Russia's Ekranoplans: The Caspian Sea Monster and other WIGE Craft - Red Star Vol. 8

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Russia's Ekranoplans: The Caspian Sea Monster and other WIGE Craft - Red Star Vol. 8
Sergey Kommissarov | 2003-02-15 00:00:00 | Midland Publishing Ltd. | 128 | Aviation
For decades the Soviet Union and now Russia have held leading positions in the development of a special class of vehicles that are neither aircraft nor ships... or both at once. Known as wing-in-ground effect (WIGE) craft or by their Russian name of ekranoplan, these vehicles combined the best of both worlds, operating on the borderline between the sky and the sea, offering the speed of an aircraft coupled with better operating economics and the ability to operate pretty much anywhere on the world's waterways. As such they promptly attracted the attention of the military and thus have been veiled in secrecy until recently.

The book describes in detail the many series of WIGE vehicles developed by various design bureaus, including the Orlyonok, the only ekranoplan to see squadron service, the missile-armed Loon and the famous and awesome KM, or Caspian Sea Monster, which first attracted the attention of the West to these developments.
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ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! Color pictures, info, info, info! 16 pages of 3 view drawings of all kinds of real and imagined craft...stunning. Red Star is a fantastic series and this one will not disappoint! Highly recommended! No color profiles but it just doesn't matter with all the pictures both B&W and Color. Fantastic.
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This is THE DEFINITIVE book on the ekranoplan, period. This should be on any WIG enthusiasts bookshelf. The volume of information is astonishing and there are photographs and line drawings contained in the volume not available anywhere else. After reading this book the reader gets the impression they could almost go out and design one themselves. For those who have never heard of ekranoplans or are only mildly aware of what they are will be treated to a eye opening experience. I cant recommend this book enough.



(Note to model builders, static or R/C: There are a LOT of photos AND scale line 3-view drawings in the book. This is very useful)
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For anyone interested in wing-in-ground-effect, this is a great and useful study of the Russian programs. Good base document.
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"Russia's Ekranoplans" is a great book. The history of the projects and the photos were terrific.

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