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has this been discussed before? http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/yak_vvp-6.php

Maybe Chelomei’s space interceptor ... ? http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lks.htm

These drawings were obtained from a book I ordered several years ago from Avia Press. Sorry, I can't identify specific sourse. They were shown in a book on the T-4 Sotka, and only shpwed the over head view.Thw book was in Russian so I can't give any details. I would like to know if these are...

Is there anyone of the memebers who ever have seen information or illustrations of the Shukanov " Koltseplan". This was a single engined V-STOL fighter ? project of 1943 with a ring wing (not a disc). Models should have been tested in the MAI windtunnel.

The Soviets had a number of stilborn aircraft carrier projects from the 1930's all the way through to the 1990's. One of the most studied was Project-72 dating back to WW-II (1943) I think. Other projects include Project-69A, Project-85 and Project 1123 (Moskova concepts) before getting to the...

Before Sukhoi got the nod to build the Russian Regional Jet, I remember seeing a photo in Air International from somebody/something called Irkutsk that was offering a lifting-body short haul jet. Any body have any info?

I've always been interested in the US DoD impressions, mostly paintings during the Cold War, of Soviet aircraft, ships and land-based systems. Often they weren't far off the mark but other times they were widely inaccurate, sometimes for political reasons to justify the DoDs expenditure. The...

Hi, Yak-45 VTOL aircraft project of 1979.

Hi, Antonov SKV VTOL aircraft project which led to develope An-14;

It's been great to browse Paralay's new site and be able to pick up things so quickly and easily. This caught my eye; it's half of an image showing preliminary designs for the MiG-29 from 1971 and 1972. Are there any any other sources for these? The clear progression from a -25 to a -29-style...

Big surprise, anther mystery project to me,and I think most of the members don't know it, it was Biesnovat 6 ;an unmanned supersonic aircraft which fitted with U-400-10 engine,it was under construction in 1946.

Hi, somebody have information about this ship. Project 11990 test ship and Project 13040 Anchor. will be escort of nuclear power carrier.

Hi, a little known aircraft to MiG : MiG-115: was a single-turboprop staggered and unbraced biplane utility aircraft. MiG-125: light business jet powered by two Williams-Rolls FJ-44 turbofans engines.

Dear Overscan, by the way the Ilyushin Il-74 and Il-27 were mentioned in english site, www.mda.org.uk/aircraft/9489.htm

For counter Ticonderoga Class, Soviet also want a new class fighting ship which could be build in scores. Afterall, the Kirov class is too expensive. So here we see a new class that looks nuch similar with Ticonderoga. [EDIT: Not a real project - MODERATOR]

Do you know that designer ? Gashulyak,Yaroslav his name isn't mention in the book THE OSPREY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT 1875-1995. He designed and built the G-1 a single seat helicopter, which powered by Irbit two-cylinder motor-cycle engine in spring of 1961.

As freaky as it is it's gotta be Russian ;) (The name probably says it all but any background on this?)

TsNII claim to be the institute with "stealth" experience. They claim to have reduced the RCS of Tu-160, S-37, and Kh-101 by factors of 6, 10, and 14 from the original designs. Chelomei are supposed to have intended to use a Plasma Stealth generator called "Marabou" on their 3M25 Meteorit missile.

Well, we all know the 1.44 demonstrator. But how did Mikoyan arrive at this configuration? What was the design evolution? What might the production 1.42 look like? What about the Sukhoi and Yakovlev designs? First- from Yefim Gordon's Nowe Su i MiG published in Polish by PKL, a TsAGI...

I forgot Colani designs. So here they are: 1. Cygnus - was projected gigantic passanger plane for soviet airlines Aeroflot from 80s. It was designed for extreme climatic and geographic conditions. It was powered by two bolt - like ducted fans. 2. This is hypersonic Mach 5 passanger plane from...