Built in Russia during the 1930s, it flew 11 times before crashing and killing 15 people. The designer, Konstantin Kalinin, wanted to build two more planes but the project was scrapped. Later, Stalin had Kalinin executed. Evidently, it was not good to fail on an expensive project under Stalin. It's got propellers on the back of the wings, too. You can count 12 engines facing front. The size would be equivalent to the Empire State Building on its side, with cannons. And you think the 747 was big... not only a bunch of engines but check out the cannons the thing was carrying. In the 1930s the Russian army was obsessed by the idea of creating huge planes. At that time they were proposed to have as many propellers as possible to help carrying those huge flying fortresses into the air, jet propulsion has not been implemented yet. Not many photos were saved from those times because of the high secrecy levels of such projects and because a lot of time has already passed. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I call BS. That thing wouldn't generate enough thrust to reach a speed capable of flight. By the way, have you seen the Empire State Building? You wouldn't make such a claim if you had.
A quick google search reveals that a large aircraft designed by the man was built, but nowhere near the size stated in the original post. Data on the real plane; Data from Shavrov 1985[1] General characteristics * Crew: minimum 11 * Capacity: 120 passengers in civilian configuration * Length: 28 m (91 ft 10 in) * Wingspan: 53 m (173 ft 11 in) * Height: () * Wing area: 454 m² (4,886.8 ft²) * Empty weight: 24,400 kg (53,793 lb) * Loaded weight: 38,000 kg (83,776 lb) * Powerplant: 7× Mikulin AM-34F V-12 piston engines, 560 kW (750 hp) each ------- Either way, thanks for posting because even the real one is pretty cool! Lot of strange things came out of there around that time.
I can count 12 engines in the pics and there are prop tips visible on the trailing edge of the wing, the text that was put there by me was copied from an email I recieved so i'm not going to argue the point but there is way more than 7 engines in these photos.
in other words can a mod delete this thread.........anyway whats this got to do with voting on the FCA, slappers at cibo, iPhone, iPads etc
