RC M-55 Geophysica

[fossil]

Construction started in '07 from Russian 6-views and many photos. Size: wingspan 8 foot by 5 foot nose to tail.
Lots of hours and many more to go.....

 

[flateric]

Oh, my! This is gorgeous!

 

[agricola64]

is this going to be the variant with the gun turret on its back..?

 

[Just call me Ray]

Actually the gun turret would be in the nose.

 

[agricola64]

Actually the gun turret would be in the nose.

in the nose ..?

i could have sworn i saw drawings with a gun turret on the back at some time .. perhaps there several versions considered?

hmm .. that will take a trip to the morgue ... if i can find it again i will post it

 

[fossil]

The original was the M-17 Mystic that had one engine and did have a several varients. This was the Russian answer
to the U-2. The M-55 was built with 2 engines, can fly higher and stay up much longer. Developed into a research plane to study the ozone layer, NASA has at least one in its flock.