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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
08/29/2020 at 10:25 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Ekranoplan

Crazy airplane. I’d never heard of any of this before.

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Update : drone footage too.

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DISCUSSION (23)

sony1492 > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 10:34

The interiors immaculate compared to the exterior.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 10:36

I think it is technically a boat. It just uses ground effect once it gets up to speed.

Just Jeepin' > sony1492
08/29/2020 at 10:36

Indeed, but I do like that patina.

Just Jeepin' > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
08/29/2020 at 10:37

It is now!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 10:41

even if not nuclear tipped those missles are capable of mach 3, with a 600lb warhead and the size of telephone pole.

Kinja'd!!!

phenotyp > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 10:50

Back in the day, ekranoplans were a frequent Jalopnik topic.

Svend > phenotyp
08/29/2020 at 11:02

‘Back in the day’, before the nightmare and darkness of 2020. Lol.

Ye', I can remember posting and replying quite a lot about these planes.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 11:09

The good old Caspian Sea monster.

InsanezX2 > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 11:10

phenotyp > Svend
08/29/2020 at 11:19

Of course, my “back in the day” re Jalopnik is the Davey G/Loverman era.

Svend > phenotyp
08/29/2020 at 11:33

My back in the day was about 3BC (Before Cheeto),

Predesntly it's just 4AD (Aaaaarrrgggghhhh Die-already).

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 11:40

Time to learn!

wafflesnfalafel > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 12:19

I never really understood how they thought it would fine being limited to only good weather/no waves. Seems like the only value would be as like a highspeed, long distance, landing craft you can only use on a calm, sunny day.

zipfuel > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 13:28

I love these things, they’re so utterly cold war mental - I wrote a general interest paper on them back in university. I didn’t know the Lun survived in such good condition, I really hope they can salvage it.

The smaller A90 O rlyonock landing craft type were always my favorite.

Kinja'd!!!

There’s still an unfinished sister to the Lun sitting in mothballs somewhere.

rockingthe2 > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
08/29/2020 at 14:22

Used to be a Navy anti-ship missile tech, these are still VERY common to see in training, shit I’ve had these pointed at me.

https://www.military.com/video/guided-missiles/antiship-missiles/russian-supersonic-missile-blows-away-vessel/4156566704001
This video (about 1/3 of the way through) shows how they hit, a 1-2 punch going all the way through the ship lengthwise.

These scare me.

ttyymmnn > rockingthe2
08/29/2020 at 15:02

Jesus Christ. We have something that does that too, right? Right?

rockingthe2 > ttyymmnn
08/29/2020 at 15:28

We have some new stuff coming down the pipeline that is pretty good, but the rest is really just the Harpoon, which has been around for a minute.

ttyymmnn > rockingthe2
08/29/2020 at 15:34

That’s some Captain Marvel-fly-through-the-bad-guy’s-space ship level of shit. Probably more energy than explosive.

WilliamsSW > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
08/29/2020 at 17:08

It is neither a boat nor an airplane. It is ground effect vehicle.

hillrat > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 18:04

Giz has been all over this thing for years.

https://gizmodo.com/this-caspian-sea-monster-was-a-giant-soviet-spruce-go-1456423681

Azrek > Just Jeepin'
08/29/2020 at 18:07

Scramble the Spruce Goose to get it!

rockingthe2 > ttyymmnn
08/29/2020 at 19:52

The terminal velocity is absurd, granted that target was “just” a ship and had no armor or anything like that, however having been on U.S. Naval vessels around that size I don’t see it ending any differently.

Nauraushaun > Just Jeepin'
08/31/2020 at 01:35

That story of the photographer creeping in is incredible. She made history.