Aeroflot model

[Glenn]

This shot was taken at the Russian display, at the 1970 Expo. I seem to remember something about Mil designing and building them, and something about being in Russian service as well as Aeroflot. The guy I was talking to said that the British stole the design from the Soviets, but all the British built was a prototype, and it wasn't very good!

Model :Airfix (boo hoo) 1/72 Mil 'Rotorwing'

Glenn

[Tophe]

At first I felt puzzled: a single rotor was meaning torque (in my mind) so the need for antitorque device (and I saw none).
But there are jets at the rotor blade tips, so the rotation is free from the fuselage point of view, with zero torque, all right...
Very nice model.  

[Tophe]

Well, that made me dream of a nice combo Gyrodyne/Rotodyne (see http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...=0&#entry164348 )... Thanks Glenn! ^_^  

[The Rat]

The guy I was talking to said that the British stole the design from the Soviets, but all the British built was a prototype, and it wasn't very good!

DA! Was filthy monopoly-capitalist running dog scheme to use great technology of Soviet Union for nefarious deeds. But glorious Russian scientists embedded mistakes in plans to cause production of inferior machine!  

 

[Hobbes]

Ah yes Comrade, I remember it well (vodka permitting, of course). The experiments we did with NK-12 turboprops on this airframe were glorious to behold. The speeds we achieved....
But I shall speak of this no more, for the Party is always right and our resources were needed elsewhere.