More Russian experiments of horror

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 10/31/2014 at 13:36 • Filed to: None

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Another also-ran/didn't quite make it/died in a ditch somewhere: the La-200. Which, yeah, it's basically just a giant commie dong. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - apparently the way the Lightning did it made too much sense.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2014 at 13:45

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I bet that front engine's exhaust kept Ivan's cojones toasty..

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 10/31/2014 at 13:47

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See, it's the kind of thing that's a good idea - no, the greatest - right until that point where you sober up. Then it's HOLY FUCKING SHITBALLS RUN

STAGGERED-6 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2014 at 13:53

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Dong plane says hi to dong tank.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2014 at 13:53

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The U.S. had some pretty wild designs in the 50's and 60's too. Lavochkin was always a bit player in Soviet aircraft design though. Always playing second fiddle behind Mikoyan-Gurevich, Tupolev and Sukhoi.

STAGGERED-6 > STAGGERED-6 10/31/2014 at 13:54

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ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2014 at 13:55

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Spare a moment's thought for the brave (necessarily drunk?) test pilot who first flew that beast.

STAGGERED-6 > STAGGERED-6 10/31/2014 at 13:55

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 10/31/2014 at 13:58

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I bet it had a hell of a gyroscopic twitch, kind of like a Sopwith. Down-twitch at the nose coupled with a sideways or upward twitch at the tail when turning? I think this thing might've been a real widowmaker if it had spent some time in service - even without the giant I AM A FIRE HAZARD sign the engine setup has painted.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 10/31/2014 at 14:00

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...and like any lesser child, may have been playing "look at me, look at ME" games.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > STAGGERED-6 10/31/2014 at 14:02

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Right pretty plane right there, I tell you what.

(I have no idea why my mental basking shark voice is a redneck)

STAGGERED-6 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2014 at 14:08

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now I'm thinking about deliverance since you mentioned hill billies and pretty mouths...squeee squeee.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > STAGGERED-6 10/31/2014 at 14:10

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The hillbilly voice I had in mind was this guy:

From old Droopy Dog cartoons.

STAGGERED-6 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2014 at 14:15

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haha... Droopy dog will definitely illicit less nightmares than deliverance hill billy voice.

kanadanmajava1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2014 at 18:48

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My favorite Soviet experimental plane is Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 that had a motorjet. Motorjet as a jet engine that has separate V12 piston engine turning the compressor instead of the turbine that normal jet engines have. It also had a propeller and it was really fast (when it worked).