SSneg Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Incredible photo-guided tour of the famous Ekranoplan (ground effect vehicle) Project 903 "Lun" -- http://igor113.livejournal.com/51213.html I had no words... 8 If you live to fly again, it's a successful landing. The plane being able to fly again is just a bonus.
Antartis Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Very nice photos! Thanks for sharing!!:thumbup: It seems more to ship than by plane .... Too bad that did not go ..:( Asus Prime Z-370-A Intel core I7-8700K 3.70Ghz Ram g.skill f4-3200c16d 32gb Evga rtx 2070 Ssd samgung 960 evo m.2 500gb Syria, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Normandy 1944 Combined Arms A-10C, Mirage-2000C, F-16C, FC3 Spitfire LF Mk. IX UH-1H, Gazelle
jpm1 Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 love these "soviet pearls" SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
walker450 Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Great pics! Thanks for sharing! Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
Scudslaker Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 amazing beasts of the russian history!) 1 TM HOTAS WH :joystick:, Saitek Pro Pedals, Track IR 4, 2xJoyWarrier, 1x KeyWarrior, i52500k @4600MHz, ASUS P8Z68-V Pro, NV 670GT, SSD+ WD BC+ WD Raptor, 32HD:pilotfly:[sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
51GRIZZLY Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Really nice photos :thumbup: ...... Thanks for the link !
Namenlos Ein Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) Part 2: http://igor113.livejournal.com/52174.html — interior pictures of the “Lun'” (“Lun'” means “Harrier”). Part 3: http://igor113.livejournal.com/52878.html — pictures of the special floating dock. [OFF]Great picture of the Ка-52: http://igor113.livejournal.com/tag/%D0%9A%D0%B0-52[/OFF] Edited May 4, 2010 by Namenlos Ein 1
sniffer Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Wow - those 8 throttles... It's like 16 switches in lowrider ;) Really big 'monster'... And toilet seat looks like an exclusive one in old-school russian planes ;) Saw much more disgusting in some Tupolev or Antonov [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Ross-impress Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Interesting pictures.. Configuration: Windows 11 Home/ Intel Core i9-12900F/ RTX 3080 10 GB/ 64GB DDR4-3200/ 2 TB m.2 NVMe/ HP Reverb G2/V2/ Thrustmaster Cougar Hotas/ INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT: @ross_impress • Instagram-foto's en -video's (everything about the real flying world, drone and DCS)
Vekkinho Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Great walkaround! Thanks 4 posting! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Nate--IRL-- Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Saw this on another forum...... Ujrneil9ph4 wvyXdcLRfFs cFwCpTZn974 Nate 1 Ka-50 AutoPilot/stabilisation system description and operation by IvanK- Essential Reading
Wilde Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 That thing is really cool. Are there even any efficient weapons to take a thing like that out of the "sky"?
topol-m Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Amazing machine! The noise from those engines must have been overwhelming though :blink: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
sniffer Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) 2 parts of interesting documentary about those big 'ships' ;) 4:16 in second video... Nice engagement :) On Google Maps found Caspian Sea Monster (KM) Edited March 11, 2010 by sniffer Found engagement... 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
jpm1 Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 what do they say about radar in video 2 . rep for GE link SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
L4key Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I find that thing genuinely creepy! Just me? Anyway another thing, if it was built in 1987 why does the tech inside look a lot older? Looks like you could have lifted it straight out of the 60's! Fascinating anyway, thanks for the vids can't wait to watch after work.
jpm1 Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) I find that thing genuinely creepy! Just me? .. shape is a bit strange true but the project shows Russian people genius , with Russian expect the unexpected :thumbup: edit : SU-47 is a beautiful plane Edited March 11, 2010 by jpm1 SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
L4key Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 True JPM. I'm confused having watched the History channel documentary though, in relation to my earlier comments regarding old looking technology. It did fly as KM in the 60's and this is referred to in the programme, but what of the '87 aircraft, seen in drydock; it didn't seem to mention that much and it ended pretty much with Alexiev's (sic) death in 1980. Am I missing something? Obviously can't understand the other one posted later but does that explain further? Love what Russian designers got up to though, really fascinating stuff. I think the Ekranoplan was always doomed though exactly because it was not a ship or an aircraft, it could have been 'shot down' easily - as an enemy a/c could attack it and it's evasion would only ever be two dimensional and severly limited.
Pilotasso Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) That thing is really cool. Are there even any efficient weapons to take a thing like that out of the "sky"? Well at the time it was a problem shooting someone flying so low at the same time no surface ships could engage it efficiently, subamrines couldnt catch it either. But that window of oportunity closed down rather quickly, probably adding one more reason to discontinue it. Edited March 11, 2010 by Pilotasso .
Wilde Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Yeah well, what I meant was: how to shoot it? It would come by the sea, so land-based SAMs were not an option. Surely it would not get close enough to hostile fleets to get shot by their naval SAMs. Can AWACS see a target flying below 30m? If the Ecranoplane flies smart, can intercepters take it down considering it is cruising at almost transonic speeds at sea level? My question was if there is an efficient weapon to take it down. You think there is? Which one is it then?
Pilotasso Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Back in the day shooting someone flying so low was hard for a ship looking over the horizon, even more if there was land behind it. Fighter radar was grealty degraded looking down. .
Namenlos Ein Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 love these "soviet pearls" If you like it take a look at another “pearl”: Wow - those 8 throttles... It's like 16 switches in lowrider ;) Really big 'monster'... And toilet seat looks like an exclusive one in old-school russian planes ;) Saw much more disgusting in some Tupolev or Antonov It is not the toilet, it is latrine (гальюн). And other compartments of that WIG craft was named in marine style, i.e. kitchen — caboose (камбуз), cockpit — pilothouse (ходовая рубка), etc. “Ekranoplan” is rather flying ship then floating plane.
L4key Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 “Ekranoplan” is rather flying ship then floating plane. Nah, it's perfectly inbetween both, a Flypfloplane for short. Not sure of the Russian for that...
jpm1 Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 If you like it take a look at another “pearl”: ... cool stuff SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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