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Just when you thought some of our ideas were"out there"...

Started by GTX, April 11, 2008, 01:08:25 PM

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GTX

April 11, 2008, 01:08:25 PM
Along comes something like this:

The Yakovlev VVP-6:

Development of jet-lift V/STOL aircraft made it desirable also to develop supporting vehicles able to supply the dispersed and frequently moved operating bases with food, fuel and munitions, and also to provide defence. Yakovlev produced this remarkable project for a complete flying SAM (surface-to-air missile) system.

The huge box-like fuselage, some 49m long, carried six V-750 (11D) or V-755 (20D) [ASCC name 'Guideline'] missiles ready to fire on their launchers, plus reloads and the supporting radars and auxiliary power supplies. It was lifted by six six-blade rotors, each driven by four turboshaft engines. The requirement evaporated with failure to put land-based V/STOLs into service.

Bill Gunston & Yefim Gordon "Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924", 1997



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Greg
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puddingwrestler

#1
April 11, 2008, 03:24:26 PM
I could've sworn I saw that thing on Thunderbirds!  ;D
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Captain Canada

#2
April 11, 2008, 07:47:50 PM
Talk about ambitious.....and completely crazy !

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kitbasher

#3
April 12, 2008, 03:02:26 AM Last Edit: April 12, 2008, 03:15:35 AM by kitbasher
I found this on't tinterweb the other day, published in 1934 (see more at http://blog.modernmechanix.com/covers/).  Mad but not impossible, I guess! ;D ;D
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Mossie

#4
April 12, 2008, 03:45:46 AM
Crazy! :banghead: I like it! :ph34r:
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

B777LR

#5
April 12, 2008, 08:24:14 AM
Quote from: Mossie on April 12, 2008, 03:45:46 AM
Crazy! :banghead: I like it! :ph34r:

We are whiffers, we generally like crazy things... ;D :thumbsup:

lancer

#6
April 12, 2008, 10:55:18 AM
Quote from: puddingwrestler on April 11, 2008, 03:24:26 PM
I could've sworn I saw that thing on Thunderbirds!  ;D

Naaah, it was Captain Scarlet...trust me :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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GTX

#7
April 12, 2008, 12:56:40 PM
What would be really funny would be to model the VVP-6 and place it alongside other whiffs.  When someone says its obviously not real, you pull out the info and show that it was a real concept - they would then start to wonder about all the other 'more conventional' whiffs.

Regards,

Greg
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

John Howling Mouse

#8
April 12, 2008, 01:30:54 PM
Still trying to figure out where the cockpit would be!

Speaking of weird stuff, I think someone here made a UCAV similar to the Yak Albatros, no?

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GTX

#9
April 12, 2008, 01:49:48 PM
QuoteStill trying to figure out where the cockpit would be!

I think the entire nose is a cockpit - or should that be a bridge?

Regards,

Greg
All hail the God of Frustration!!!
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