Soviet Ground-Effect Tank Plane (Amazing reference !!)

Cheez · Mar 2010

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

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Gents, git ta modelin'

(Sorry if olde)

IxenonI · Mar 2010

thats just awesome, wonder how much fuel that thing burns ^^

Muzzoid · Mar 2010

Ah ekranoplans are awesome. They were referred to as caspian sea monsters, by the enemy forces as when they men were on boats they just saw these behemoth ships flying above the surface at 200 mph.. I think that would be enough to scare the crap out of anyone.
(the reason why they fly above the surface like that is because of the ground effect, which means you get 4 times the lift close to the ground as you do in the air)

You can find some videos if you search for ekranoplan.

There was also a class of them made with giant rockets on their back to take out carriers haha.

MoP · Mar 2010

haha, that's insane, all photos saved to inspiration folder!

Jesse Moody · Mar 2010

YES!!!! I'm saving all now... Also going through the other threads and there is all kinds of sexy images.

Muzzoid · Mar 2010

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D8ewD6YX-0&feature=related[/ame]

IxenonI · Mar 2010

check out the rest of his pictures, crazy good photos of airplanes and stuff.

http://igor113.livejournal.com/

Anyone knows of an automatic picture grabber / downloader that downloads em all for me?

Snefer · Mar 2010

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqy7T3W4qCs[/ame]

hehe, we got them in WiC, just cause they are so retarded cool

brandoom · Mar 2010

Wow, that is one ridiculous piece of engineering. Hard to believe something like that could actually fly. What possible reason would you ever construct something that big? Its too big to do anything..

Snefer · Mar 2010

To do suprise attacks on norway OF COURSE! DUUURRR!

Ben Apuna · Mar 2010

Very awesome, saved!

IxenonI:

In Firefox

File -> Save Page As -> Save as type: Web Page, complete

Then just browse to the folder you just made all the images will be in there.

I'm sure IE can do the same thing.

Wahlgren · Mar 2010

Could it actually fly in the sky?

I'd figure some big waves would make it cry if it flew so close to the water all the time. Or does it just turn into a boat with jet engines?

I MUST DO RESEARCH ON THIS!

vcool · Mar 2010

At first I was like "I could translate that" then I realised the scroll bar was a few pixels thick and I thought "no thanks"

A truly incredible machine.

Asherr · Mar 2010

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

rasmus · Mar 2010

Whoa!

Muzzoid · Mar 2010

Notorius, there is a reason why it was only really used on the caspian sea... No waves you see.

But yes they are pretty much a boat with jet engines.

Target_Renegade · Mar 2010

Bookmarked for sure, it looks like a manga flying fortress, great for design ideas as well as texture ref.

Soviet Ground-Effect Tank Plane (Amazing reference !!)

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