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

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.

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...

I forgot Colani designs. So here they are: 1. Cygnus - was projected gigantic passanger plane for soviet airlines Aeroflot from 80s. It was designed for extreme climatic and geographic conditions. It was powered by two bolt - like ducted fans. 2. This is hypersonic Mach 5 passanger plane from...

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

Pometabla - i have this drawing down as a Mil Mi-30A concept for a tilt-rotor, looks similar to the Moskoviya

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...

The 1968 decree authorised the development of 3 versions of the Ye-155M program, Ye-155MP interceptor, Ye-155MF frontal bomber and Ye-155MR reconnaissance. Ye-155MF frontal bomber...

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.

Mikoyan Product 301/321 Wingspan: 12.5/29.0 m Length: 40 m Wing Area: 110 m2 Normal TO Weight: 75,000 kg Maximum TO Weight: 90,000 kg Fuel Load: 40,000 kg Maximum Speed: 4,500 km/h Ceiling: 37,000 m Maximum Range: 6,000 km Engines: Two turboramjets of 295 kN each Mikoyan started design work on...

Thread to discuss the MiG-23 family of fighters.

I am new, and an fan of airplanes since I was a little child. First of all congratulations to everybody for the great posted subjects. Now I would like to open a new topic to discuss about the following: Thread to discuss Tu-160 avionics. I am particularly keen to learn about navigation and...

This thread is for detailled studies of the Soviet derived command and control themes, doctrines, equipments, stations and so. I will post all the info I have about this soon, I would really like people to share opinions about this topic, one of the most under-researched topics about Soviet Air...

View on the development VVS OF THE USSR 80- X -90 X of the years Sergey Burdin http://www.airforce.ru/history/vvs_80_90/

1. from the docu serie "Secrets of the forgotten victories." SOTKA http://video.aviacia.ru/T4/Tainy.zabytyh.pobed.Sotka.avi filesize 210MB, russian language description: Very good documentary movie about the soviet trisonic bomber SUKHOI T-4 "SOTKA",it reveals some new facts and gives the...

Mikoyan Product 701 Crew: 2 Wingspan: 19 m Length: 31 m Height: 7 m Wing Area: 130 m2 Empty Weight: 35,000 kg Maximum TO Weight: 65,000 kg Cruise Speed: 2,500 km/h Ceiling: 17,000 m Subsonic Range: 11,000 km Supersonic Range: 7,000 km Engines: Two turbofans of 200 kN each Armament: 4 x R-72...

Thread to discuss Tupolev Tu-160 based projects.