Tupolev Tu-95/-142 - the mighty "Bear"

[ChernayaAkula]

Just messing around with a "Bear"-planform. The wings have a lay-out like the Blohm & Voss P.188.01. The horizontal stabilators were changed to an end-plate design.

[anthonyp]

Holy...!!!  Ya know, that's something the Russians would try.  Now where'd I put those 1/700 Bears I've got...

[dy031101]

Does the Tu-142 still retain some sort of bombing capabilities?

[Wyrmshadow]

Just messing around with a "Bear"-planform. The wings have a lay-out like the Blohm & Voss P.188.01. The horizontal stabilators were changed to an end-plate design.

someone already beat you to it.
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4861
Just hit the play button.

[Shasper]

I believe the -142s are weapons capable, mostly torpedos, depthcharges & other ASW weapons.

[ChernayaAkula]

Comrade Anatoly, go ahead and make a glorious whif for glorious Soviet Naval Aviation to scare capitalist running-dog ships out of the water!  

someone already beat you to it.
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4861
Just hit the play button.

D'oh! You're correct. And thinking about it, I think someone posted a link to that video earlier here on whatfifmodelers. Then I posted a topic of that HERE ON ARC.   So that may well have been the inspiration for this profile, even if I didn't remember it.   EDIT: Going by my topic on ARC, it was all entirely ysi-maniac's fault. 

[Sauragnmon]

Shasper's right, I think, and additionally, the Tu-95K-22 which could deliver the AS-4, was a modified 142 airframe.  Some of the later mods are similar I think.

[ChernayaAkula]

Inspired by Glenn's B-36C "reversed Peacemaker", here's a reversed Bear.



This was just an intermediate step, but I thought I'd post it anyway. Because the only thing cooler than 32 prop blades are 64! 



While burning through a lot of fuel, these eight engines provided a unique form of missile defence. Once an AAM got too close to the Bear, the massive sound waves from sixteen counter-rotating props shook loose the electronics in the missiles and they'd simply fall out of the sky.

[rickshaw]

I think the propwash would make sure no AAM could get close enough to damage that bomber! 

[Taiidantomcat]

Great concepts Moritz!

[Scooterman]

Good lord, imagine the radar return on 64 blades!!!!!

[Cobra]

Yeah,But Picture The Ground Crews Working their Tails off,With All those Props Keep up the great Work :cheers:Dan

[GTX]

As inspired by Wyrmshadow and sotoolslinger here:



Regards,

Greg

[Taiidantomcat]

Cool!! 

[Daryl J.]

I've wanted to put a Bearlike tail on an Academy B-50.