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    Default Oh Cliiiiiiiiiipperrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... >;)

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/shmr/8178343956/?rb=1

    Model of ANT-26 (TB-6) ultraheavy bomber concept.

    >;)

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    [singsong nasal voice]"Oh Cliiiiiiiiiii-per!"[/voice]
    Check THIS big bastard out! Kawanishi KX-03 concept... woulda been like two Spruce Geese wingtip to wingtip.
    http://sta.sh/025tpg5dqcns

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    A littler something to look forward to after your convalescence I fancy Dave.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Hmmm the elves like the Ant-26/TB-6 enough to try it out. We are looking at some Russian drawings at the moment, looking at 1/200" scale, we are talking 7.675" long with a wingspan of 18.7" nice! And thanks for adding to my recovery!

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    Just remember... contrary to common reports, it is NOT "bigger than a B-52". Maybe TALLER, but in length and span, Advantage Boeing.

    Here's the correction I sent TruthOrFiction that they couldn't be bothered to MAN UP and publish in all their Squeeing Stalinist Love:
    Your source on the Kalinin K-7 (http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/k/k7bomber.htm) is just flat-out WRONG on some key dimensions. K-7's wingspan was 174' per your article, while the B-52 is 185'. Length, 91' K-7 vs. 160' B-52, again Advantage BUFF. As Adam & Jamie might say, "Myth... BUSTED."

    MAYBE the K-7 wins on wing area, but I doubt it.

    Also, you might want to contact the boys at Cracked.com and set them straight since they used you as a primary source and are thus spreading the error on this: http://www.cracked.com/article_18839...ying-them.html

    Don't believe me, check the official USAF fact-sheet: http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets...ofortress.aspx . Note: length difference from my citation caused by deleting of tail Gatling gun. But even if you go by the original design length of 157' 7" before the splicing in of a 40" plug and the redesign of the tail gun system to move the gunner up front, the B-52 is still NOTICEABLY longer than that Commie hunk of junk.
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    Good God, heaven exists!!! I love TB-3s but never saw a TB-6!!!! Imagine the Ratas "taking off" of that!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamondback View Post
    [singsong nasal voice]"Oh Cliiiiiiiiiii-per!"[/voice]
    Check THIS big bastard out! Kawanishi KX-03 concept... woulda been like two Spruce Geese wingtip to wingtip.
    http://sta.sh/025tpg5dqcns
    Yeh, but given how well the Spruce Goose did, would it have flown, or even taxied at a good clip?
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    The Spruce Goose got off the water once. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules

    Whether it would have been able to fulfill its intended role, I suspect we shall never know. However, the concept of a large troop transport aircraft has become reality.

    It is possible to buy a 1/200 scale model kit of the Spruce Goose.
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    Frankly, I think the only reason the Goose didn't fly more was that Hughes built the entire bird as a giant flipoff to his critics, and only flew it JUST enough to prove his point.

    Doesn't help that as soon as Hughes had conquered some challenge that caught his interest, whether taking to the air or taking to bed, it was immediately put behind him and onward to the Next Big Thing--like as soon as the chase was over, the fun was gone and boredom set in.

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    Something similar in 1/200. With ANT-20 "Maxim Gorki" in the family tree, a stretched Antonov would be a natural. Go for it!

    Please note that Maxim Gorki was a famous writer and had nothing to do with pickles.

    Ron
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    The Spruce Goose got off the water once. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules

    Whether it would have been able to fulfill its intended role, I suspect we shall never know. However, the concept of a large troop transport aircraft has become reality.

    It is possible to buy a 1/200 scale model kit of the Spruce Goose.
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    that would make a FASCINATING what if scenario!!!!!

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    Do you use the historical stats, or the ones from the "The VERY Big Bird Job" episode of Leverage where the con involved portraying it as "a WWII stealth bomber"? LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/shmr/8178343956/?rb=1

    Model of ANT-26 (TB-6) ultraheavy bomber concept.

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    Those russians are really in to big flying Machines....

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    Another attraction of the ANT-26. It would make an easy conversion to the ANT-28.

    Have to check the files, but I have the odd memory trace that Fredy Martin Schultz in Berlin actually made one as a Castmaster (ie, cheap urethane) kit.

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    DB- Didn't the Big Bird scenario originate with Jim Henson?

    Ron

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    There is little to borrow from the TB-3 to the TB-6 except engines and bits . . . sadly



    But they both want to be made . . .


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    Now there's a strange thing Dave.
    Clipper at work already.
    Come on chaps, fess up! Who won the sweepstake then.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Come on chaps, fess up! Who won the sweepstake then.:D
    What sweepstakes? I just figured something like this would light a fire under his ass. >;)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragnar200 View Post
    DB- Didn't the Big Bird scenario originate with Jim Henson?

    Ron
    Ron, we're not talking about the big yellow guy...
    http://leverage.wikia.com/wiki/The_%...9_Big_Bird_Job

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    All very good planes, particularly like the Jap flyingboat!



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