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Bang Zoom To The Moon and More - (Russian Style)

Started by Monster Dave, October 06, 2010, 02:37:18 PM

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Monster Dave

#15
October 19, 2010, 09:05:54 AM
Quote from: a m on October 19, 2010, 08:01:36 AM
i'm going to watch james bond movies this weekend now.

[laugh]


orangelion03

#16
October 20, 2010, 04:36:59 AM
Cool!  I had not seen pictures of their lander design before.  Shows similarity in design to the Vostok craft...spherical compartment for the crew. 

Look up their launch platform for the moon program, the N1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_%28rocket%29
The first stage consisted of 30 (yes 30!!!) liquid fueled motors.  No wonder they had problems getting this monster off the ground.

As for the comment above about using ramps????






VIVA LA EVOLUCION!!!

ducatiz

#17
October 20, 2010, 04:47:26 AM
Good God, talk about a monkey make the beast with two backsing a football... looks like the football is doing the monkey!

How much fuel is that??? 

Quote from: Monster Dave on October 07, 2010, 08:27:29 AM


Check out the carrier for the fuel tank:


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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ducatiz

#19
October 20, 2010, 07:08:46 AM
Quote from: Monster Dave on October 20, 2010, 07:05:27 AM
A lot!!








holy shit.

wheels only on the fuselage, no wing wheels.  that must be a pregnant dog to land.
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Turf

#20
October 20, 2010, 08:05:51 AM


it had wing wheels
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Monster Dave

#21
October 20, 2010, 08:15:22 AM
I bet it was still a freak to land!!

ducatiz

#22
October 20, 2010, 08:59:24 AM
Quote from: Paper5tr3et7 on October 20, 2010, 08:05:51 AM


it had wing wheels

the russians called it "quasimodo"
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Monster Dave

#23
October 21, 2010, 01:02:43 PM Last Edit: October 21, 2010, 01:04:56 PM by Monster Dave
Interestingly enough, it was 35 years ago today that mankind first got a look at an alien planet 25 million miles away thanks to the Russian Venera 9 probe.

Greetings Venus:




Venera 9:





I had forgotten how much pressure there was that fueled the space race. I hate that we (the USA) are going to loose our bragging rights when they retire the shuttle next year.

ducatiz

#24
October 21, 2010, 02:08:45 PM
Nah, once we put that orbiting laser up, no one will be ahead!!!
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Monster Dave

#25
October 22, 2010, 12:27:24 PM
True, plus we'll have the words first Space Port.



Currently being built just outside of Las Cruces:










badgalbetty

#26
October 22, 2010, 03:57:44 PM
this is fascinating. Any other pics of neato Russian stuff from yesteryear?
Cool stuff indeed Monster Dave!
BGB
"Its never too late to be who you might have been" - George Elliot.

Speedbag

#27
October 22, 2010, 04:04:53 PM
Quote from: Monster Dave on October 22, 2010, 12:27:24 PM
True, plus we'll have the words first Space Port.


I was intimately involved in the design of the curved hangar doors for that building at the former workplace.

Having seen the full blueprints for the entire building, I can say that it will be something to behold when complete.

8)
I tend to regard most of humanity as little more than walking talking dilated sphincters. - Rat

Monster Dave

#28
October 25, 2010, 12:37:05 PM Last Edit: October 25, 2010, 12:42:29 PM by Monster Dave
^ That's really cool Speed!


So since the Soviets were big into...big things, lets expand this thread to include other interesting things that they've built.

Check this out - introducing the Ekranoplan Caspian Sea Monster





Over 300 feet long, and over 130 feet high!!!

Caspian Sea Monster Ekranoplan Flight Video

This thing flew over 300 miles an hour at just over 20 feet about the surface of the water!!  :o

I swear they build some of the craziest machines!!!

Turf

#29
October 25, 2010, 01:01:04 PM


K-7 flying fortress

designed in the 30's
432' long
20 prop engines
destroyed in a crash in 33' no other prototypes were built

the pic is a computer rendering of the proposed K-7 upgrade which was essentially 2.5 time larger than the original specs
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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