"CWO4 Dave Mann" wrote in message
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Ric wrote:
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
news 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


Mr Park is doing us all a favor by trying to make a post as complete as
possible. Besides, his comment about the FEMA types is delicious.
Ahhhh for the days of brick walls and machine guns with an inexhaustible
supplies of bullets. "To the Wall, Enemies of the People!".

Cheers,

Dave

Yes. Most enjoyable.

Peter