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Title: Name this plane..
Post by: GRUNHERZ on July 01, 2003, 06:36:03 AM

(http://home.comcast.net/~filipm/namethisone.jpg)

Title: Name this plane..
Post by: Furball on July 01, 2003, 06:36:38 AM

Boeing Inbred mk.I

Title: Name this plane..
Post by: Staga on July 01, 2003, 07:35:21 AM

Tu-4 "Bison" working as a testbed for 15000hp Kuznetsov NK-12 turbo-prop developed for Tu-95 "Bear" bombers?

Title: Name this plane..
Post by: Staga on July 01, 2003, 07:41:27 AM

uups not a "Bison" but a "Bull".

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Post by: pugg666 on July 01, 2003, 10:01:28 AM

can you say assymetric thrust :eek:

Title: Name this plane..
Post by: GRUNHERZ on July 01, 2003, 03:17:40 PM

Mebbe they ran the other engine in reverse... ;)

Title: Name this plane..
Post by: straffo on July 01, 2003, 04:18:54 PM

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Mebbe they ran the other engine in reverse... ;)

Fear of overspeeding  ?

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Post by: pugg666 on July 01, 2003, 04:41:53 PM

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Mebbe they ran the other engine in reverse...

ya but I'm sure the 3 other R-3350's ;)  (ya I know they used ASh-73TK's :D ) would be hard pressed to keep up :)

twas only a joke anyways.

does that powerplant actually generate 15000 HP?

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Post by: Staga on July 02, 2003, 09:37:47 AM

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Originally posted by pugg666
does that powerplant actually generate 15000 HP?

12000-15000 hp.

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-95.htm

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Post by: Rasker on July 02, 2003, 10:53:38 AM

I've alway wondered what would happen if you put one of those on, say one of the big Tupolev or Sukhoi swept wing interceptors.  The contra-rotating props would cancel any torque.  Since the Tu-95 could do 580 mph or so, these re-engined birds could probably do 650 or better, with a much better range due to the greater efficiency of turbo-props in that era.