Simviation Forum - Invasion!

Apr 5^th, 2008 at 9:43am

fabian_e Ex Member

Hi all,

so if you're looking for some inspiratrion for this month's contest I'd recommend some of these fine russian invasion vehicles.

It was not the best weather for an invasion but L.A. finally belongs to the Soviets .... Grin

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Fabian
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Reply #1 - Apr 5^th, 2008 at 10:17am

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Odd looking aircraft. Nice shots.

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Reply #2 - Apr 5^th, 2008 at 12:58pm

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Those things actually flew?!? Shocked

For some reason I find it hard to believe that an aircraft of that size is powered by a single engine that small.

I'd like one of those hovercrafts though... Cool

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Reply #3 - Apr 5^th, 2008 at 1:12pm

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It has two jet engines in the front that help it take off, then they are shut down and the plane flys on ground effect.

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Reply #4 - Apr 5^th, 2008 at 1:20pm

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Are those the engines? With the red bars just beneath the cockpit?

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Reply #5 - Apr 5^th, 2008 at 1:44pm

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Yep.

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Reply #6 - Apr 5^th, 2008 at 8:34pm

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MOUSY wrote on Apr 5^th, 2008 at 12:58pm:

Those things actually flew?!? Shocked

For some reason I find it hard to believe that an aircraft of that size is powered by a single engine that small.

I'd like one of those hovercrafts though... Cool

It's called a WIG (wing in ground effect). It essentially flies on top of the cushion of air it's massive wing creates between the plane and the water.

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Reply #7 - Apr 5^th, 2008 at 9:04pm

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Were did you get that hovercraft

It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed

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Reply #8 - Apr 8^th, 2008 at 3:40am

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+1 for knowing where that hovercraft is available from?

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Reply #9 - Apr 8^th, 2008 at 12:53pm

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It's Tim Conrad's model. It's called LEBED.

It took me quite a while to find it out on the web again, but here it is:

lebed.zip on flightsim.com

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Reply #10 - Apr 9^th, 2008 at 2:09am

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MOUSY wrote on Apr 5^th, 2008 at 12:58pm:

Those things actually flew?!? Shocked

For some reason I find it hard to believe that an aircraft of that size is powered by a single engine that small.

I'd like one of those hovercrafts though... Cool

That 'small engine' is worth some 12,000 horsepower. Same as on the Tu-95 but it only lasts a few hundred hours due to salt spray

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Reply #11 - Apr 9^th, 2008 at 11:46pm

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WIG was also on the caspian sea monster, and I think the hellenic navy also uses the same hovercraft.

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Reply #12 - Apr 9^th, 2008 at 11:54pm

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Boeing is thinking about making a WIG. It's called the Pelican.

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Reply #13 - Apr 10^th, 2008 at 2:12am

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Vuikag wrote on Apr 9^th, 2008 at 11:46pm:

WIG was also on the caspian sea monster, and I think the hellenic navy also uses the same hovercraft.

In total there were 4 big WIG craft that saw army / navy trials

The A-90 Oryelnok (on the screenshots)

The 'Caspian Sea Monster' (the KM-1) had 10 VD-7 engines (same as the Mya M4).

The 'Lun' (8x i think D-30) with the missile tubes. This one did fire a few shots on a trial

The Bartini VVA, that weird thing that is stored at Monino. This one was land based but was rebuilt to early specs before putting it in the museum. Wings are missing

And there is a load of smaller craft too
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Reply #14 - Apr 10^th, 2008 at 5:30am

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Wow, those Bartini arcrafts are surely some of the best looking things I've ever seen Shocked

They look right out of a sci-fi or manga movie.

I remember seeing a real picture of one of them, with missing wings... it was really like the little brother of a Falcon Millenium or something

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