I believe this was a troop and equipment transport that is supposed to take them into enemy controlled territory and it is faster than a ship but flies low so it doesn't get detected by aircraft radar!
one problem, what about when the water gets rough and choppy. It would seem that this would be incapable of crossing oceans, or anything more than incredibly large lakes, or going across an inlet from the ocean where the water is surrounded on three sides by land.
@swisstestpilot Well that would make sense. I wasn't sure if it could actually become airborne with wings (if that is what they are technically called, being that small) that small. thank you for clearing that up for me.
@jonesm16 So over oceans it will fly in ferry flight , i think if we have a wave up to 3000m high we have anyway big problems. Such a big Ekranoplan could start in the bay of San Francisco and land at the Shore of Hawaii
@jonesm16 No, when it is using ground effect it has not its maximum speed as far as i knew, and in more than 10m -12m is no more ground effect (well the big ekranoplans have some kind of trust vectors in the front engin and can create with this sooome extra liftforce. I am not a expert i know this fromDVD ekranoplans of wingsof russia studio an the Book russian /Soviet Ekranoplans from Ian allen publishing
@jonesm16 If it ever clipped a wave it would be torn to pieces just like a ditching airplane. the closer you fly to the surface in ground effect the more likely you are to hit the surface.
@Perktube At 3000m (there allready fly airliners) is no groundeffects, yes it will llse effeici, its the ferry flight highe not the usual operating highe (but enugh to overfly land). Also to get up to this high the engine trust is blon to the wing to get more lift force
Those are awesome looking machines. Do any of these still operate today at arishows or even commercially? Really cool looking. Years ago I got a ride in a Russian Volga hydrofoil here in Canada. It was privately owned. I have no idea what happened to it, or if the guy still owns it. It was an awesome ride. Smooth, fast and stable.
@TheMarathonMike oh boy, i think you are a realy lucky one, not much people had ever the luck to have a ekranoplane ride. i also never had this :-( . I thnik apart from the smale ones like the Volga there are no big anymore in use ,all in museum, drydock or in storage. as far as i knew no one of the big was ever shown on a puplic airshow (only for soviet Military& goverment VIPs) But the smale one took a few times part at the hydroaviation airshow
I see one design flaw that is it is like a airplane which makes it very cumbersome and heavy or complicated with many parts. It should be simple to construct something like a flying saucer shaped. One big smooth shape will provide rigidity of construction in simple way in component wise, and simple geometric shapes provide stability without complex multiple wings. US stealth aircraft shape could be re-shaped to howercraft for example. Such craft will function more like a logistic or support T
@peyo001 No, the KM was detroyed because of an pilot error. the Lun is parked in the drye dock. The SAR LUN is still unfinished in the Warft. the SM-6 is preserved as Gate guard. one A-6 is in the Museum at the Moskwa, one A-6 was crashed an other damaged beyond repair, whtat happend to the rest..i don,t know. Bad waeather was not aproblem they have radar and are build stronger than seaplanes.
@sureeasy The same like if an aircraft hit an iceberg, but the big ekranoplanes are all equipt with radar so no risk. Of corse start and landing in water should the "runway" be free of surface ice.
@boogalooshrimpable Well of corse if the sea is to stormy it cant operate,(but it can hold usualy more than usual seaplanes) in general it can operate in seas like a hydrofoilboat. If you thinking of a big wave like a tsunami, so you have to remeber that such waves are only dangerus near the shore not in the open sea. in the open sea the aircrushion still work. the Ekranoplan flies over the wave like you drive up and down a hill.
@boogalooshrimpable it was top secret military project no civil use was prohibet because of this. but in the Navy differend opinies about tactic blocked the ekranoplans.After the brakdown of the CCCP ther was no money for military or civil projects. Seaworthiness at cruising mode no limitations,Seaworthiness when landing wave height (3 % occurrence) up to 3.5 m Seaworthiness when taking-off wave height (3 % occurrence) up to 2, 5 m see in internet .hs-ships.ru/e_firms.phtm
One of the coolest and functional cold war transport. I don't know if it ever when to action, but this was the best way to transport troops and cargo under the radar at great speed.
very cool and interesting video about little known and misunderstood tech. no doubt
its exploiting ground effect in a unique way. Despite some saying it's the same as an airplane in GE, it obviously isn't. The GE loading is way higher, so the phyics are different. That's not to say it's safe, idk. I'd guess it's much more stable in GE than a plane, and maybe the control surface configuration and loading reduces stall risk.
I don't really see the point of this. If you want to move a lot of cargo, you can use a boat. If you need to go fast you can use a plane. Why bother building this thing?
@cookiehead2 Because a Ship can't go that fast, and a Airplane of equal size can't transport that weight of cargo. With this you can reach Offshore platforms, big shipps or smale islands faster than by ship or helicopter and you are able to land in the wather or flat land/ice
@swisstestpilot Buddy, in with 72 Wing in USAF and we experimented with...Nobody wants it cause it can't be used in choppy seas or in rough seas either. Although was a good concept...you can't expect to have only sunny days and calm seas in 365 days all around. Just my 2 cents humble infos...
@VJDanisan How could you / the USAF test thise one? No example of the KM, A-90 or Lun was ever in other operators hands than the Soviet or Russian Navy. well a realy stormy sea is of corse a problem but it can still operate in stronger wathers than seaplanes. I think it would be a usefule toll for coastguard, boarderguard or anti pirate missions.
@MrKevinSchram Honey, you're stupid, due to its hight its really hard to hit with a missile, impossible with torpedo, almost invisible to most radars, coz flies low. it lifts HUGE weights, its practically a battleship, capable of moving as fast as a plane. why the hell NOT to build it?
@cookiehead2 You have no idea of how much stuff was built during the Cold War era by both US and Russia.. that was an era of Research and Development! Billions of dollars spent! soem of the technology had made it, some did not! this Ekranoplane is the one that didn't make it! There was a pistol with a camera-for-each-shot being developed for US Cops to see who and how they were shooting people! pointless thing it was, BUT that what is called Innovation!!!
@cookiehead2 If I remember right, these things were for use in the Baltic to "leap frog" naval infantry behind NATO forces. The ground effect enabled them to cross marine mines and other obstructions with a HUGE payload. Then climb a beach and land. Useless on the open ocean but perfect for the Baltic. Denmark, Norway and Sweden would have been unable to stop such a rapid deployment. Another Cold War dinosaur.
Looks FAB.. shows how creative they were way ahead of USA... Could be used for today's travel if it could be stable over the waves the +-300feet someone points out here. Whats the point going at 30.000 feet when you can travel at that level and land nearly anywhere.
They were mighty beasts, but limited and only theoretical for actual war. They did fine on the little Caspian sea, but get them out in open ocean and they wouldn't fare so well.
In big seas these would be toast.Going nose first into one big wave would result in severe damage... Even the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas can be tough places when the weather is up.
What about salt water wreching the jet engines ??Ten years ago ,a Westport,Connecticut company made a prototype personal two seat akranoplane. One of the investors was a Sergio Sykorski.
@Tjita1 The Desinger Rostislav Aleksejev was first a ship builder, after he made the Hydrofoil Boats (for eg. the Kometa ) by building hydrofoils he get the idea of buildig ekranoplans
Anyway, ekranoplane if getting any more attention would be best rescue operation vehicle for huge capacity ferries. capable of carrying many people, fast (around 450 kph (in some prototype testing they've almost hit 700 kph), 3x more then passenger helicopters), capable of stopping on water.
@parakeettrick Military: As Troop carryrer for assault landings (like Hoovercrafts) armt with missilies against warships. also pland was for minelaying and as submarine hunter. Civile use : as Coast guard patrool, as rescue and SAR vehicle, resarcch vehicle in the northern sea, as intervention tool in cases of oil leaks, and for passagier transporter in sea locations with many smale islands who are to sale for comercial airports.
@dekkard The KM was not able to fly very high optimum height was 15m (46ft) max speed 500km/h (310mph) the KM was used 15years. it crasht 1980 because of pilot error. Surce: Soviet and Russian Ekranoplans (From Sergey Komissarov and yefim gordon from Ian Allen Publishing)
@thebluemaggot not really. As a landing vehicle the KM out matched almost everything. While we were designing our LCAC (Hover Craft), a slow moving, easy to destroy landing vehicle, the russians would have had the KM ready and flying... Plus it fly's over the water's surface at over 300 mph and can land troops on any beach. It would also most likely have air cover since that's the only thing that could keep up to defend it.
@zenny1329 "It would also most likely have air cover since that's the only thing that could keep up to defend it." And where would that Air cover come from? Russia even at the Height of it's military power only had a total of Six aircraft carriers at any given time and to of those where Helicopter carriers, No where near enough to provide enough logistical support to give these air cover, especially in enemy waters.
@ozoneocean Fast and low (and huge) are actually what make them damn near impossible to miss. Sonar detection nets can detect objects hundreds of miles out. and with that much thrust directed straight into the water it's going to light up it's position like a Christmas tree.
@ELobodeplata Russians have made a prototype to test it and gather data. This plane showed excellent potential and has so many application which could be used. Problem is nobody wants to persue it. There is a monopoly in civil aviation and this does not exist in greater numbers as as the reason why electric car is still not around but it was built in 1960..... higher interets prevent it.
@Joshnotchuck Theoretically, it was supposed to be OK in bad weather. They tested the CSM in rough seas and that is why it's on the bottom of the ocean now.
@DTownzz Yes they testet it also on bad weather, but the crash of the KM was because a pilot mistake ( a pilot with poore training) not because of the weather.
@Joshnotchuck Well a lot of ship can be used only to some state of stormy sea, it can be still used at conditions were seaplans & Helicopter cant. Every Vehicle has its advantages and disatvantages, see a other aspect the Lun & KM only need for start & Landing open wather in the north they dont need like a ship a icebreaker, and the A-90 ca start and land also on a airstrip near the wather.
@ELobodeplata OK too much use of the wors STUFF sorry but its just shocking to me we haven't heard anything what so ever this looks like a very successfull technology WOW Guys... Congrats to our friends the Russians you guys have some amazing advances...
@LiallisVladik Soviet Union/Russia has had greatest minds in world of engineering and technolgy in the world. Difference between eastern and western sciecne is that Soviet allowed and encouriged scientists to think outside the box and if they had ideas which seems far farfetched in the west were actually persued in Soviet union with great results.
WHAT IF every government says there is a cold war while its just an excuse to insert large sums of money into military research? might be they just made a deal with each other...
@MrMcEDAR War fuels progress. It's proven in history that war is the mother of all inventions. Lot's of medical and technology advances came from our need to kill each other. If it wasn't for the cold war the internet probably wouldn't be as advanced as it is now.
@89214441331 Центральное конструкторское бюро (ЦКБ) имени Алексеева намерено в ближайшее время возобновить проектные и опытно-конструкторские работы по созданию военных экранопланов, которые впоследствии будут использоваться для нужд силовых структур России
Не знаю, очень возможно, что это очередной распил... посмотрим...
Hardcore constructions. Did cold war froze also all those fat projects, or is something from those flying still today? However, even if, then we don't know much about it anyway :/... top secret blahblah
@D6team not much secrets anymore there exist a DVD about it from wings of russia studios and a a4 Format 336pages Book : Ekranoplanes from ianallanpublishing (writen from the aircraftbook writters Yefim Gordon & Sergey Komissarov).
@D6team They actually use ground effect boats. Many in Russia. China has at least one prototype spotted on google earth that you can search for. The USA paid for all of Russia's info on this, took their prototypes for a test drive, and promptly realized most of the awesome claims were propaganda and the actual technology was not worth pursuing. It's very interesting, but really meant for show. They put this enormous thing outside because they wanted the west to see it and freak out.
@DTownzz no the craft has an excellent application potential.... there is simply noone interest in the futher research and production at this time. West hasn't seen 10% of the the stuff soviets were researching and making its still in vaults of kremlin.
Does anyone know what the sea plane is @ :25 and :32 thru :51? That looks very cool and practical. It also looks like a prototype for a James Bond movie. Translation: cost ONE MILLION dollars to build, and there's only one of them.
@KastleBravo Its the Strizh Training Ekranoplane it was planed as (cost saving, like the Pilatus PC-21 for F/A-18 Pilots)) Trainingsekranoplan for the Navys Pilots of the big Ekranoplanes but also als Trainer for Civil Ekraoplanepilots (sharing the same powerplat like the Wolga-2), Alsoit can be used for patrol duties,lieaison and bussinesflying. speed 175km/h rang 500km ferry rang 800km. fly on groundefect 0.3-1m without grundefect a high of 800m and speed200km/h
@winkipinky you shold knew it is faster and need not more fuel than a hydrofoil or a hoovercraft. a ekranoplan can carry much more load as a aircraft in the same size because of the ground effect, no need for icebreaker because t can overflly the ice in the beringsea.hard to dedect by radar, not seen by sonar, no danger of seamines. also a fast help for ships in distress, or think how usefull it would have been in the gulf of mexico.
@swisstestpilot First of all, you are wrong on an awful lot of that. Ekranoplans can't really operate in blue water because rough seas have a good chance of clipping a surface and crashing the thing. Also, not only do they show up on sonar but that can often been heard by sonar farther away than a radar would detect an airplane. The things pump a TON of noise into the water and sound travels about 6 times faster in seawater.
@Elthenar KM : max speed 450km/h (310mph) 4-14m over surface. A-90 Orlyonok: max speed 400km/h tactical celling 5-10m ,max celling 300m rang more than 1600km. Loon: max speed 500km/h tactical celling 1-5m(3-15feet) max celling 500m wave seastat 5-6 rang 2000km. Spasal SAR ekranoplan (or Troopcarrierversion of Loon):max speed 550km/h (750km/h in WIG mode) max celling 7500m (24600ft) rang 4000km
@Elthenar seastat 5-6 is more than usual seaplanes or marine helicopter can land on the open sea, of corse many ships can be used by much heavyer sea but they are much slower. they could be a tool for the coast guard.
@winkipinky Well it was mainly because of politican reasons , and also because of limitetet money and differend opiniens in the Navy how to spend the money. from the KM was only 1 build, it crashed after a unexpirent pilot flow it. the Lun is in a drye dock, and the former second Lun is still in the factory awaiting to get finished as SAR Ekranoplane.
it was planed to build 10 Luns and a few troopcarryer versions. From the A-90 it was first planet to build 100 after 50 after just 20, in the end there are 7 Build the RN used in the last yers still 3 of them. Today a production of just 20 or so is to expensiv as long the RN or export costumers not order a big lot. The Ekranoplane its self is usefull but its something uncomon its not a ship its not a airplane, so politicans and military persons have to think out the box
@swisstestpilot Now that is a worthy answer/ reply I can respect. Direct, informative, polite and to the point. Good comment swisstespilot!! If only all YouTube could learn from you... (yes even me at times.)
@winkipinky Thank you, (i sometimes also writte "under hot steam" we are all humans with errors. I am very interestet in Aviatic and military hardware, especaly cold war time and today. for me soviet hardware is interesting because only in the last few years the details are now âvable to everyone.
How fast can it be?
raffmaxi 5 hours ago
@raffmaxi Cruising speed, km/hr 450-550 Regular seating capacity with provision of
survivors with seats and berths, prs 150 Regular seating capacity with survivors
arranged on every free area, prs 500 Capacity with provision of all survivors
with berths only (floating hospital version), prs 80
Take-off mass, t up to 400 t
Length overall, m 73.8 Beam overall, m 44.0 Height overall, m 19.2 Draught hullborne, m 2.5
swisstestpilot 5 hours ago
I believe this was a troop and equipment transport that is supposed to take them into enemy controlled territory and it is faster than a ship but flies low so it doesn't get detected by aircraft radar!
RollingArtDesigns 2 days ago
вам такое и не снилось, дерьмократы западные!
Levkin29 5 days ago
one problem, what about when the water gets rough and choppy. It would seem that this would be incapable of crossing oceans, or anything more than incredibly large lakes, or going across an inlet from the ocean where the water is surrounded on three sides by land.
jonesm16 6 days ago 2
@jonesm16 For the Big ekranoplans (Lun, Spasal,..) The OKB Alexeev give this datas:Height of cruising flight, m from l to 4
Searching height, m from 100 to 300
Ferrying height, m up to 3000
Seaworthiness at cruising mode no limitations
Seaworthiness when landing wave height (3 % occurrence) up to 3.5 m
Seaworthiness when taking-off wave height (3 % occurrence) up to 2, 5 m
swisstestpilot 6 days ago
@swisstestpilot Well that would make sense. I wasn't sure if it could actually become airborne with wings (if that is what they are technically called, being that small) that small. thank you for clearing that up for me.
jonesm16 5 days ago
@jonesm16 So over oceans it will fly in ferry flight , i think if we have a wave up to 3000m high we have anyway big problems. Such a big Ekranoplan could start in the bay of San Francisco and land at the Shore of Hawaii
swisstestpilot 6 days ago
@swisstestpilot Is it still capable of flying at the same speeds it achieves when flying in the ground effect at higher altitudes?
jonesm16 5 days ago
@jonesm16 No, when it is using ground effect it has not its maximum speed as far as i knew, and in more than 10m -12m is no more ground effect (well the big ekranoplans have some kind of trust vectors in the front engin and can create with this sooome extra liftforce. I am not a expert i know this fromDVD ekranoplans of wingsof russia studio an the Book russian /Soviet Ekranoplans from Ian allen publishing
swisstestpilot 5 days ago
@jonesm16 If it ever clipped a wave it would be torn to pieces just like a ditching airplane. the closer you fly to the surface in ground effect the more likely you are to hit the surface.
sequoyah59 2 days ago
@swisstestpilot At 3000 meters can it take any advantage of ground effects? It would seem to lose its efficiency.
Perktube1 5 days ago
@Perktube At 3000m (there allready fly airliners) is no groundeffects, yes it will llse effeici, its the ferry flight highe not the usual operating highe (but enugh to overfly land). Also to get up to this high the engine trust is blon to the wing to get more lift force
swisstestpilot 5 days ago
@swisstestpilot are there 3000m waves anywhere, let alone in the caspian see?
maximumsplinter 11 hours ago
@maximumsplinter no i think there are at no place 3000m waves so on it top high it can overfly land with hills without problems
swisstestpilot 9 hours ago
@swisstestpilot wtf?
maximumsplinter 6 hours ago
was ist das bei 5:10 für ein monster? what monster is that at 5:10 ?
friederich66 1 week ago
@friederich66 Das ist eine der A-90 Orljonok. es wurden tottal 4 gebaut und waren von 1979 - 1993 in Dienst. ursprünglich wurden 25 geplant.
swisstestpilot 1 week ago
Poor Pilot. He must be deaf, having 4 engines left and right :D
boogalooshrimpable 1 week ago
Those are awesome looking machines. Do any of these still operate today at arishows or even commercially? Really cool looking. Years ago I got a ride in a Russian Volga hydrofoil here in Canada. It was privately owned. I have no idea what happened to it, or if the guy still owns it. It was an awesome ride. Smooth, fast and stable.
TheMarathonMike 1 week ago
@TheMarathonMike oh boy, i think you are a realy lucky one, not much people had ever the luck to have a ekranoplane ride. i also never had this :-( . I thnik apart from the smale ones like the Volga there are no big anymore in use ,all in museum, drydock or in storage. as far as i knew no one of the big was ever shown on a puplic airshow (only for soviet Military& goverment VIPs) But the smale one took a few times part at the hydroaviation airshow
swisstestpilot 1 week ago
Gotta admit, they are kinda bad ass lookin.....
lisadaveg 1 week ago
These weren't a threat, the West has James Bond who could've stopped these haha
RaudiAudiT 1 week ago
meanwhile in soviet russia, a plane flies on the water............
insioni 1 week ago
I see one design flaw that is it is like a airplane which makes it very cumbersome and heavy or complicated with many parts. It should be simple to construct something like a flying saucer shaped. One big smooth shape will provide rigidity of construction in simple way in component wise, and simple geometric shapes provide stability without complex multiple wings. US stealth aircraft shape could be re-shaped to howercraft for example. Such craft will function more like a logistic or support T
symmetry08 2 weeks ago
Wasn't that thing scraped because it is useless in bad weather??
peyo001 2 weeks ago
@peyo001 No, the KM was detroyed because of an pilot error. the Lun is parked in the drye dock. The SAR LUN is still unfinished in the Warft. the SM-6 is preserved as Gate guard. one A-6 is in the Museum at the Moskwa, one A-6 was crashed an other damaged beyond repair, whtat happend to the rest..i don,t know. Bad waeather was not aproblem they have radar and are build stronger than seaplanes.
swisstestpilot 2 weeks ago
So what happens when you hit something like lets say an iceberg?
sureeasy 3 weeks ago
@sureeasy
titanic
SladkaPritomnost 3 weeks ago
@sureeasy
It an actually fly , even not so efficently like a real airplane.
Marcellogo 2 weeks ago
@sureeasy The same like if an aircraft hit an iceberg, but the big ekranoplanes are all equipt with radar so no risk. Of corse start and landing in water should the "runway" be free of surface ice.
swisstestpilot 2 weeks ago
@swisstestpilot what if an bigger wave comes up? wouldnt it destroy the whole thing?
boogalooshrimpable 1 week ago
@boogalooshrimpable Well of corse if the sea is to stormy it cant operate,(but it can hold usualy more than usual seaplanes) in general it can operate in seas like a hydrofoilboat. If you thinking of a big wave like a tsunami, so you have to remeber that such waves are only dangerus near the shore not in the open sea. in the open sea the aircrushion still work. the Ekranoplan flies over the wave like you drive up and down a hill.
swisstestpilot 1 week ago
@swisstestpilot no ive meant a normal wave which suddenly appears during the "flight". Once that thing is out of control you can say good bye.
I think the ekranoplan is not usable very often, the seas have to be calm and clear.
If it would be that good, like you describe, wouldnt it have been further developed and used in the world?
boogalooshrimpable 1 week ago
@boogalooshrimpable it was top secret military project no civil use was prohibet because of this. but in the Navy differend opinies about tactic blocked the ekranoplans.After the brakdown of the CCCP ther was no money for military or civil projects. Seaworthiness at cruising mode no limitations,Seaworthiness when landing wave height (3 % occurrence) up to 3.5 m Seaworthiness when taking-off wave height (3 % occurrence) up to 2, 5 m see in internet .hs-ships.ru/e_firms.phtm
swisstestpilot 1 week ago
@sureeasy What do you think?
AreaQNH870 1 week ago
@AreaQNH870
He's asking whether it'll go ka-bam or ka-boom.
imicusdown 1 week ago
Amazing footage - Hadn't seen a lot of this before.
dougfairweather 3 weeks ago
I would flip if that thing was going for my aircraft carrier. >.<
lilchucknorris 3 weeks ago
It's Chuck Norris air plane!! lol
teletubies31 4 weeks ago
One of the coolest and functional cold war transport. I don't know if it ever when to action, but this was the best way to transport troops and cargo under the radar at great speed.
make2003 1 month ago
Howard Hughes called, he wants the Spruce Goose back....
jfpack 1 month ago
I bet that thing is louder than hell.
lucabrasi1337 1 month ago
very cool and interesting video about little known and misunderstood tech. no doubt
its exploiting ground effect in a unique way. Despite some saying it's the same as an airplane in GE, it obviously isn't. The GE loading is way higher, so the phyics are different. That's not to say it's safe, idk. I'd guess it's much more stable in GE than a plane, and maybe the control surface configuration and loading reduces stall risk.
eltouristoduo 1 month ago
then a 50 ft wave comes but you still gotta love russian engineering
kondakor1998 1 month ago
I want one!
Zardoz5280 1 month ago
How does it handle rough seas or swell?
stretchpadawan1 1 month ago
I bet the russians had something to do with this
3cherylk 1 month ago
sweet
EvilMoran 1 month ago
bond music.... So awesome
wolffromsteam 1 month ago
4:36 MUSIC ?
ak47mAxShoT 1 month ago
@ak47mAxShoT Die a other day, from Madonna, from Main theme from a James Bond Movie with the same name from 2002
swisstestpilot 1 month ago
@swisstestpilot thanx :D
ak47mAxShoT 1 month ago
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djungbremen 1 month ago
@ak47mAxShoT And the first one is the main theme from Batman.
djungbremen 1 month ago
@ak47mAxShoT You just arrived in the mail yesterday didn't you?
narcoti 3 weeks ago
@narcoti nop, just got it today
ak47mAxShoT 3 weeks ago
I don't really see the point of this. If you want to move a lot of cargo, you can use a boat. If you need to go fast you can use a plane. Why bother building this thing?
cookiehead2 1 month ago
@cookiehead2 Because a Ship can't go that fast, and a Airplane of equal size can't transport that weight of cargo. With this you can reach Offshore platforms, big shipps or smale islands faster than by ship or helicopter and you are able to land in the wather or flat land/ice
swisstestpilot 1 month ago 19
@swisstestpilot And they don't get you by radar!
YanioJeremie 1 month ago
@swisstestpilot Buddy, in with 72 Wing in USAF and we experimented with...Nobody wants it cause it can't be used in choppy seas or in rough seas either. Although was a good concept...you can't expect to have only sunny days and calm seas in 365 days all around. Just my 2 cents humble infos...
VJDanisan 3 weeks ago
@VJDanisan How could you / the USAF test thise one? No example of the KM, A-90 or Lun was ever in other operators hands than the Soviet or Russian Navy. well a realy stormy sea is of corse a problem but it can still operate in stronger wathers than seaplanes. I think it would be a usefule toll for coastguard, boarderguard or anti pirate missions.
swisstestpilot 3 weeks ago
@cookiehead2 It's much faster then a boat and uses a lot less fuel then a plane.
Pete292323 1 month ago
@cookiehead2 For move a lot of troops and tanks fast, for a military invasion.
mexinco 1 month ago
@cookiehead2 And they don't get you by radar!
YanioJeremie 1 month ago
@cookiehead2 And they don't get you by radar!
YanioJeremie 1 month ago
@cookiehead2 This was originally designed as a fast attack craft for torpedoing ships. hence the torpedo tubes on the front of the plane.
MakeItGoSplodey 1 month ago
@MakeItGoSplodey those are jet engines.
bulkforce5 1 month ago
@MakeItGoSplodey
might want to have a closer look as they are engines
Kaz590 1 month ago
@cookiehead2 the load capabity of a boat (and more) at the speed of an aircraft! no way.. russian ship are the best ever!
yurif74 1 month ago
@cookiehead2 Why build it? I think for the sheer hell of it. It's very cool.
newsnetuk 1 month ago
@cookiehead2 I agree with you, ekranoplans are stupid.
MrKevinSchram 4 weeks ago
@MrKevinSchram Honey, you're stupid, due to its hight its really hard to hit with a missile, impossible with torpedo, almost invisible to most radars, coz flies low. it lifts HUGE weights, its practically a battleship, capable of moving as fast as a plane. why the hell NOT to build it?
Romalainen 4 weeks ago
@cookiehead2 You have no idea of how much stuff was built during the Cold War era by both US and Russia.. that was an era of Research and Development! Billions of dollars spent! soem of the technology had made it, some did not! this Ekranoplane is the one that didn't make it! There was a pistol with a camera-for-each-shot being developed for US Cops to see who and how they were shooting people! pointless thing it was, BUT that what is called Innovation!!!
SergeyVA 3 weeks ago
@cookiehead2 If I remember right, these things were for use in the Baltic to "leap frog" naval infantry behind NATO forces. The ground effect enabled them to cross marine mines and other obstructions with a HUGE payload. Then climb a beach and land. Useless on the open ocean but perfect for the Baltic. Denmark, Norway and Sweden would have been unable to stop such a rapid deployment. Another Cold War dinosaur.
SissingPyd 3 weeks ago
Bariev BE-200
thats what the Russians have now =p
Zooligable 1 month ago
A flying ship, great concept!
MrNakakaTaco 1 month ago
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burninbiomass 1 month ago
Looks FAB.. shows how creative they were way ahead of USA... Could be used for today's travel if it could be stable over the waves the +-300feet someone points out here. Whats the point going at 30.000 feet when you can travel at that level and land nearly anywhere.
vicarioustube 2 months ago
In Soviet Russia Planes Make YOU!!!
Kamikazi2142 2 months ago
Soviet Engineers are geniuses. Dear USSR, please come back.
ghos7bear 2 months ago
Nice music :)
w26240 2 months ago
@w26240 , James Bond 007. :-)
robertchutney 2 months ago
great video
toxiczebra17 2 months ago
Buy a little sence of humor boy, it cool and fashionably.
prototroxer 2 months ago
They were mighty beasts, but limited and only theoretical for actual war. They did fine on the little Caspian sea, but get them out in open ocean and they wouldn't fare so well.
In big seas these would be toast.Going nose first into one big wave would result in severe damage... Even the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas can be tough places when the weather is up.
ozoneocean 2 months ago
wtf WHAT IS NEXT A AIRPLANE THAT CAN GO UNDER WATER
perfectworldseekeer 2 months ago
@perfectworldseekeer underground spaceships
prototroxer 2 months ago
@prototroxer -.- shit how will they go out to space then they crash right into the ground -.-#
perfectworldseekeer 2 months ago
nice music
ZORAK911 2 months ago
The future is here today, I mean yesterday.
Steve55599 2 months ago
@ocrim16
Pardon, you meant that there aren't any of this kind or what?
chinookking97 2 months ago
What about salt water wreching the jet engines ??Ten years ago ,a Westport,Connecticut company made a prototype personal two seat akranoplane. One of the investors was a Sergio Sykorski.
kim621100 2 months ago
Haven't there been alot of planes around that have been doing this for quite a while?
littleneddygoestowar 2 months ago
Nice!
Fast, Economic and Flying below Radar. But what about Storms and high waves?
chinookking97 2 months ago
@chinookking97
what do you think why there is not exist this thing? ; D
ocrim16 2 months ago
Cool this...in the full midle of a armament video, it appears a poo music, lol.
LeexPixel 2 months ago
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phantomtalon556 2 months ago
The Russian one with 10 motors could fly up to 600km/h.
pass0felino 2 months ago
What does ekranoplanes have to do with hydrofoil boats?
Tjita1 3 months ago 6
@Tjita1 The Desinger Rostislav Aleksejev was first a ship builder, after he made the Hydrofoil Boats (for eg. the Kometa ) by building hydrofoils he get the idea of buildig ekranoplans
swisstestpilot 3 months ago 11
@swisstestpilot
What was he De-singing? ;)
Just trolling around. Design
Anyway, ekranoplane if getting any more attention would be best rescue operation vehicle for huge capacity ferries. capable of carrying many people, fast (around 450 kph (in some prototype testing they've almost hit 700 kph), 3x more then passenger helicopters), capable of stopping on water.
zabijaq123 1 month ago
@Tjita1
What does a video you're not obligated to watch have to do with you being a dick? (Apparently everything)
TimSchohdesmoines 2 months ago
@Tjita1 Both suck the shit out of fuel LOL
jollyphm1 1 month ago
@Tjita1 He is inventor
vchslv 1 month ago
this song remembers me austin powers ….. YEAHH BABY YEAHH :D
wayborn1 3 months ago
@wayborn1 That's good.. since it comes from the movie that Austin Powers was about. Remember: Pay attention to history or bow to it again.
seanquallen 2 months ago
where do they want to use these things for anyway
parakeettrick 3 months ago
@parakeettrick Military: As Troop carryrer for assault landings (like Hoovercrafts) armt with missilies against warships. also pland was for minelaying and as submarine hunter. Civile use : as Coast guard patrool, as rescue and SAR vehicle, resarcch vehicle in the northern sea, as intervention tool in cases of oil leaks, and for passagier transporter in sea locations with many smale islands who are to sale for comercial airports.
swisstestpilot 3 months ago
random canal shot :)
Thedogbond 3 months ago
Probably wouldn't fly over waters of 10 meters high swells, nor over uneven terrain.
Austyg 3 months ago
@Austyg depend of the kinde of the ekranoplane some can fly 300 meters high.
swisstestpilot 3 months ago
@swisstestpilot 300 Meters? Amazing, I did not know that. What would be the maximum height of the Sea Monster?
dekkard 2 months ago
@dekkard The KM was not able to fly very high optimum height was 15m (46ft) max speed 500km/h (310mph) the KM was used 15years. it crasht 1980 because of pilot error. Surce: Soviet and Russian Ekranoplans (From Sergey Komissarov and yefim gordon from Ian Allen Publishing)
swisstestpilot 2 months ago
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I am now convinced that there are some zombies in youtube whose passion is to dislike all videos
612AMMAR612 3 months ago
They would be cooler if they could extend their wings and just be an awesome seaplane.
WiriamuFirippu 3 months ago
@thebluemaggot not really. As a landing vehicle the KM out matched almost everything. While we were designing our LCAC (Hover Craft), a slow moving, easy to destroy landing vehicle, the russians would have had the KM ready and flying... Plus it fly's over the water's surface at over 300 mph and can land troops on any beach. It would also most likely have air cover since that's the only thing that could keep up to defend it.
zenny1329 3 months ago
@zenny1329 "It would also most likely have air cover since that's the only thing that could keep up to defend it." And where would that Air cover come from? Russia even at the Height of it's military power only had a total of Six aircraft carriers at any given time and to of those where Helicopter carriers, No where near enough to provide enough logistical support to give these air cover, especially in enemy waters.
thebluemaggot 3 months ago
@thebluemaggot who said anything about air-craft carriers. Mid air refueling would be the most likely opption.
zenny1329 3 months ago
@thebluemaggot I think the idea with these is that they were fast and low, and so very hard to detect.
ozoneocean 2 months ago
@ozoneocean Fast and low (and huge) are actually what make them damn near impossible to miss. Sonar detection nets can detect objects hundreds of miles out. and with that much thrust directed straight into the water it's going to light up it's position like a Christmas tree.
thebluemaggot 2 months ago
let's see it do a turn that fast
badmandagga 3 months ago
@ELobodeplata Russians have made a prototype to test it and gather data. This plane showed excellent potential and has so many application which could be used. Problem is nobody wants to persue it. There is a monopoly in civil aviation and this does not exist in greater numbers as as the reason why electric car is still not around but it was built in 1960..... higher interets prevent it.
Ouija121085 3 months ago
@Ouija121085 GREED huh... as always what a suprise!!! Thanx for the info I truly appreciate it!!!
ELobodeplata 3 months ago
Anyone know what would happen to this thing in a really stormy sea? Looks like it needs a still and calm sea to work properly :s
Joshnotchuck 3 months ago
@Joshnotchuck Theoretically, it was supposed to be OK in bad weather. They tested the CSM in rough seas and that is why it's on the bottom of the ocean now.
DTownzz 3 months ago
@DTownzz Yes they testet it also on bad weather, but the crash of the KM was because a pilot mistake ( a pilot with poore training) not because of the weather.
swisstestpilot 3 months ago
@Joshnotchuck Well a lot of ship can be used only to some state of stormy sea, it can be still used at conditions were seaplans & Helicopter cant. Every Vehicle has its advantages and disatvantages, see a other aspect the Lun & KM only need for start & Landing open wather in the north they dont need like a ship a icebreaker, and the A-90 ca start and land also on a airstrip near the wather.
swisstestpilot 3 months ago
@Joshnotchuck You're an idiot, Ekranoplan CAN fly at three meter waves! and now stand on her knees and suck dick!
BOROVVA 3 months ago
umh, I'm so sorry but i don't understand the utility of that...plane...boat.....thing......
but it's AWSOME!!!! It's the G.I Joe super boat!!
TheMediatore88 3 months ago
@ELobodeplata OK too much use of the wors STUFF sorry but its just shocking to me we haven't heard anything what so ever this looks like a very successfull technology WOW Guys... Congrats to our friends the Russians you guys have some amazing advances...
ELobodeplata 3 months ago
Russian engineers have outstripped the time
LiallisVladik 3 months ago
@LiallisVladik Soviet Union/Russia has had greatest minds in world of engineering and technolgy in the world. Difference between eastern and western sciecne is that Soviet allowed and encouriged scientists to think outside the box and if they had ideas which seems far farfetched in the west were actually persued in Soviet union with great results.
Ouija121085 3 months ago
I am no expert on these machines, but it seems to me they have a great potential fir cargo and even passenger transport.
zx169 3 months ago
4.12 captain harlock xD
DeepForeste 3 months ago
the problem with ground effect planes on water is keeping a sharp eye for small boats
99cachorro 4 months ago
this isnt the bat man theme
sitgilichit 4 months ago
@sitgilichit 007 theme
flyinchipmunk5 4 months ago
Damn rich Blofeld
xathanaric 4 months ago
Love the Bond theme, very cold war chic.
lunhil12 4 months ago
Looks like a Klingon warship from Star Trek.
feralferret 4 months ago
great video
loploplop616616 4 months ago
HAhahaaha WTF is that?!!!
Cobra1Alpha 4 months ago
WHAT IF every government says there is a cold war while its just an excuse to insert large sums of money into military research? might be they just made a deal with each other...
MrMcEDAR 4 months ago
@MrMcEDAR War fuels progress. It's proven in history that war is the mother of all inventions. Lot's of medical and technology advances came from our need to kill each other. If it wasn't for the cold war the internet probably wouldn't be as advanced as it is now.
vdub2002 3 months ago
@vdub2002 Don't forget the technology that evolved from the space race.
thebluemaggot 3 months ago
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The bigger the lever @2:57 more the power! 2 hands Boris, 2 hands!!!
Darkfallification 4 months ago
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Darkfallification 4 months ago
this makes james bond stories look real
goodie006 4 months ago
a flying hammerhead shark.
tisoy909 4 months ago
@89214441331 Центральное конструкторское бюро (ЦКБ) имени Алексеева намерено в ближайшее время возобновить проектные и опытно-конструкторские работы по созданию военных экранопланов, которые впоследствии будут использоваться для нужд силовых структур России
Не знаю, очень возможно, что это очередной распил... посмотрим...
perfetto1000 4 months ago
@perfetto1000 Вы не работали в ЦКБ
ildyuldashev 4 months ago in playlist Другие видео от пользователя swisstestpilot
@ildyuldashev нет, не работал, но не могу остаться равнодушным к заброшеным проектам...
perfetto1000 4 months ago
Hardcore constructions. Did cold war froze also all those fat projects, or is something from those flying still today? However, even if, then we don't know much about it anyway :/... top secret blahblah
D6team 4 months ago
@D6team not much secrets anymore there exist a DVD about it from wings of russia studios and a a4 Format 336pages Book : Ekranoplanes from ianallanpublishing (writen from the aircraftbook writters Yefim Gordon & Sergey Komissarov).
swisstestpilot 4 months ago 2
@D6team They actually use ground effect boats. Many in Russia. China has at least one prototype spotted on google earth that you can search for. The USA paid for all of Russia's info on this, took their prototypes for a test drive, and promptly realized most of the awesome claims were propaganda and the actual technology was not worth pursuing. It's very interesting, but really meant for show. They put this enormous thing outside because they wanted the west to see it and freak out.
DTownzz 3 months ago
@DTownzz no the craft has an excellent application potential.... there is simply noone interest in the futher research and production at this time. West hasn't seen 10% of the the stuff soviets were researching and making its still in vaults of kremlin.
Ouija121085 3 months ago
это наше)), эх
vitya7868 4 months ago
Some truly amazing machines, thanks for the video
1BustedMyth 4 months ago
Does anyone know what the sea plane is @ :25 and :32 thru :51? That looks very cool and practical. It also looks like a prototype for a James Bond movie. Translation: cost ONE MILLION dollars to build, and there's only one of them.
KastleBravo 5 months ago
@KastleBravo Its the Strizh Training Ekranoplane it was planed as (cost saving, like the Pilatus PC-21 for F/A-18 Pilots)) Trainingsekranoplan for the Navys Pilots of the big Ekranoplanes but also als Trainer for Civil Ekraoplanepilots (sharing the same powerplat like the Wolga-2), Alsoit can be used for patrol duties,lieaison and bussinesflying. speed 175km/h rang 500km ferry rang 800km. fly on groundefect 0.3-1m without grundefect a high of 800m and speed200km/h
swisstestpilot 5 months ago
Why do people always have to nit pik? This video is awesome! Cool "Cold War" dinosaurs. Really enjoyed the variations on the theme. Thanks.
jamescs1969 5 months ago
it was designed to sneak in under radar and launch nuclear cruise missiles against the US.
orangedac 5 months ago
and whens the part where james bond shoots us?
zolltain1 5 months ago
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winkipinky 5 months ago
@winkipinky you shold knew it is faster and need not more fuel than a hydrofoil or a hoovercraft. a ekranoplan can carry much more load as a aircraft in the same size because of the ground effect, no need for icebreaker because t can overflly the ice in the beringsea.hard to dedect by radar, not seen by sonar, no danger of seamines. also a fast help for ships in distress, or think how usefull it would have been in the gulf of mexico.
swisstestpilot 5 months ago
@swisstestpilot First of all, you are wrong on an awful lot of that. Ekranoplans can't really operate in blue water because rough seas have a good chance of clipping a surface and crashing the thing. Also, not only do they show up on sonar but that can often been heard by sonar farther away than a radar would detect an airplane. The things pump a TON of noise into the water and sound travels about 6 times faster in seawater.
Elthenar 5 months ago
@Elthenar KM : max speed 450km/h (310mph) 4-14m over surface. A-90 Orlyonok: max speed 400km/h tactical celling 5-10m ,max celling 300m rang more than 1600km. Loon: max speed 500km/h tactical celling 1-5m(3-15feet) max celling 500m wave seastat 5-6 rang 2000km. Spasal SAR ekranoplan (or Troopcarrierversion of Loon):max speed 550km/h (750km/h in WIG mode) max celling 7500m (24600ft) rang 4000km
swisstestpilot 5 months ago
@swisstestpilot Nice numbers, doesn't disprove a single thing I said.
Elthenar 5 months ago
@Elthenar seastat 5-6 is more than usual seaplanes or marine helicopter can land on the open sea, of corse many ships can be used by much heavyer sea but they are much slower. they could be a tool for the coast guard.
swisstestpilot 5 months ago
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winkipinky 5 months ago
@winkipinky Well it was mainly because of politican reasons , and also because of limitetet money and differend opiniens in the Navy how to spend the money. from the KM was only 1 build, it crashed after a unexpirent pilot flow it. the Lun is in a drye dock, and the former second Lun is still in the factory awaiting to get finished as SAR Ekranoplane.
swisstestpilot 5 months ago
it was planed to build 10 Luns and a few troopcarryer versions. From the A-90 it was first planet to build 100 after 50 after just 20, in the end there are 7 Build the RN used in the last yers still 3 of them. Today a production of just 20 or so is to expensiv as long the RN or export costumers not order a big lot. The Ekranoplane its self is usefull but its something uncomon its not a ship its not a airplane, so politicans and military persons have to think out the box
swisstestpilot 5 months ago
@swisstestpilot Now that is a worthy answer/ reply I can respect. Direct, informative, polite and to the point. Good comment swisstespilot!! If only all YouTube could learn from you... (yes even me at times.)
winkipinky 5 months ago
@winkipinky Thank you, (i sometimes also writte "under hot steam" we are all humans with errors. I am very interestet in Aviatic and military hardware, especaly cold war time and today. for me soviet hardware is interesting because only in the last few years the details are now âvable to everyone.
swisstestpilot 5 months ago
@winkipinky I don't know what to say other than, your comment = Facepalm
RandomSnot 5 months ago
@RandomSnot You seem like a geeky smart-ass who just spends time on YouTube trashing people.
Your comment = Truculent
winkipinky 5 months ago