Leave it to the Russsians ...

"pdthedeuce" (pdthedeuce) 10/18/2013 at 11:53 • Filed to: planelopnik

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... to build planes that look shopped .

PanchoVilleneuve ST > pdthedeuce 10/18/2013 at 11:54

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It looks like it's constantly shrugging.

"Hey, where are you flying to today?"

"I DUNNO!"

For Sweden > pdthedeuce 10/18/2013 at 11:56

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LOLFOD

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > pdthedeuce 10/18/2013 at 11:57

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Honestly, there are a lot of advantages to a plane like that on loose surfaces. The C5 was designed the way it was for similar reasons.

I like it.

pdthedeuce > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 10/18/2013 at 11:59

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yup , sometimes practicality looks funny .

dinobot666 > pdthedeuce 10/18/2013 at 12:02

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Looks like it is designed to take off and land on unimproved surfaces, such as gravel. Keeping the engines mounted that high keeps all sorts of debris from entering.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > pdthedeuce 10/18/2013 at 12:07

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The engines blowing over the upper surfaces of the wings essentially magnifies lift and allows large planes to take off in very short distances, from runways that are usually reserved for much smaller aircraft. The location of the engines also protects them from debris on loose surfaces, such as forward airfields. The boost in lift is due to something called the Coanda effect, where high velocity fluids tend to adhere to nearby surfaces.

This is the Boeing YC-14, it was entered as part of a STOL (short take-off and landing) design contest that the USAF held in the 70's to replace the C-130.

PelicanHazard > pdthedeuce 10/18/2013 at 12:47

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Shopped or just outright fictitious.

This is the Bartini Beriev VVA-14, a high-speed high-altitude/ground effect pontoon boat. Crazy bugger actually flew, though only two prototypes were ever made and only one survives in a sorry disassembled state.

ATX211 > PanchoVilleneuve ST 10/18/2013 at 13:03

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"ARE YOU FLYING RIGHT NOW?"

PanchoVilleneuve ST > ATX211 10/18/2013 at 13:03

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"I GUESS!"

pdthedeuce > PelicanHazard 10/18/2013 at 13:30

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the pic I posted is an Antonov An-74 ...

p.s. love me some ekranoplan !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A…

PelicanHazard > pdthedeuce 10/18/2013 at 13:32

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I know what it is, I was providing an example of an even farther-out Russian design.

pdthedeuce > PelicanHazard 10/18/2013 at 13:34

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gotcha .

ttyymmnn > pdthedeuce 10/18/2013 at 18:42

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And this being Russia, they have a militarized version also. Note the rocket launcher under the wing.