I don't know, would it have? You may tell me since you are such a brilliant
techie. Us old folks just try do the best we can.



"Ric" wrote in message
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Would it have been easier to just post the link ?
http://avia.russian.ee/air/russia/kalinin_k-7.php

"Gene S. Park" wrote in message
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The aircraft appears to be Soviet and similar to

Designed by World War I aviator Konstantin Kalinin with a wingspan
greater than a B-52's and a much greater wing area, the K-7 was one of
the biggest aircraft built before the jet age. It was only one engine
short of the B-52 as well, having the curious arrangement of six pulling
on the wing leading edge and one pushing at the rear.

The K-7's very brief first flight showed up instability and serious
vibration caused by the airframe resonating with the engine frequency.
The solution to this 'flutter' was thought to be to shorten and
strengthen the tail booms, little being known then about the natural
frequencies of structures and their response to vibration. On the 11th
flight, during a speed test, the port tailboom vibrated, fractured,
jammed the elevator and caused the giant aircraft to plough into the
ground, killing 15.

Undaunted by this disaster, Kalinin's team began construction of two
further K-7s in a new factory, but the vicissitudes of Stalin's Russia
saw the project abandoned, and in 1938 the arrest and execution of
Kalinin on trumped up espionage and sabotage charges.

Seems they knew how to deal with their FEMA types.





"Blondie" wrote in message
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Hello All,

Downloaded these pics and was wondering if this aircraft actually
existed.
By the looks of its' mammoth size I think it is actually a very detailed
drawing. It looks like it has a wingspan wider than the Spruce Goose!
If this were an actual aircraft that had been constructed I am sure it
would have been in many TV documentaries.

Yello







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