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Russian Sea Monster...
- Thread starter Hippy Ed
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Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Yeah Ed I ran across that quite a while back. A really neat vehicle!
Yeah, a buddy of mine emailed me the link to it. I've seen a handful of pics of it before but, never had the story with it.
Quite a Monster vehicle...
phantom II
Master at Arms
Very interesting concept . Thanks good research photos . 
I have seen several configurations of this thing with varying numbers of engines :hmmm
It leaves me to wonder how far it would get with eight fuel guzzling jet engines :idonno Also, I'm curious to know how it would be transported to a location where it could be used .
Cheers, Christian B)
I have seen several configurations of this thing with varying numbers of engines :hmmm
It leaves me to wonder how far it would get with eight fuel guzzling jet engines :idonno Also, I'm curious to know how it would be transported to a location where it could be used .
Cheers, Christian B)
phantom II
Master at Arms
It works on ground effects Jame. Back around that time frame popular mechanics had articles on how to build your own ground effect vehicle.
Guess if I had been living close to a large body of water, I probably would have .
Cheers, Christian B)
Very interesting concept . Thanks good research photos .
I have seen several configurations of this thing with varying numbers of engines :hmmm
It leaves me to wonder how far it would get with eight fuel guzzling jet engines :idonno Also, I'm curious to know how it would be transported to a location where it could be used .
Cheers, Christian B)
Yep, great photos! Now this had a range of like 2,000 miles at an altitude of 15 feet above the sea. Good question about ground transport. This thing had no landing gear & used a special dock to lift it out of the water...
Exactly! But, with more of a bad attitude :frantic
As big as it is, they'd need to remove the wings and have a BIG Rig or two to move it. It would be interesting sight to see tho
iambrb
Well-known member
The technology had actually been in development for some time; it is thought that when Leonid Brezhnev said in a speech “We have battleships that can jump buildings” this is what he was actually referring to. Her is a Wiki-link to it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan
phantom II
Master at Arms
Very interesting concept . Thanks good research photos .
I have seen several configurations of this thing with varying numbers of engines :hmmm
It leaves me to wonder how far it would get with eight fuel guzzling jet engines :idonno Also, I'm curious to know how it would be transported to a location where it could be used .
Cheers, Christian B)
Yep, great photos! Now this had a range of like 2,000 miles at an altitude of 15 feet above the sea. Good question about ground transport. This thing had no landing gear & used a special dock to lift it out of the water...
Never would have guessed they could have got that sort of mileage at that speed and with a load in it.
and my brain is also having a hard time imagining this bobbing along an ocean with regular ships .
Perhaps that's why it did not make it being development :idonno
Cheers, Christian B)
iambrb
Well-known member
Very interesting concept . Thanks good research photos .
I have seen several configurations of this thing with varying numbers of engines :hmmm
It leaves me to wonder how far it would get with eight fuel guzzling jet engines :idonno Also, I'm curious to know how it would be transported to a location where it could be used .
Cheers, Christian B)
Yep, great photos! Now this had a range of like 2,000 miles at an altitude of 15 feet above the sea. Good question about ground transport. This thing had no landing gear & used a special dock to lift it out of the water...
Never would have guessed they could have got that sort of mileage at that speed and with a load in it.
and my brain is also having a hard time imagining this bobbing along an ocean with regular ships .
Perhaps that's why it did not make it being development :idonno
Cheers, Christian B)
Most stats like that are under absolute best conditions, unloaded and the like, kinda like the MPG rating on your car.......
I would imagine that in the long runit did not turn out to be all that was promised. bet under a full load and trying to plug thru a stormy sea, it did not fare so well. I particularly liked those big cages around the engines. I am betting after it was last used the marine bird life really rebounded, if you wee what I mean.
The article talks about how stealthy it is, seriously doubt that's the case with something that big and that fast moving across the water. Lookdown radar wouldn't have any problem seeing it.
Roger that Bob!!