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Interesting. I seem to recall there was a proposed Russian cruise missile design that also used a propfan. The ol' memory is a bit fuzzy on the details, but I seem to recall some sort of mid-fuselage mounted prop.........

As requested by styx... The MAZ-7906 and MAZ-7907 were 16x16 and 24x24 wheeled chassis respectively, intended as TELs for the "Tselina-2" road-mobile variant of the SS-24 ICBM. The MAZ-7906 from 1984 had a diesel engine and the MAZ-7907 from 1985 a 1,200 hp gas turbine with electric...

Nice pics and an article here: http://www.from-ua.com/technology/44e58b7566a88/ Will post a translation later...

Hi, a little known aircraft to MiG : MiG-115: was a single-turboprop staggered and unbraced biplane utility aircraft. MiG-125: light business jet powered by two Williams-Rolls FJ-44 turbofans engines.

Dear Overscan, by the way the Ilyushin Il-74 and Il-27 were mentioned in english site, www.mda.org.uk/aircraft/9489.htm

I found two Lockheed projects to start the topic Source: Avion (magazine) January 1959 No more information given ???

For counter Ticonderoga Class, Soviet also want a new class fighting ship which could be build in scores. Afterall, the Kirov class is too expensive. So here we see a new class that looks nuch similar with Ticonderoga. [EDIT: Not a real project - MODERATOR]

Do you know that designer ? Gashulyak,Yaroslav his name isn't mention in the book THE OSPREY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT 1875-1995. He designed and built the G-1 a single seat helicopter, which powered by Irbit two-cylinder motor-cycle engine in spring of 1961.

As freaky as it is it's gotta be Russian ;) (The name probably says it all but any background on this?)

The LFI was supposed to be developed alongside the MFI as a lightweight, single engine, cheaper version. To save money, however, the LFI program was suspended, as it shared the MFI configuration the initial 1.44 prototype would serve to verify the basic airframe design. The intention was that...

TsNII claim to be the institute with "stealth" experience. They claim to have reduced the RCS of Tu-160, S-37, and Kh-101 by factors of 6, 10, and 14 from the original designs. Chelomei are supposed to have intended to use a Plasma Stealth generator called "Marabou" on their 3M25 Meteorit missile.

In the begining of 1980s, when I-90 program was given to MiG without any sign of contest, OSKBES MAI headed by Kazimir Zhidovetzky have to choose if to continue works mainly related to ESUPS (Trust Augmented Wing Concept) , in interests of Sukhoi OKB with their Sh-90 program, or for MiG with...

Well, we all know the 1.44 demonstrator. But how did Mikoyan arrive at this configuration? What was the design evolution? What might the production 1.42 look like? What about the Sukhoi and Yakovlev designs? First- from Yefim Gordon's Nowe Su i MiG published in Polish by PKL, a TsAGI...

From Krylya Rodiny 6-2004. No timeframe of project was described.

Initiative design of Korchagin's OKB, multi-purpose 'sea working horse' VTOL, born as branch of Korchagin-Beriev (Bartini) VVA-14 cooperative work, was proposed as smart alternative to Yak-38, supported by hi-rank naval aviation staff, but killed by MAP (Ministry of Aviation Industry). Drawings...

There was/is a maritime patrol version of the Tupolev Tu-204-200 - the Tu-204P. I believe it may even have included provision for a Cannon-pod. It was to replace the IL-38 amongst others. Not sure if it is still an active project or whether it died for lack of funds. Regards, Greg

Source: Flaps (Spanish Magazine) Number 94 Domodedovo Air Parade 8 July 1967 report Yak-36: "VTOL showing reminiscences to previous Mikoyan studies" MiG-25: "introduced as two crew all-weather Mach 3 interceptor, but looking at its wing shape we guess it is a multi-role aircraft basically...

A few Yakovlev UAV designs. Originally posted by overscan to the Key forums.

Tupolev worked on a progressive series of designs from Tu-28 improvements to a wholly new VG design. Tu-28A with Vladimir Dobrynin's VD-19 engines (ancestor of the T-4's RD36-41). Tu-128A with MiG-25 style intakes.

The first S-54 configuration apparently featured an afterburning R-195 turbojet and a ventral intake. In the second phase, a shift was made to side intake, and the wing area increased. Additionally, the cutaway profile seems to depict a R-195 without an afterburner? The cutaway is to scale...