Kamov aerosleds (aka hour rule that never was)

"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars) 04/15/2018 at 08:40 • Filed to: soviet, aerosani, aerosled, gaz, pobeda

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Tell me these photos don’t look like they come out of some sort of retro scifi universe, I dare you.

Where these actually came from is Soviet Russia. These are helicopter factory Kamov’s aerosled models Sever-2 (1st photo) and KA-30 (2nd photo). Sever-2 was based on GAZ ‘Pobeda’ car while KA-30 was build from scratch. Both relied on Ivchenko AI-14 9-cylinder radial engine for power.

Here’s a postcard from 1968 depicting the areas where postal service used KA-30s.

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pip bip - choose Corrour > KnowsAboutCars 04/15/2018 at 08:46

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given how much snow they get, makes perfect sense.

KnowsAboutCars > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/15/2018 at 08:50

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Yup

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > KnowsAboutCars 04/15/2018 at 09:28

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The Soviets sure loved their unconventional propulsion experiments.

coqui70 > KnowsAboutCars 04/16/2018 at 00:00

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The benefit of not needing to worry about making a profit - you could get support for all kinds of crazy machines.