Myasishchev M-17, M-34 and M-55 projects (Geophysica, etc.)

flateric said:
Please resize M-17 drawings to 500 pixels at wide side. Put (c) Avico-Press and original source. These are from book by forum member Ucon - Konstantin Udalov. Respect copyright and note that practically all EMZ stuff elsewhere comes from Avico that got exclusive rights from EMZ for publishing stuff from their archives. Thank you.
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Sorry I was away for a couple of days and didn't notice the warning. I'll be more careful next time, thanks.
 
Would anyone have the dimensions of the subject/article 34? It appears to have a shorter wingspan and longer fuselage length than the M-17?
 
Dear ucon, I have noticed that all the pics pertaining to the M-17/M-34/M-55 programs have simply disappeared from the last few pages. Is that intentional?
 
A lot of info and pics split from the old generic Myasishchev topic and merged here.

Thanks a lot to ucon for all the great material!
 
ucon said:
Dear Stargazer2006!
Of course it is understandable that M-34 high altitude aircraft is belong to MDB, not OKB-23.
By the way, the drawings you have posted are from "Illustrated Encyclopedia of MDB aircraft" vol.5 by Avico Press and I am one of the author of that book. Please don't forget to give a link. Thanks a lot.

More M-55 variants will follow.
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Same as this? http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=18511.0

I want a copy of the M-17/M-55 sections & the M-63/M-67 sections - I assume they are all covered in volume 5? Also - are there any plans for an English translation?
 
Avimimus said:
are there any plans for an English translation?
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I wish! I discussed the subject with the publisher a couple of years ago but it seemed rather unlikely at the time.
 
It'd be nice if there were attempts to publish translations of sections on specific topics (e.g. turn a chapter into a booklet). It might be a lower risk way to see if translation is economically viable.
 
borovik said:
Else several early iterations M-17 (55) (on classical scheme)+canard)
1-2) variants with two engines D-30 by P.SOLOVIEV
3-7) variants with one engine P.KOLESOV RD-36-51А
from:A.Brook, K.Udalov, S.Smirnov "Illustrated encyclopedia planes V.Myasishchev's" Vol.3. Chapt.1
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Very interesting how the 1st & 2nd designs look uncannily like that of the Bell MX-2147 (X-16)& Fairchild MX-2147 respectively!

Regards
Pioneer
 
M-55 carrying a recon pod developed for the Su-34:

Фотография самолёта · Мясищев · М-55 · 55204 (зав.н. 5520202) · КБ Мясищева - ЭМЗ ✈ russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация

Фотография самолёта. Разработчик: Мясищев, модификация: М-55, бортовой номер: 55204, оператор: КБ Мясищева - ЭМЗ, место съёмки: Москва - Жуковский (Раменское), фотограф: Pavel Slabov (c)
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M-55 always struck me as a prettier airplane than the U-2.

That M-17 with the V-tail may have had some interesting handling qualities, based on the Beechcraft Bonanza issues.
 
Clever idea and the pod supposedly gives under a 1 meter squared resolution mapping out to 300 klicks. This war, like all wars, is won or lost in constant and accurate intel.

Edit: should mention that resolution deminishes with distance...
 
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