thee russian "ekranoplan", classic or dud?

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Totally classic of course. I love that the dreaded KM was nicknamed the "Caspian Sea Monster"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link

Another site here: http://members.lycos.co.uk/aerospace21/ekranoplans/

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link

what were they thinking?

― cºzen (Cozen), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link

classic, obv.

― cºzen (Cozen), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link

It's cool, but it's got nothing on the Chance Vought V-173, or "Flying Flapjack."

http://www.aerofiles.com/vot-v173.jpg

http://www.mozeyoninn.com/Ginter/NAVAL/NF21.jpg

http://www.mindspring.com/~jaytee/images/pic50.jpg

more reading material here

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:09 (nineteen years ago) link

The V-173 is a straight-up airplane though and not a ground-effect craft.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link

YEA KEEP IT ON TOPIC

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link

what is a ground-effect craft?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link

what is a ground-effect craft?

The ekranoplans work on the same principle as hovercrafts, but instead of using a skirt to keep the air cushion inside they use aerodynamics to force it.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:43 (nineteen years ago) link

whoa, I thought this was different than hovercrafts

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link

I used to play in a band that had a guitarist who was obsessed with Ekranoplans, we wrote two long songs, 'Caspian Sea Monster' and 'Spasatel' and released a 12 inch Ekranoplan EP and included photos and information on ground effect aircraft.

http://www.gullbuy.com/buy/2000/2_8.cfm

http://www.collective-zine.co.uk/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=336

http://nme.co.uk/reviews/7486.htm

― mzui, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 09:45 (nineteen years ago) link

so that's what that sigur ros song was about!

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link

sixteen years pass...

The last surviving Lun-class ekranoplan hits the Caspian Sea again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZjHdNHGAo0

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 1 August 2020 06:50 (three years ago) link

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