Soviet Tank-Planes
It seems strange but in Soviet Russia they had planes with tracks, like tanks. They were pretty actively used in early Soviet times probably the idea behind them was to build a real tank-plane that could fight both in skies and on the ground.
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Photo 3 is of the Yefremov/Nadiradze inflatable landing gear. The design was tested on a Yakovlev aircraft which could land on any surface.
Antonov’s KT was the real tank plane.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/antonov_kt.php
John
That is absolute nonsense.
Any surface you say? What about the Sun or maybe liquid helium?
Please qualify these outrageous claims in future.
Sorry,
I forgot:-
Kind Regards
Bob
No problem. …any surface such as reasonably flat ground, water, ice, snow, possibly others. Probably not the sun, but maybe liquid helium. Set up the experiment and we can try it!
John,
Bob died in a tragic plane accident.
Best Wishes
Igor
He wasn’t kidding, it could actually land on the sun. Check your facts bud!
Bob, you’re boring. Commit suicide.
Kind Regards,
and blah-blah-blah.
the article summary is silly. The treaded landing gear is for landing and taking off on rough terrain, not for traversing it over long distances. And certainly not so that you could build a “flying tank”.
You run across a lot of that here. The Russians did actually build a light tank that was meant to fly a short distance over the lines of the enemy but it was not successful. This rig was meant to give planes the capability of landing just about anywhere.
See link on KT above.
wierd
Did the Soviets have any goony birds (DC-3, Douglas Dakota) during WW-2 and cold war times?
Yes, over 700 DC-3s were sold to Russia under the Lend-lease plan. Before that however the Soviet government signed a contract with Douglas Aircraft to build the DC-3 in Russia in the late 1930s. Pavel Lisunov was the engineer in charge of setting up production and he worked at Douglas for several years to become familiar with the aircraft. It was intended to put the aircraft in service with Aeroflot but most were used as military transports during the war. Some models had a defensive armament. The aircraft were officially designated Li-2 after Lisunov but they were usually referred to as a “Douglas”. After the war they served in Aeroflot and several eastern European airlines. Some were still in service in 1970.
Thanks for that comment. Now it clears my mind. it’s very interesting…
They’ve still got that Turkey from Kansas if he counts.
LOL. but no, I don’t qualify.
Geeeee imagine those planes at take-off doing something like what? 100 - 150 mph? Now that’s a lot of ratlin’ and rumblin’
yes Sir! Why not adding wings to a T-34/85?
Wings were added to a T-60.
I would say they were not trying for a flying tank, but lower pressure on the ground. Imagine landing in a muddy field, wheels have a high load on the ground per square centimeter, now look at what the load would be on tracks, a lot lower. And you could still land them on concrete, or rock, or any other hard surface as opposed to skis.
You are right.
Oh yes, wings at T-60. Now why oh why we don’t produce these wonderful wonders of techonology? Could it be possible it has got something to do with gravity, maneuverability, etc…?
Perhaps something less warlike.
http://www.flixxy.com/aerocar-flying-car.htm
I think they tried to make an airplane that can land on snow
nice one…………..