Mothballed Soviet Ekranoplan (Large Wing-in-ground effect vehicle)

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Mothballed Soviet Ekranoplan (Large Wing-in-ground effect vehicle)

Posted: 9/29/2011 9:57:34 AM EDT

Since there are the threads about the mothballed Typhoon SSBN and the not-quite-abandoned Buran mockup/Cosmodrome at Baikonur, I figured to go for the hat trick with another series of pics of some neat rusting Soviet-era tech.

http://igor113.livejournal.com/51213.html

ETA: Today is Rotting Soviet Stuff day, apparently.

Posted: 9/29/2011 9:58:24 AM EDT

[#1]

What is this? Soviet love Thursday?

Posted: 9/29/2011 9:58:30 AM EDT

[#2]

Holy shit! That thing is cool!

Posted: 9/29/2011 9:59:06 AM EDT

[#3]

What IS that thing and why does it make me think of Rambo 3?

Speed

Posted: 9/29/2011 9:59:20 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:

What is this? Soviet love Thursday?

Better than man love thursdays

Posted: 9/29/2011 9:59:55 AM EDT

[#5]

The monthly ekranoplan thread

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:00:54 AM EDT

[#6]

Caspian Sea Monster FTW!

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:02:51 AM EDT

[#7]

Any body else have a hard time reading that?

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:06:58 AM EDT

[#8]

Damned interesting bird, w/a ball turret no less!

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:07:35 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

What IS that thing and why does it make me think of Rambo 3?

Speed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:07:56 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Any body else have a hard time reading that?

This may help, somewhat:

Translated...

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:11:14 AM EDT

[#11]

do want!

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:13:42 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Any body else have a hard time reading that?

No, why?

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:15:32 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
What is this? Soviet love Thursday?

"You know what? I will tell you, I love your country. No more communism, no rules of any kind, really. I'm filling my suitcase with steroids and art from ancient Mesopotamia, ran over an old woman yesterday, best vacation I ever had!"

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:15:38 AM EDT

[#14]

I have no idea what that thing is, or what it does, but I want it in my back yard

Posted: 9/29/2011 10:40:18 AM EDT

[#15]

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:08:16 PM EDT

[#16]

Oh, good! I love ekranoplan pron!

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:14:14 PM EDT

[#17]

what if there are waves out there?

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:16:08 PM EDT

[#18]

"For me, it remains a mystery why only one engine is closed a prison? "

Me too.

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:27:38 PM EDT

[#19]

Get out of here, Stalker!

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:53:43 PM EDT

[#20]

Not fuel efficient, that is.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:01:50 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Damned interesting bird, w/a ball turret no less!

http://pics.livejournal.com/igor113/pic/007gcc05

http://pics.livejournal.com/igor113/pic/007s8k5h

Notice the gunner's position? - must be an interesting experience sitting there when they decide to fire off one or BOTH of the SS-N-22 Sunburn missiles sitting right over your head.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:12:37 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Damned interesting bird, w/a ball turret no less!

http://pics.livejournal.com/igor113/pic/007gcc05

http://pics.livejournal.com/igor113/pic/007s8k5h

Notice the gunner's position? - must be an interesting experience sitting there when they decide to fire off one or BOTH of the SS-N-22 Sunburn missiles sitting right over your head.

Duck and cover?

They created some seriously weird and cool shit in the CCCP....

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:13:01 PM EDT

[#23]

I'd like to see the Confederate Air Force fully restore that and fly it around the Gulf of Mexico.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:13:57 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
I'd like to see the Confederate Air Force fully restore that and fly it around the Gulf of Mexico.

Wait a minute....

New East African Pirate Raider!

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:15:44 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
what if there are waves out there?

To mitigate this landing is used gidrolyzha.Blagodarya ekranoplan can take off and land with waves up to 5 meters

How is that even possible? I'll believe it when I see it.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:28:10 PM EDT

[#26]

Who do I gotta bribe to get some scrapping permits over there... Looks like a whole lot of scrap metal to me.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:39:15 PM EDT

[#27]

I think someone drank too much vodka

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:41:48 PM EDT

[#28]

Forgetting that it was probably a piece of shit, I honestly think that is one of the most beautifully designed machines I have ever seen - I cannot imagine getting to ride on that.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:43:59 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
I'd like to see the Confederate Air Force fully restore that and fly it around the Gulf of Mexico.

Don't you mean the COMMEMORATIVE Air Force?

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:45:36 PM EDT

[#30]

Another neat photo tour.

They had a site with the pictures of the interior somewhere.

ETA: Found the interior pics.

http://englishrussia.com/2010/09/05/ekranoplan-the-inside-view/

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:46:18 PM EDT

[#31]

Id love to look around inside..... needs more interior pictures

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:49:32 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
What is this? Soviet love Thursday?

Suprise buttsexski

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:49:41 PM EDT

[#33]

Looks like something out of the original Gundam series.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:53:07 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Not fuel efficient, that is.

That video posted above says it is. Ground effect is interesting... doubles the efficiency of a wing, so at that low altitude, it can lift a lot more.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:55:23 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:

Id love to look around inside..... needs more interior pictures

http://englishrussia.com/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/

http://englishrussia.com/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/2/

http://englishrussia.com/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/3/
There used to be a LOT of interior shots but I can't find them now.

ETA

See above

http://englishrussia.com/2010/09/05/ekranoplan-the-inside-view/

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:57:46 PM EDT

[#36]

Toward the bottom...pic of a boat flying the Stars and Bars?

Posted: 9/29/2011 2:19:12 PM EDT

[#37]

what a shame this thing is just rotting away like this.

Posted: 9/29/2011 2:39:04 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I'd like to see the Confederate Air Force fully restore that and fly it around the Gulf of Mexico.

Don't you mean the COMMEMORATIVE Air Force?

I only know them by their non-PC-bullshit name.

About the Confederate Air Force

The origins of the Confederate Air Force date back to 1951, with the
purchase of a surplus Curtiss P-40 Warhawk by Lloyd Nolen, a former World War
II Army Air Corps flight instructor. In 1957, Nolen and four friends purchased
a P-51 Mustang, each sharing in the $2,500 cost of the aircraft. With the
purchase of the Mustang, known as Red Nose, the group was unofficially
founded.

On September 6, 1961, the CAF was chartered as a nonprofit Texas
corporation in order to restore and preserve World War II-era combat
aircraft. In 1965, the first museum building consisting of 26,000 square
feet was completed at old Rebel Field, Mercedes, Texas. The CAF created a new
Rebel Field at Harlingen, Texas, when they moved there in 1968, occupying three
large buildings. The CAF fleet continued to grow and included medium and heavy
bombers such as the B-29, B-25, B-17 and B-24.

Today, the CAF is comprised of over 11,000 members, several
hundred of whom serve as pilots and flight or maintenance crew members committed
to preserving World War II American aviation heritage. The CAF is responsible
for operating a fleet of more than 140 airplanes known as the Ghost Squadron.

The organization was originally known as the "Confederate
Air Force." Following a membership vote in 2001 and made effective on
January 1, 2002, the organization is now known as the Commemorative Air Force.

Posted: 9/29/2011 2:49:03 PM EDT

[#39]

That thing is awesome!!! It looks like it should be flying in space.

Posted: 9/29/2011 2:53:58 PM EDT

[#40]

Nice idea, a ship plane.

Posted: 9/29/2011 2:58:54 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I'd like to see the Confederate Air Force fully restore that and fly it around the Gulf of Mexico.

Don't you mean the COMMEMORATIVE Air Force?

I only know them by their non-PC-bullshit name.

About the Confederate Air Force

The origins of the Confederate Air Force date back to 1951, with thepurchase of a surplus Curtiss P-40 Warhawk by Lloyd Nolen, a former World WarII Army Air Corps flight instructor. In 1957, Nolen and four friends purchaseda P-51 Mustang, each sharing in the $2,500 cost of the aircraft. With thepurchase of the Mustang, known as Red Nose, the group was unofficiallyfounded.

On September 6, 1961, the CAF was chartered as a nonprofit Texascorporation in order to restore and preserve World War II-era combataircraft. In 1965, the first museum building consisting of 26,000 squarefeet was completed at old Rebel Field, Mercedes, Texas. The CAF created a newRebel Field at Harlingen, Texas, when they moved there in 1968, occupying threelarge buildings. The CAF fleet continued to grow and included medium and heavybombers such as the B-29, B-25, B-17 and B-24.

Today, the CAF is comprised of over 11,000 members, severalhundred of whom serve as pilots and flight or maintenance crew members committedto preserving World War II American aviation heritage. The CAF is responsiblefor operating a fleet of more than 140 airplanes known as the Ghost Squadron.

The organization was originally known as the "ConfederateAir Force." Following a membership vote in 2001 and made effective onJanuary 1, 2002, the organization is now known as the Commemorative Air Force.