Does anyone know this plane

[Yak man]

I have a couple of shots but I don't know if it's even real.

Alan

[Yak man]

?

[geink]

I think that one escaped from a starwars set.

[retiredVTT]

Humm..?
The truck in the picture indicates mid to late 1930's ....maybe a dream of Hitler's..

Bill

[yorcram]

this is only a fantasy model, didn't exist.

[astroflyer]

what do you mean? saw that at an airshow on the weekend here in florida.....

also saw the one in al's avitar.

[asif]

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It's a mock up of a real Russian flying wing called the K-7....seen above.



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The K-7 was a gigantic elliptical wing of extremely thick airfoil (span 53m, area 452m2) with two triangle section tail booms, carrying tail fin and tail plane with control mechanisms. The straight wing (width 6m, length 10m, height 2.33m) had room for payload and people. Elliptical consoles with 14 fuel tanks were attached to the centroplane. The centre was covered with duralumin, consoles with fabric. There were no thick tubes able to comply with the requirements of the central spar so it was made of two parallel tubes. The rest of the wing frame also was made of welded steel tubes.

A nacelle protruded from the leading edge, with a cockpit for two pilots, navigator, radio-navigator and chief mechanic. Seven more crew members were located in other sections of aircraft and communicating by internal telephone.
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Crazy pic!!

[retiredVTT]

Wow...and we thought he was just a newbe flyer..!

Next question please..!

Bill

[retiredVTT]

[quote="astroflyer"]what do you mean? saw that at an airshow on the weekend here in florida.....

also saw the one in al's avitar.


Whats you doing down florida way man, besides having a good time!

Bill

[asif]

Haha!

No expert -- just love aeroplanes!!!......and Google!!!!!

asif