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KM Class Ekranoplan

2,271 MaximumThrust  9.0 years ago
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During the Soviet era the russians started experimenting with the ground effect. The ground effect provided a cussion of air trapped under the wings essentially giving planes extra life. Huge and heavy planes were designed to take advantage of this discovery. These planes could carry more weight, fly faster and more efficiently at the cost of always flying low, beats ships no doubt. These vehicles were called Ekranoplans. This is the KM class ekranoplan dubbed the "Caspian Sea Monster" by Americans after spotting it from sattelites the only one made was destroyed in crash during a test flight. It has short stuby wings so dont fly too high. Always take off from the water, dont exceed 560mph and try not to roll while still in water. It can fly pretty high for something that was supposed to sly about 100ft above the surface. I tried making it as accurate as possible HAVE FUN!!

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 64.0ft (19.5m)
  • Length 155.8ft (47.5m)
  • Height 36.7ft (11.2m)
  • Empty Weight 41,623lbs (18,879kg)
  • Loaded Weight 133,762lbs (60,673kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.52
  • Wing Loading 64.8lbs/ft2 (316.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,063.7ft2 (191.7m2)
  • Drag Points 22767

Parts

  • Number of Parts 145
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 982
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    The thing is it's hard to Turn heck impossible to turn

    4.4 years ago
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    1,708 CK10

    You forgot that they actually turned the front engines off when they got out of the water.

    4.9 years ago
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    @Garuda001yt I also added landing gears

    5.0 years ago
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    @ANONYMOUSaccount Mad lad

    +1 5.0 years ago
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    I flew this in the air

    +1 5.0 years ago