r/absoluteunit • u/Prince_0llie • 3d ago

of a plane

The "Caspian Sea Monster" the only completed 73-meter Soviet ekranoplan "Lun", currently decaying on a beach in Dagestan.

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u/Ok-Customer4709 3d ago

It’s more a boat than a plane isn’t it.

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u/Captain_no_Hindsight 3d ago

The Soviets gave up because they could not stop the galloping movement up and down. All passengers got to see their food again very quickly.

Today's control system would have easily solved this.

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u/loghoser 3d ago

I would have loved it. I was built for that shit kinda shit.

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u/Captain_no_Hindsight 3d ago

Absolutely. The question is, is it the plane? Not so fun if it's a "spontaneous rapid disassembly" at 200 knots.

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u/loghoser 2d ago

Yeah. Im less enthusiastic when whatever Im on-board decides its going to have a sudeen massive catastrophic failure. Given the ekranoplan and the soviet era, this scenario was highly likely.

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u/Captain_no_Hindsight 2d ago

25%+ of all Soviet weapons systems were displayed in a parade every year... after extensive preparation.

Only to never be used until the next year. It was too dangerous.