Moskalyev GSB strategic jet bomber of 1954

[Triton]

Model of Leningrad Air Force Academy GSB strategic seaplane bomber from USSR-Russian Aviation & Space Collectibles (Alex Panchenko).

Description:

13.5" length hand made model of research project aircraft of Leningrad Air Forces Academy, worked on projects of Long range strategic sea plane-bombers (supersonic sea plane carriers) in 1957-1962.Known two main projects: GSB (listed) and GSB-GS-1. Aircraft not build and was in project condition only. Planned planes had rocket, bomb and nuclear weapon on board.

Source:
http://www.ussr-airspace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_39_38_108&products_id=1033

 

[Triton]

Re: Leningrad Air Force Academy strategic seaplane bombers

Model of Leningrad Air Force Academy GSB-GS-1 strategic flying-boat bomber from USSR-Russian Aviation & Space Collectibles (Alex Panchenko).

Description:

17` length of model.Very sharp and detailed hand made model of another version of long range strategic flying-boat bomber GSB- 1957-1960 project of Leningrad Air Force engineering Academy.Project considered aircraft based on sea and lakes during possible nuclear attack from outside.On technical level of end of 50-s engineers of Academy worked on creation of plane with 8 engines VK-15M able to cover distance 14300 km with a speed 3000 km/h and flight altitude up to 20.8 km.Variant of aircraft made from titanium metal would allow with take off weight 250 tones to have speed 4500 km/h, flight range up to 15 000 km and to fly on higher altitude-28 km.

 

[igor-mich]

Re: Leningrad Air Force Academy strategic seaplane bombers

Design of these projects was Moskalev, AS developed in 1957 -1960 years.
At the moments Moskalev was a teacher design, durability and aerodynamics at the Faculty of Engineering of the Leningrad Academy named Mozhaiskogo

 

[hesham]

Hi,

I knew that aircraft before,but here is a drawing and
small info about it from a Russian site,it was Moskalyev
GSB strategic bomber of 1954.

http://olymp.aviaschool.net/lsra-xml/creator/debug/units/unit22.html
http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/moskalev/gsb/gsb.htm

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=ar&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://olymp.aviaschool.net/lsra-xml/creator/debug/units/unit22.html

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=ar&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/moskalev/gsb/gsb.htm

 

[HeavyG]

Hey, are these seaplanes? The aircraft in the top picture seems to have a hard chine in the lower part of its hull and the one in the bottom looks like it has wave-deflecting strakes on the forward part of its hull.

 

[Matej]

Topics merged.

 

[dannydale]

They look like flying boats to me as well. Their engines are either on top of the hull or with inverted ramp intakes, they both have apparent flotation devices on or near the wingtips, and the aforementioned boat hull form or 'wave deflecting strakes'. Also, the Klingon Battlecruiser looking one has a hydroski drawn in dashed lines below its hull.

 

[Jemiba]

"Hey, are these seaplanes?"

They are indeed and at least about the GSB-1 you can find some information
in APR Volume 5, N° 4, or in Tony Buttlers "Soviet Secret Projects, Bombers
since 1945"

 

[Odysseus1980]

Indeed they are seaplanes. One the most ambitious projects of USSR. Imagine the technical challenges and cost (for me the GSB-2 is more orthodox design) behind.

 

[Odysseus1980]

Possibly her engines would be a derivative of the Kuznetsov NK-6/NK-10/NK-144 family as NK-15M, VK-15M designation does not exist in Soviet engines. We will never know for sure, since the GSB remain a paper project.

NK-6, NK-7, NK-10 (LeteckeMotory.cz)