Soviet Monster

[the hermit]

Originally Posted by Darth Windius

It's neither P.....c nor paper, it's Wood, it's motorized, an impressive 1/28 work, and it has flown:

Scratch-Build-Off 3 1/28 scale 7 engine bomber, Kalinin K-7 - Page 5 - RC Groups

oh the horror!

i was like ok great it flys...

oh noes it crashed!

lol

awesome

[ringmaster]

Originally Posted by OldTroll

The image is totally fictitious. Here is info on the actual K-7 aircraft.

Didn't the Lightning fly one of those in "Fighting Devildogs"?
http://www.swapsale.com/models12.htm

[2Kamser]

a bit like the "spruce goose" (is that how to spell it?)

[cdavenport]

The French built a tween-the-wars plane that sported cannons, but, for the life of me, I cannot find a picture of it. At any rate, it was no where near as monstrous as the Russian one.

I didn't realize that they also built a biplane. That would make for an interesting model. I wonder why it needed so many wheels.

[Paperbeam]

Originally Posted by Darth Windius

It's neither P.....c nor paper, it's Wood, it's motorized, an impressive 1/28 work, and it has flown:

Scratch-Build-Off 3 1/28 scale 7 engine bomber, Kalinin K-7 - Page 5 - RC Groups

Looks like it comes with a handy gigantic cupholder accessory included in the front (presumably for a giant slurp of vodka).:D

Simply amazing...

Terry

[cdavenport]

Can you imagine flying around in that thing trying to fire a cannon!?! Perhaps it was a bit like hanging on for dear life as the gun deck pitched and rolled in a sea battle.

Brave or crazy? I cannot decide.

[Darth Windius]

Originally Posted by Paperbeam

Looks like it comes with a handy gigantic cupholder accessory included in the front (presumably for a giant slurp of vodka).:D

Simply amazing...

Terry

Uncredible, but this kind of "cup of Vodka" was REALLY for a soviet soldier to stand with a Kalachnikoff and fire at the planes!!!!!

Just look at the original schemes :D:D:D Really stupid....

[cdavenport]

If have not done so already, you might consider reading the historical excerpt given at 2Kamsers' link (his first post). I didn't realize that the thing actually flew.

Reading the description of the demise of the aircraft, it appears to have been a victim flutter caused by harmonic vibration. I just finished the book, Eagles of Mitsubishi, written by Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed the Zero. In it, he describes the flutter problem aero designers were facing as the complexity and speeds of aircraft increased in the post-WWI years.

So, the Soviet design literally tore itself apart. That would make a fascinating model.