[quote]in 1930s Russian army was … by the idea of creating huge planes. At that times they were proposed to have as much propellers as possible to help carrying those huge flying fortresses into the air, jet propulsion has not been implemented at those times yet.
Not much photos were saved since that times, because of the high secrecy levels of such projects and because a lot of time passed already. Still on the photo below you can see one of such planes - a heavy bomber K-7.
Now modern history lovers in Russia try to reconstruct according the plans left in once to be top-secret Russian army archives their look in full color. This is one example based on ideas of Russian aviation engineers of that times.[/quote]
[img]http://englishrussia.com/images/flying_fortress/15.jpg[/img]
[img]http://englishrussia.com/images/flying_fortress/14.jpg[/img]
[img]http://englishrussia.com/images/flying_fortress/1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://englishrussia.com/images/flying_fortress/5.jpg[/img]
FUCKING HELL MAN. Look at the size of that!
:wtc:
You just jealous.
I must know what happens if it does a barrel roll
I would not trust that thing for shit.
[QUOTE=The Blue Scotti;26293562]I must know what happens if it does a barrel roll[/QUOTE]
people die
That looks fucking amazing.
I wanna see it fly.
Looks like a real fortress with wings to me. I'll be damned if it lifts off safely and maintains functionality in air for a long time.
Now [i]that[/i] is a flying fortress.
Holy fuck, so many propellers.
Looks like a nice way to die.
Woah. Unsafe or not I would live in that.
Looks like something out of a steampunk movie. I like it.
Wait... so did they actually fly?
Completely unrelated, but since we're on the topic of bombers (and bombs) :
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/H6i3G.jpg[/IMG]
[quote]The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) is a large-yield conventional bomb developed for the United States military.Its blast radius is 450 feet (137.16 m, 150 yd), though the massive shockwave created by the air burst is said to be able to destroy an area as large as nine city blocks.
The MOAB uses 18,700 pounds of H6 as its explosive filler.[6] At 1.35 times the power of TNT, H6 is one of the more powerful explosives used by the U.S. military. H6 is an explosive combination of RDX (Cyclotrimethylene trinitramine), TNT, and aluminium. H6 is typically employed by the military for general purpose bombs and is an explosive composition which is produced in Australia. H6 is a widely used main blast charge filling for underwater weapons such as mines, depth charges, torpedoes and mine disposal charges. HBX compositions (HBX-1, HBX-3, and H6) are aluminized (powdered aluminium) explosives mainly used as a replacement for the now obsolete explosive, known as torpex.[2] HBX-3 and H6 have lower sensitivity to impact and much higher explosion test temperatures than torpex. The warhead is designated the BLU-120/B.[/quote]
The Soviets did a few test flights with it, until the tail boom broke away and it plowed into the ground. Stalin later had the designer executed for sabotage and what have you.
reminds me of stalin's orchestra
Aww, the one with the fucking 16 inch battleship guns is just a re-imagining and didn't actually exist. Now my day is ruined.
That's nothing compared to what we in Norway have!
You can fucking land a [b]plane[/b] on that thing.
[QUOTE=Bombardier.;26293853]The Soviets did a few test flights with it, until the tail boom broke away and it plowed into the ground. Stalin later had the designer executed for sabotage and what have you.[/QUOTE]
I want to see the tail now. It's obscured in every picture.
[QUOTE=_Kent_;26293741]are those battleship guns?![/QUOTE]Fuck, it's got even more guns than a battleship!
The B-52 ain't got shit on this bad boy.
Now THAT is worthy of being called a Flying Fortress
That's radical. I don't care it would probably suck badly, but still, it's fucking awesome!
[QUOTE=BurnEmDown;26294020]You can fucking land a [b]plane[/b] on that thing.[/QUOTE]
Well, the Russians did already have a takeoff platform
[img]http://imgkk.com/i/ngq5.jpg[/img]
The Hughes H-4 Hercules is bigger actually.
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