Want to drive the fastest thing on water?

[Chock]

Not sure whether this would interest navy sim fans or flight sim fans, probably both:

http://www.alphasim.co.uk/images/Premier%20pics/LUN_2.jpg

http://www.alphasim.co.uk/images/Premier%20pics/LUN_6.jpg

You can buy it for FS9 and FSX here:

http://www.alphasim.co.uk/index2.html

[Yahoshua]

God that thing looks ugly......

[HunterICX]

God that thing looks ugly......

:yep: Yep!
but a beast cant look pretty thought :hmm:

[Tchocky]

Ah! Ekranoplan!
Amazing craft, and very aesthetically pleasing in my view. There's something beautifully illogical about wing-in-ground, and seeing it work.

[Jimbuna]

What's her diving time ? :arrgh!:

[SUBMAN1]

What's her diving time ? :arrgh!:

Pretty fast if you hit the water. This thing flies over it.

[Jimbuna]

So it's just a wee bit faster than a XXI ? :lol:

[LoBlo]

http://www.aerohydro.com/images/designers/Destriero%20Bridge.jpg

One of the fastest thing on the water :cool:

[Jimbuna]

What's her specs ? :hmm:

[geetrue]

Russia built a real one just like that one without the missile launchers.

I think they called it the Dragon ... she only flew 10 feet off the water though.

I think it was suppose to carry Marines ...

I'll go look for it ...

Still checking, but look what I found:

http://archive.gulfnews.com/indepth/irancrisis/more_stories/10030593.html

Iran now has a super fast flying boat ...


Here it is: http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~agretch/RAFAQ/WIG.html

"Caspian Sea Monsters" 1960's oddity

Name OKB TO Wght, tons Propulsion Crew/ Pssngrs Pload (ton) Spd (km/h) Ceilng (m) Rnge (km) Size lg*spn*ht (m) Function/Modifications Lun (http://www.welt.de/archiv/951110/ws011.gif) (Hen- harrier) TGKB*

400 8*NK-87 Kuznetsov four on each side of the fuselage aft of cockpit
400 - 450 -550 Cruse: 1-4
Search: 100-300
Max: 3,000 3,000 73,8*44*16
Sealift, coastal defense (six canisters with AS missiles atop of the fuselage), search and rescue

They even built a passenger version:

http://www.gizmohighway.com/transport/ekranoplan.htm


http://www.gizmohighway.com/images/main_photos/ekranoplan.gif

[geetrue]

Here's a jet plane/boat at an airshow only two years ago:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Gidroaviasalon2006/Highlights/index.html

You can't copy his pictures though, copyrite protected.

Best pictures I have ever seen, scroll down to the middle ...

[Jimbuna]

Thanks for the info :up:

Hard to tell what that Iranian photo actually is :hmm:


You can't copy his pictures though, copyrite protected.


I'm suprised you find that an obstacle ;)