REAL MAN TRUCKWORKS & SURVIVAL

GENERAL TOPICS => D.O.T. => Topic started by: TexasRedNeck on October 29, 2015, 09:51:12 PM

Title: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: TexasRedNeck on October 29, 2015, 09:51:12 PM

http://thebrigade.com/2015/07/09/russias-unprecedented-monster-aircraft-ship

Interesting piece of soviet junk

Title: Re: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: JR on October 30, 2015, 12:12:58 AM

Cool but very old news and they are all rotting away. Ground effect aircraft, but very fast.

Its the missile pods up top I don't like!

Title: Re: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: Sammconn on October 30, 2015, 07:32:43 AM

Yeah it's pretty cool. Personally I'm glad they're rotting away, as they would be quite a menace to the seas.

Title: Re: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: Farmer Jon on October 30, 2015, 11:54:18 AM

I wouldn't be surprised if they still have a couple that can be put to work if need be.

Title: Re: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: EL TATE on October 30, 2015, 11:57:49 AM

I'm sure they let this one, languishing in disrepair be the focus of the article and very likely still have operational units. However I would like to think our radar and ships' missile defense systems have come a long way since '87 and R2D2 would light those suckers up in a heartbeat.

Title: Re: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: JR on October 30, 2015, 05:31:05 PM

Yep, no matter how you see it that is going to put out on heck of a signal.

That type does hold the world record for lifting by an aircraft. Notice how russia just has to build the biggest (cept carriers)

Title: Re: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: stlaser on November 06, 2015, 09:41:43 PM

I don't think that has much on Hughes' Spruce goose other than it was 40 years behind..........

Title: Re: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: Flyin6 on November 07, 2015, 09:17:44 AM

Last time I was up at Evergreen Headquarters, the owners of the Goose, they gave me the museum executive tour. I got to get into the cockpit and sit in Howard Hughs seat.

That is one huge airplane!

Title: Re: Monster Russian Craft
Post by: stlaser on November 08, 2015, 12:20:17 AM

That's pretty cool in my book