Ekranoplan - The Caspian Sea Monster

Seeding on UKNova. "An excellent Equinox about an extraordinary
machine. The Russian Ekranoplan".

This has been a public service announcement.

Ugly looking fucker innit?

 

Great on smooth water, not so great on big ocean waves. But marvellous all
the same.

 

Already d/l'ing but, IIRC, I was great in a straight line but had problems
making a turn...

 

The original seeder has go off-line and there's currently no one with more
than 73% to share. Could prove frustrating...

Oh yes.

 

Seattle sea monster - not Bill Gates - Boeing proposal,
could carry the weight of 3 full 747s.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Pelican
Useful load: 2,800,000 lb (1400 tons) (1,272,727 kg)

 

I remember that documentary, and earlier this year I met a Russian
aircraft engineer who knew a bit about it. Severely strange machine.

 

Go on a diet, then.
--
Dave
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Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

It's down and seeding for anyone who's after it.

It's the fact it has a wake that's weird, I mean, all said and done,
aircraft shouldn't make wakes.

 

to see one flying

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At the back with the tortoises. Just finished watching it. Very good,
didn't realise they were still in development.

 

Where is the eels compartment?

 

Here:

http://www.wildlandfire.com/pics/wall/engines-hovercraftlg.jpg

 

Hovercraft /own/.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, marina

Why on *Earth* did they feel the need to infect the film with an utterly
awful soundtrack?

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It helps you find the volume knob.

 

The Yanks should stop fucking about and get the Russian engineers to make
the Mars mission craft.
It might look like a bean can but it will work and cost less.

 

I dunno, they've made plenty of funerals.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

A surfeit of eels to starboard, it would seem.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

<cough> I'd like to point Sir in this direction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera

The Ruskies had a *major* hard on for Venus at the time. But read for
yourself and decide whether it worked and costed less.

Mind you, the Soyuz launcher is a bit of a star 1,600 odd launches with
a 98% success rate. Pardon my Russian, but that's a bloody good showing.

 

Actually, I like the way some Russian kit - including the Ekranoplane -
looks. They're straight out of Dan Dare comics. Or The Trigan Empire
from Ranger and Look & Learn.

(I suspect I'm not the only sad bastard who remembers that one with
affection).