Tupolev Tu-120 and Tu-127 bombers
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Model of Tupolev Tu-127.
Source: http://www.ussr-airspace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_39_38_100&products_id=2413
Source: http://www.ussr-airspace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_39_38_100&products_id=2413
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Three-view drawing of Tupolev Tu-127.
Sources:
http://crimso.msk.ru/Site/Crafts/Craft20967.htm
http://www.testpilots.ru/tp/russia/tupolev/127/127.htm
Sources:
http://crimso.msk.ru/Site/Crafts/Craft20967.htm
http://www.testpilots.ru/tp/russia/tupolev/127/127.htm
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I'm somewhat surprised that they didn't build the Tu-120 as a test bird.
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The vertical fin and rudder on the Tu-120 are the most out-of-proportion surfaces on any aircraft I can think of. These are often sized to maintain control during after an engine loss during takeoff, but the inboard location of the engines here would make that a relatively undemanding situation and there's no unusually large surface area forward of the wing to compensate for. I suspect that the drawing and model are reconstructions that got the tail height wrong.
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The '120' bomber project was to be nuclear-powered, but never left the drawing board because of the environmental dangers posed by a nuclear-powered aircraft crash. This was the same reason the WS-125 and Tu-119 did not leave the drawing board.
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