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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

Blondie wrote:
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






Appears to be a beautifully done CGI creation.

But wow, wouldn't that be something to fly. I am thinking that with the
18 engines (I kind of lost count) the Flight Engineer(s) would be REAL busy.

Was there a caption or otherwise information with the pictures?

Cheers,

Dave

"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.


The B&W pic looks like it could be real but the rest appear to be scaled up
CGI representations (with extra engines).

Would make for an exciting R/C aircraft, assuming someone could afford all
those engines.


--
The Raven
http://www.80snostalgia.com/download...unds/wings.mp3

The Raven wrote:
"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.


The B&W pic looks like it could be real but the rest appear to be scaled up
CGI representations (with extra engines).

Would make for an exciting R/C aircraft, assuming someone could afford all
those engines.



Yes indeed now that you mention it. The b&w photo looks like some
Italian creation from the late 1930's.

On an r/c would you be able to use those high torque electric motors? I
know zip about modern r/c building and other stuff. My sole experience
with any kind of model airplane was back around 1956. I think it had a
fox engine and made a hell of a lot of noise, and I flew it with these
nylon lines attached to a handle. I met it's demise one day when my
best buddy Roger Craft was flying it and it went into the back of his
dad's new car. Now that wasn't pretty ...

Cheers,

Dave

"CWO4 Dave Mann" wrote in message
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The Raven wrote:
"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.


The B&W pic looks like it could be real but the rest appear to be scaled
up
CGI representations (with extra engines).

Would make for an exciting R/C aircraft, assuming someone could afford
all
those engines.



Yes indeed now that you mention it. The b&w photo looks like some
Italian creation from the late 1930's.

On an r/c would you be able to use those high torque electric motors? I
know zip about modern r/c building and other stuff. My sole experience
with any kind of model airplane was back around 1956. I think it had a
fox engine and made a hell of a lot of noise, and I flew it with these
nylon lines attached to a handle. I met it's demise one day when my
best buddy Roger Craft was flying it and it went into the back of his
dad's new car. Now that wasn't pretty ...

Cheers,

Dave

Oooof. That sounds like a crash leading up to a crash. :-(

Peter

Peter Dohm wrote:
"CWO4 Dave Mann" wrote in message
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The Raven wrote:
"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.

The B&W pic looks like it could be real but the rest appear to be scaled
up
CGI representations (with extra engines).

Would make for an exciting R/C aircraft, assuming someone could afford
all
those engines.


Yes indeed now that you mention it. The b&w photo looks like some
Italian creation from the late 1930's.

On an r/c would you be able to use those high torque electric motors? I
know zip about modern r/c building and other stuff. My sole experience
with any kind of model airplane was back around 1956. I think it had a
fox engine and made a hell of a lot of noise, and I flew it with these
nylon lines attached to a handle. I met it's demise one day when my
best buddy Roger Craft was flying it and it went into the back of his
dad's new car. Now that wasn't pretty ...

Cheers,

Dave

Oooof. That sounds like a crash leading up to a crash. :-(

Peter




Let's just say that it was Memorable. Now the events following the day
Roger and I took a joy-ride in his dad's new Buick convertible a few
years later was .... "remarkable and unforgettable". I think I
developed my love of flying from heading down Madison avenue in San
Diego, CA in the Buick.

Cheers,

Dave
CWO4 USA (Ret)

"CWO4 Dave Mann" wrote in message
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The Raven wrote:
"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.


The B&W pic looks like it could be real but the rest appear to be scaled
up CGI representations (with extra engines).

Would make for an exciting R/C aircraft, assuming someone could afford
all those engines.



Yes indeed now that you mention it. The b&w photo looks like some Italian
creation from the late 1930's.

On an r/c would you be able to use those high torque electric motors?

The latest modern brushless outrunner electrics make as much power as glow
fueled engined.

In reality you'd probably only use a few motors/engines and dummy up the
rest, 18 is a tad too many.

The power out of some of the newer engines is phenomenal but a plane like
this would be best suited (as in sounds best) with a bunch of 4 stroke
motors.

I know zip about modern r/c building and other stuff. My sole experience
with any kind of model airplane was back around 1956. I think it had a
fox engine and made a hell of a lot of noise, and I flew it with these
nylon lines attached to a handle. I met it's demise one day when my best
buddy Roger Craft was flying it and it went into the back of his dad's new
car. Now that wasn't pretty ...

I could imagine.....perhaps I shouldn't.


--
The Raven
http://www.80snostalgia.com/download...unds/wings.mp3

On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:38:13 GMT, Blondie wrote:

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





It's a Kalinin K-7.
---
Robert
http://fire.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon

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Blondie wrote:

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


The photo shows the Kalinin K-7. It did fly fairly OK but was destroyed
in a crash: Lookee he
http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/k-7.html

The other images are kinda cool. A scaled-up fantasy version. Pretty
convincing. They'd be even more convincing if the concrete tarmac were
replaced by grass. Where do they come from?

--
One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others can
not grasp.*- Ed Wood

On Wed, 23 May 2007 17:32:38 -0700, John Meyer
wrote:

The photo shows the Kalinin K-7. It did fly fairly OK but was destroyed
in a crash: Lookee he
http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/k-7.html

The other images are kinda cool. A scaled-up fantasy version. Pretty
convincing. They'd be even more convincing if the concrete tarmac were
replaced by grass. Where do they come from?

Thanks for a shot of the "real" plane. Do my eyes decieve me, or is
that thing running *wooden* propellors!?