# Old huge soviet superPlane **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 19, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393 "2013-08-19T18:21:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/1 "2013-08-19T18:21:21Z")
Not sure if this was posted before [http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/06/ekranoplan/?viewall=true](http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/06/ekranoplan/?viewall=true) > When it first skimmed the waters of the Caspian in 1966, the KM was the largest aircraft on earth. At 295 feet long, capable of flying with a total weight of 600 tons and operating at a cruising speed of 310 miles per hour, it was hardly a mock-up. At a glance the KM looks like it was made to fight Godzilla. > Deployed much later, in 1987, the Lun (a more contemporary behemoth) was an improvement over the previous model. > The Lun ekranoplan weighs 380 tons, has a 148-foot wingspan and can launch six anti-ship missiles from flight. Or rather, it could, before it was retired to a forlorn pier in southern Russia. ![http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/rawfile/2011/06/KIL_3989_90_91Enhancer.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/7/b73f2f35a39dca5e3ccc8f749103b2bc4001d2b5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/2 "2013-08-19T18:46:53Z")
Super cool and done in the 60s! ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/3 "2013-08-19T18:57:18Z")
What a cool piece of shit! Great artical…yup just typed that. ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/4 "2013-08-19T19:08:10Z")
Pretty sweet! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_B](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paul_b/32/5452_2.png) [@Paul\_B](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paul_B)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/5 "2013-08-19T19:18:59Z")
This is super cool. Thanks for posting it! ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/6 "2013-08-19T19:19:09Z")
This one is actually still in use, last I heard. ![http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/arrowenterprises/biggest-plane_zpse5fd81ff.jpg](http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa354/arrowenterprises/biggest-plane_zpse5fd81ff.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/7 "2013-08-19T20:11:33Z")
It isn’t really an aircraft, it’s a ground effect vehicle. Super low alt flights. Definitely looks cool though. Russia tried using them to replace hovercrafts for amphibious assault. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/8 "2013-08-20T06:56:48Z")
The ekranoplan is almost as much ship as it is airplane. It uses WIG - wing-in-ground effect, riding the cushion of air compressed between its wings and the surface below it. A-90 ![http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3402/3181620690_4928dd49b2.jpg](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3402/3181620690_4928dd49b2.jpg) Lun Class ![http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/ground-effect/lun01.jpg](http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/ground-effect/lun01.jpg) KM - the Caspian Sea Monster ![http://www.gamellama.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/km-ekranoplan.jpg](http://www.gamellama.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/km-ekranoplan.jpg) I was expecting more of 1QIKZ’s An-225 - now that is a huge super plane. But any day I get to talk about ekranoplans is a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr_t/32/7454_2.png) [@Mr\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_T)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/9 "2013-08-20T06:58:38Z")
Damn thats awesome, thanks for sharing I love this kind of shit! ---
**Author:** ![piratemosh666](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/piratemosh666/32/6116_2.png) [@piratemosh666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/piratemosh666)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/10 "2013-08-20T09:18:29Z")
Well, look at that. I learned something today. This is cool shit. ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/11 "2013-08-20T19:55:43Z")
Cool sort of reminds me of the Airbus Beluga ![http://www.surclaro.com/modules/Media_Gallery/gallery/Screenshots/FS2004/Beluga1.jpg](http://www.surclaro.com/modules/Media_Gallery/gallery/Screenshots/FS2004/Beluga1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/12 "2013-08-20T20:06:32Z")
Looks like my head tonight. ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/13 "2013-08-21T15:36:34Z")
great read, thanks for posting :tup: ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/14 "2013-08-22T06:07:49Z")
^ When the Fuck did you get a Focus? ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/15 "2013-08-22T06:24:09Z")
> [@LUKE\_L](#): > > ^ When the Fuck did you get a Focus? LOL. REALLY? like 6 months ago! ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/16 "2013-08-22T06:38:39Z")
> [@focusinprogress](#): > > LOL. REALLY? like 6 months ago! I was expecting a Viking funeral the day that happened…or a Russian one. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-huge-soviet-superplane/232393/17 "2013-08-22T06:54:06Z")
> [@LUKE\_L](#): > > I was expecting a Viking funeral the day that happened…or a Russian one. the mx3 tossed it’s trans only a few blocks from my place, and then luke left it in my driveway for a month, then moved it to my lawn so I could get things in/out of the garage and it sat in my grass for two more months until I got a notice from the town. somewhere in that timeframe I found him an SVT on CL that ended up being Sasquatch’s brother’s car and we negotiated a fair price for it and have since swapped on euro bumpers I had stashed.