I thought ekranoplanes were all turboprop, not jet-powered.
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Found this one, looks like a sea turtle to me...
(http://aeroweb.lucia.it/rap/Monino/mon94ag_vva14_12o.jpg)
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found a little more on this...
http://aeroweb.lucia.it/rap/RAFAQ/WIG.html
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Found this one, looks like a sea turtle to me...
(http://aeroweb.lucia.it/rap/Monino/mon94ag_vva14_12o.jpg)
That one lost its wings, that's why it looks so strange.
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HAHA. Lost it's wings! HA!
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It looks strange WITH wings
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I think you found one of Bartini's (or Bertini) designs. Italian engineer who lived in Russia.
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It's the Beriev VVA-14. Was the Italian employed by Beriev OKB?
Anyway, it's not really an ekranoplan.
Here are some more pictures:
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Well its not winning any points for looks...
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It looks just plain stupid.
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I had a nice reply typed out, but opened a picture in this window and lost it...don't want to type it all again. Do a little google search and you'll find a lot of WIG/Ekranoplan related sites. For now, you'll have to be satisfied with this picture as my contribution to the discussion.
Here is a video of the WIG/Ekranoplan....
http://www.aviapedia.com/transports/ekranoplans-caspian-sea-monster-video
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Oooh. Cool. SEA MONSTER.
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Hahah sea monster.
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i had an MCQ test one that had the reply as "a great sea monster emerged from the sea."
Lol. Now that i think of it, that big plane up there looks like an inflatable survival raft...
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Inlfatible survival raft with two jet engines on top....mwuahahahaha
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Its Russia, they did crazy things. A jet powered survival raft wouldnt surprse me
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Jet-powered survival raft with incredibly large oars.
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Not to change the subject but where has Terminator and Foxhound been???
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I don't know. Stufying? maybe school or something. It's exam period over here. But, well, i got 100 by watching TV till 12 just before the exam before. Though that isn't very late... Down here.
Hey, that "jet powered inflatable raft" idea isn't so far-fetched. Maybe with a bit of tinkering, we could build a flying whatjamacallit? Hovercraft.