airtaxi2006
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- Dec 19, 2009
can anyone ID this airplane for me
can you ID this airplane?
can you ID this airplane?
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can anyone ID this airplane for me
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Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
Yes
it's a make-believe aircraft based on the Russian K-7
it's a make-believe aircraft based on the Russian K-7
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
It's carrying a battleship load of weapons.
Looks like a screenshot from a video game.
Looks like a screenshot from a video game.
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Yeah, it's a CGI image based on the Kalinin K-7 which was actually built in 1933. They flew it a number of times but it was barely airworthy.
If I remember right, they built a modified version, but it too had serious issues and crashed, killing everyone on board.
Joe Stalin canceled the project and had Kalinin arrested and executed for some reason. I think it was espionage...
If I remember right, they built a modified version, but it too had serious issues and crashed, killing everyone on board.
Joe Stalin canceled the project and had Kalinin arrested and executed for some reason. I think it was espionage...
Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
I fail to see how it could have gotten off the ground, let alone fire that unlikely weapons complement.
It pays no regard to aerodynamic form, has undercarriage like two underslung D-Day landing craft and an indoor arboretum for a crew compartment. The fuel to feed all of those engines, trying to keep that aerodynamic-as-a-barn deadweight in the air, would be a massive concern.
The Luftwaffe would likely have been uncertain whether to shoot it down or invade it, steal the fuel and prolong their involvement in the war for a few more months.
It pays no regard to aerodynamic form, has undercarriage like two underslung D-Day landing craft and an indoor arboretum for a crew compartment. The fuel to feed all of those engines, trying to keep that aerodynamic-as-a-barn deadweight in the air, would be a massive concern.
The Luftwaffe would likely have been uncertain whether to shoot it down or invade it, steal the fuel and prolong their involvement in the war for a few more months.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Yeah, it really was an ungainly peice of machinery...
I went and checked up on the history of the K-7 just to be sure my facts were straight, and I was just about dead-on...aparently, Stalin had Kalinin executed for espionage AND sabotage (after his aircraft crashed 21 November 1933, killing everyone on board)...
There's only a couple of photos of the K-7 that exists, so it's extremely rare.
Here's the specs:
Crew: 11
Capacity: 120 passengers in civilian configuration
Length: 91 ft. 10 in. (28m)
Wingspan: 173 ft. 11 in. (53m)
Height: Unknown
Wing area: 4,886.8 ft² (454 m²)
Empty weight: 53,793 lb. (24,400kg)
Loaded weight: 83,776 lb. (38,000kg)
Powerplant: 7 Mikulin AM-34F V-12 piston engines, 750 hp. (560kW) each
Maximum speed: 121 knots - 140 mph. (225km/h)
Service ceiling: 13,123 ft. (4,000m)
Wing loading: 17 lb/ft.² (84kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.06 hp/lb. (103W/kg)
Source: Shavrov - Istoriia konstruktskii samoletov v SSSR do 1938 g.
I went and checked up on the history of the K-7 just to be sure my facts were straight, and I was just about dead-on...aparently, Stalin had Kalinin executed for espionage AND sabotage (after his aircraft crashed 21 November 1933, killing everyone on board)...
There's only a couple of photos of the K-7 that exists, so it's extremely rare.
Here's the specs:
Crew: 11
Capacity: 120 passengers in civilian configuration
Length: 91 ft. 10 in. (28m)
Wingspan: 173 ft. 11 in. (53m)
Height: Unknown
Wing area: 4,886.8 ft² (454 m²)
Empty weight: 53,793 lb. (24,400kg)
Loaded weight: 83,776 lb. (38,000kg)
Powerplant: 7 Mikulin AM-34F V-12 piston engines, 750 hp. (560kW) each
Maximum speed: 121 knots - 140 mph. (225km/h)
Service ceiling: 13,123 ft. (4,000m)
Wing loading: 17 lb/ft.² (84kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.06 hp/lb. (103W/kg)
Source: Shavrov - Istoriia konstruktskii samoletov v SSSR do 1938 g.
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
It uses flubber for fuel!!
Pong
Staff Sergeant
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Thank you for sharing the link Bob.
Very cool.
Very cool.- Thread starter
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airtaxi2006
Recruit
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- Dec 19, 2009
thanks everyone for the information
