A massive plane

[NitroPower]

This is alpha's Russian Payware, Named the LUN Ekranoplan

My friend and i had a comparison, between the LUN and the Goose
(sorry for the bad pic, i had to crop, resize, and tweak it for it to fit)
Comments and Questions welcome

[Dr.bob7]

wow i guessing it never got airborne let alone got made

[NitroPower]

wow i guessing it never got airborne let alone got made

Actually, it flys quite nice at about 50 feet above the water, and maxes out at 400kias

[Hagar]

wow i guessing it never got airborne let alone got made

Check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYmSnpQ360&feature=related

[Ivan]

2nd largest ekranoplan ever built... the KM class is even larger with 10 engines and a V-tail (thats the one hidden in the FSX mission with the learjet)

[Dr.bob7]

I watched the videos... funny and impressive at the same time

[jankees]

Weird and wonderful...

[mac66]

what would that be used for

[NitroPower]

what would that be used for

Those tubes on top- Inside are SIX anti-ship missiles.

[Sobby]

it was designed a as troop transport that would be unseen by radar because it flew so low.

[N. Chapman]

it was designed a as troop transport that would be unseen by radar because it flew so low.

gives a whole new meaning to flying under the radar

[pepper_airborne]

it was designed a as troop transport that would be unseen by radar because it flew so low.

gives a whole new meaning to flying under the radar

Wouldnt it be picked up by the radars and sonars that are mounted on destroyers?

[NitroPower]

it was designed a as troop transport that would be unseen by radar because it flew so low.

gives a whole new meaning to flying under the radar

Wouldnt it be picked up by the radars and sonars that are mounted on destroyers?

...which is why it has six antiship missiles

[Reno]

It's the type of craft built to utilize "Ground/Air Effect", which is what keeps it flying. Most of them were meant for troop transport, but some of them were armed to the teeth.

[Sobby]

Yeh it would be picked up by ships radar and subs but the theory was to keep it under shore based radar.

I believe the intention was to basically to use them as part of a flanking of the enemy in an area where they may not be patrolling.