slantvaliant said:
This is simply spectacular.
Image unrelated.
slantvaliant said:
This is simply spectacular.
Image unrelated.
Kamov Ka-22. I heart Cold War Sovietski stuff. There is nothing the Russians wouldn't try.
We had the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, which was pretty frick'n mental:
But my favorite Soviet aircraft is the Tupolev Tu-4:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
They COPIED the damn B-29 Superfortress in a span of two years.
Duke said:Kamov Ka-22. I heart Cold War Sovietski stuff. There is nothing the Russians wouldn't try.
Or try to copy.
In reply to Donebrokeit :
You had to order that? 
Lisunov LI2 copy of the DC-3 it had a wood stove for heat and some had the turret and carried bombs
The Russians copied more than airplanes. Does anyone else see a little Studebaker/REO in the cab of this monster? We provided our WWII allies a lot of vehicles, and they made the most out of the design work and spare parts.
TacJam EW System deployed briefly in West Germany 1984.
TU95 - evolution of the TU4 which is a copy of the B29.
The Kardashian by Kohler.
They made are their rocket boosters look much angrier.
dunruhroy said:
I resemble that remark.
slefain said:But my favorite Soviet aircraft is the Tupolev Tu-4:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
They COPIED the damn B-29 Superfortress in a span of two years.
Favorite quote about the Tu-4: "The Tu-4 is what the Soviets built to scare Congress."
Allegedly/apocryphally, the orders to duplicate the B-29 "samples" they had were so strict that they duplicated field repairs on the three they had, and needed special dispensation to use metric-thickness panels and Soviet parachutes and radio gear.
In reply to Knurled. :
I heard they even reproduced stamp markings or cast numbers letters that had no impact on being an airplane. Reason? Gulag!
Gulag workers built the White Sea - Baltic Canal. Using hand tools, it looks like.
Knurled. said:slantvaliant said:
This makes me feel funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class.
needs more flare...
oldsaw said:Knurled. said:slantvaliant said:
This makes me feel funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class.
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