If I remember well , Roberto Bartini was a genius italian engineer that left Italy for the USSR in the 50s . He worked on many aviation projects and was respected by both Antonov and Tupolev .

@user-xh8ju2ir4t

Жыл бұрын

Bartini is an Italian communist. He really enjoyed great respect as a constructor - theorist. He did a lot for the appearance of Soviet ekranoplanes.

@SeAlexey

Жыл бұрын

he left Italy to USSR in 1922. Not in 1950-s! After facists seized power in Italy...

@phoenix77ts

Жыл бұрын

@@SeAlexey thx for the correction , info on him are not so easy to find , only once I saw a video on TV of him

@Analysisy-746

6 ай бұрын

😮Ohh amazing Italian designer aircraft USSR looks like ferrari

I always liked how Soviet designs often have odd windows and ports for viewing around the craft.

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket

6 ай бұрын

That's because they couldn't figure out how to install a window without the "aircraft" exploding.

@pork_eater_Z666

2 ай бұрын

​@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusketwe also dont know how to unfck your mum😢

@AbuSaleh_95

23 күн бұрын

Because they don't have enough technology 😅

@pork_eater_Z666

23 күн бұрын

@@AbuSaleh_95 booom booom allah?

My favourite Russian project that never took off was the Ekranoplans ,aka Caspian Sea Monster. A plane with the payload capacity of a boat.

@KuK137

Жыл бұрын

They did took off, though? Several were completed and in service, they were just mothballed in 1990 as the Russian navy no longer had the money to keep massive fleet ready...

@equalevolution5563

Жыл бұрын

They used to also travel at a crazy speed just scumming the water.. then the Americans started building them. I don’t know what happened after.

@OlegSheverda

Жыл бұрын

I was one of designer on board computer system that tested Ekranoplan. It was in early 1980-s. I cannot say is it good or bad, but that “Caspian monster” had numbers of small flaws and could not destroy aircarrier. Also that project had limited period to release whit hard milestones. Today, the ugly remains of Ekranoplan decorate the shore of the Caspian Sea.

@Leonid_Brezhnev1

Жыл бұрын

why never took off? For example A-90 Orlyonok (Little Eagle) was built in 5 units and had such active service

@Laserdiscturtle111

Жыл бұрын

I agree I love the ekranoplan too

Speaking of Soviet planes. You should do a video on the Antonov AN-218. An abandoned wide body plane that was supposed to take to the sky in 1994 but never made it because of severe economic conditions facing post USSR Ukraine and the closest thing we got was a wooden replica. Rumor has it that in 2014 it was dismantled and buried some where with the blueprints. There were three models the 100, the 300 which was the shortened body and the 400 an extended body. They even made pins and calendars for the 218.

@tacede

Жыл бұрын

The USSR faced economic problems, not Ukraine. Ukraine has moved to independent status and it is easier for Russia to leave two planes to Ukraine after the collapse. Since most of the plants were located in Russia, which produced separate units for the AN-225. And almost most of them ceased to exist due to the same economic consequences. The 1st Aircraft remained in working order (it participated in the space program and then carried out cargo transportation in Ukraine) and the 2nd is still unfinished since 1991. Since the development of cockpit electronics panels and the final assembly in Kiev, Ukraine simply could not complete the construction of the second aircraft, much less build a new one. When all project documentation was stored in present-day Russia. Ask yourself a question. Why Ukraine has not built a single AN-225 in all 32 years of its independence. Given the fact that corruption in this country was worse than Russia.

@jayjay53313

Жыл бұрын

@@tacede Russia is the true inventor of Soviet technology. Ukraine only took whatever in the country when they broke away. Those tech belong and created by Russian anyway. If Russia is rich being in top 3 richest in the world at least, it would have perfected numbers of innovative & creative invention. Looks like Star Wars & Babylon 5 stole design from Soviets X-Wing

@KuK137

Жыл бұрын

@@tacede Uh, wot? The economic problems soviets had were nothing compared to the ukraine, where oligarchs stole everything that was not nailed down, there was zero investment into infrastructure, education, or any basic service, and corruption was insane. All you need to know is the fact Russia gave them Antonov, one of the biggest aero companies on the planet, for free, and they managed to squander it into the ground. Nothing was done, second AN was left unfinished even though they could sell or rent it for small fortune if it was flying, it was basically failed state living off looting and theft of resources Russia left them in 1991. That's why AN widebodies remained only a dream, it was easier to loot the carcass of company instead of doing anything productive with it, despite the fact that in competent hands Antonov could easily rival Airbus in quality...

@ignacio3890

Жыл бұрын

@@KuK137 Antonov since 1991 líves of the russian vontracts for the an140 and the an148.

@J_H2961

Жыл бұрын

It was seen in the movie 2012!

I've been making a list of these kinds of planes for some time now for a project of mine. Although most of these I've already recorded, it's nice to be reminded of a passion project of mine.

@9eadityalakhanpal702

Жыл бұрын

can you tell me abut your list

@Chris-ok4zo

Жыл бұрын

@@9eadityalakhanpal702 It mainly consists of odd designs from throughout history that never made it into official service, however I'm not currently at liberty to discuss the reasons for the list's construction, as I'm deeply afraid of intellectual theft. Still, I'd appreciate suggestions for new additions.

@liamo8932

Жыл бұрын

@@Chris-ok4zo I have already read your thoughts from afar and stolen your ideas. I will send you a copy. Best wishes x

@I-0-0-I

Жыл бұрын

@@liamo8932 "I have already read your thoughts from afar and stolen your ideas. I will send you a copy. Best wishes x" - ChatGPT

@liamo8932

Жыл бұрын

@@I-0-0-I are you suggesting I am a chat bot

4:47 - Not the only one, there were two planes, but only one fully built and capable of flying. Due to the condition of the aircraft in the photos after the projectile hit, many then had doubts that it was a flying copy. 7:37 - These planes are not in the graveyard, they are in the Monino museum, as far as i know.

@fredmdbud

Жыл бұрын

A museum is just a nicer graveyard - planes at both will never fly again, but at least the ones in the graveyard might have parts salvaged for other planes.

@sk8er100100

Жыл бұрын

@@fredmdbud eh, graveyards are sad and depressing. For vehicles that were mass produced, sure let them sit and have parts salvaged, but projects like this I think it's much nicer to have them be somewhere like a museum where people can actually go see the thing, and in a state closer to being airworthy than rotting away somewhere it'll never be seen again. I used to deliver to the imperial war museum in london and I gotta say, just seeing some of the less ridiculous vehicles there is pretty damn cool to me. Or maybe I'm just a nerd, whatever xD

@user-bu4ox7sj4d

Жыл бұрын

Yes, saw them in Monino myself.

I've been to Monino and seen the T-4 & M-50, along with many other amazing aircraft! It's a fantastic museum and well worth a visit, as is Kubinka tank museum! Also went to MAKS the same week and saw the SU-57 flying, one of the best holidays ever! Moscow is absolutely beautiful, as was the Kremlin!

@doodooswirl

Жыл бұрын

Want to know what’s more beautiful? Russia getting out of Ukraine 🇺🇦

@Spaceman719

Жыл бұрын

Ukraine will go into the history books as the big failure.

@CREVchannel

Жыл бұрын

same here! it's truly a sight to see all of the incredible and crazy innovations by the soviets!

@Shinzon23

Жыл бұрын

I thought kubinka wasn't open to anyone but authorized visitors meeting anyone who is a foreign or is usually not let in

@tacede

Жыл бұрын

@@doodooswirl go out ukrainian bot, tourist

I do love the way most of these models have backwards facing blades and rotors.

You forgot the BBA-14 from Bartini. It was almost a UFO in general. It literally had to take off vertically (By the way, today it can be seen in the same museum as the T-4 and M50)

@SergeiSugaroverdoseShuykov

Жыл бұрын

He has video about VVA-14

@user-jq3qk2nq2q

Жыл бұрын

@@SergeiSugaroverdoseShuykov I know, and therefore I am surprised that in this video such a unique aircraft is forgotten.

@alexander1485

Жыл бұрын

Thats the problem with the channel, its good but not great, always falls a little short.

@jon9021

Жыл бұрын

What about Firefox?😁

@JFrazer4303

Жыл бұрын

It was intended, but not built or flown with VTOL engines. It flew from land and water, in and above ground effect.

Man, congrats for the excellent animations! That cockpit at 4:04 looks very cosy!

@reaganlackey4490

Жыл бұрын

Real.

@axelbender1

Жыл бұрын

indeed

I was of the understanding that the M-50 was cancelled due to A) not meeting performance expectations due in part to not being designed around the area rule and B) because of the advent of ICBMs.

@redsun9261

Жыл бұрын

Mainly because it would never reach US because of insufficient fuel capacity or engine effectiveness. That was its purpose.

Thank you for the list of soviet projects without politics) Love it!

About that "X-wing", it looks more like Babylon 5's "Thunderbolt Starfury".

The A-57 is the type of aircraft you'll see on Ultraman. The thing even got VTOL. Which is a common trend in the show's aircraft design

@JFrazer4303

Жыл бұрын

There's no supporting information about it being intended for VTOL. Other Bartini things were, but it also makes zero sense to think of building that complexity and weight into a seaplane, which is already independent of runways length and location.

DSB-LK in the front-middle Soviet X-wing in the middle Mi-32 is that dorito looking heli I believe that's a T-4 Sotka (don't know if I spelled it correctly) next to the DSB-LK That smaller plane next to that massive drone is the M-25 Hell Reaper In the the bottom right hand corner is the Myasishchev M-50 Bounder Not the blue one

My favs are the DSB-LK Darkstar and the T4 MS, they look soo friggin cool... I really wish they were built... They look quite simillar to the SR-72 and they're sexy as heck

Jerry Anderson would be proud! I can see most of those designs in a "Thunderbirds" episode!

If you have ever seen the books of top secret early Cold War era fighters and bomber projects from Britain, but they were as audacious and creative as any. The secret 'P' aircraft. Like P.1012 etc

A small criticism: “Radar avoiding” sound like going around radars, or staying out of radar illumination range. “Radar deflection and absorption” would be more accurate description on how Stealth technology actually works.

@alexander1485

Жыл бұрын

Youre telling a guy that says ME vs M.E.262

Love the graphics! It’s a lot of work I imagine but are excellent compliment to the narration.

Many GR8 airframes but the M-50 will always reign supreme! Many thanx & Happy Holidays 🎄👍👍

Holy engines, Batman! That's a lot of engines on those upgraded Antovs!

"But this wouldn't be the only aircraft you could hear coming" But if were traveling at or past mach 1, you wouldn't be able to hear the M-25 until after it passed 😉

@RogbodgeVideo

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the sonic boom adversly affect troops on BOTH sides?

Almost every idea is way way ahead of their time.. They have some brilliant minds.. 🙏🙏

I''ve never heard of most of this aircraft, so this video's entertaining and informative. On a side note, I imagined a fighter looking a lot like the T-4 Sotka when I first read the novel "Firefox" by Craig Thomas.

The golden period for military aviation

may favorite design are PAK-DA, Antonov-325, and Antonov AKS because they both have a Iconic design

So much of the crazy project I have to make a list of it M25 Sonic Boom DSB-LK Darkstr Shkval X-Wing T4 Sotka T4 MS A57 Bartini

I never knew soviet used paintings and museums as weapons. Very cool facts. They never taught me that at school. Now I will tell my children.

IM ENTERTAINED TO YOUR CHANNEL GODBLESS MORE VIDEOS TO COME.

It's so crazy to think James Bond megalomania is actually milder than what real life Bond villains have dreamt up.

@minimalbstolerance8113

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly while watching 'Die Another Day.' "Oh, so this guy is using a giant space mirror as a solar death ray? Old news, Hermann Oberth designed one of those in the 30s."

The Darkstar and the A57! Such beauties!

i love this type of video! maybe you should do one like that on Luft46 designs

Im impressed. The t 4 was like the valkyrie. The other like a cross between a b58 and a f104

That's very interesting unique such aircrafts.

Track suits that can blend into their environment

I like how soviets always said about their project: they ARE able, ARE capable, but they aren’t built.

I guess what’s next are the whacky projects dreamed up in the USA…. There are 2 more Soviet/Russian projects that weren’t mentioned… The flying tank, which was a tank with wings that towed like a glider then dropped on the battlefield. It was built and tried once, then abandoned. Then there was the flying sub. It wasn’t as sexy as the one from Voyage to the bottom of the sea, but it was an interesting concept. It looked a little like the sub “from the Beatles “Yellow Submarine” but with wings…. Unless you were concentrating on the jet age only.

@USViper

Жыл бұрын

The U.S. projects actually work. That's why we dominate space, and air supremacy.

@robertdragoff6909

Жыл бұрын

@@USViper Understood, but I think there might be a few outside the box projects

I liked the An325, the M50, and the triangle bodied helicopter the most. Every concept was amazing, but many were too perfect hence the reason they weren't built.

@wordofswords5386

Жыл бұрын

too perfect?

@CountingStars333

Жыл бұрын

They were quiteImpractical

The DSB-LK. Its just looks dope af. But like all the others, too

Give my vote to DSB-LK Darkstar at 3:35 and that was in 1960. Immagine what is flying around now.

What we know now these designs are insane but hindsight is always easer than insight.

I like how the long range stealth plane had 4 cockpits, that seems lens enough eyes and ears to maintain that things speed, I feel even 2 pilots could be overwhelmed

It's unfortunate that these projects were all scrapped

@williamromine5715

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunate for whom?

@ju8_hiugo

Жыл бұрын

@@williamromine5715 for the fun

@MichaelKing-tp6le

Жыл бұрын

Russia is not capable of making such things

@iron_boy_2008

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelKing-tp6le yes they can they make the fastest aircraft in 70s like the mig 25 foxbat and tsar bomb Also im not russian supporter just sayin

@MichaelKing-tp6le

Жыл бұрын

@@iron_boy_2008 no they are not, the tsar bomb was stolen from from American and British. If Russia had not stolen secrets then they would have not had nuclear weapons. Foxbat was dangerous to fly and could only intercept, they tried to copy the blackbird sr 71 but failed they didn't know how to build one

The Commies took the Space Shuttle to another level with there adaptation in the Braun Energía.

I'd heard of all of them :D (except the Yak-38 VPP-6 subvariant)!

Should do a video on the Ayaks concept.

That number 1 plane looked so cool

I actually have heard of some of these projects, lol these military history channels inapired me to start playing this game called modern warships. They do a good job of including concept machinery/weapons either modern or in history

3:39 wow this aircraft looks very cool.

I’ve heard of all of these planes. I’ve watched all the videos you have made on them.

The T-4 Sotka looks like the American Valarie

superb awesome list

love the soviet designs, they all had such weird shapes and windows

I didn't enjoy how vague the information was and how quickly you went through each aircraft in this video. I get that you are trying to hit that "golden zone" for video length, but I think you could have made it 5-8mins longer and included a bit more information on each aircraft.. Hopefully you make or already have an individual video on each of them.

@asylumental

Жыл бұрын

For example, the brief information you do give is not given for all the aircrafts... some you talk about what their purpose was and some you don't, some you tell why the project was canceled or unfinished and others you don't...

I wonder if launching missles from the helicarrier while airborne would cause a significant drop in altitude.

Wish that an-25 double plane was made bro. Thing is so majestic

VVP-6 is like an aerial version of the Shagohod from Metal Gear Solid 3 lol! I also really love the Yak VTOL Aircraft's

Why do I have a mental image of Khrushchev watching Thunderbirds in the Kremlin (on a great big 16 inch screen) and getting on the phone to the Government Aircraft Factory?

If there's one thing I learnt from this video, Soviet really loves to comes up with designs for bombers

The sound ‘bomb city to the ground’ so emotionless. Scary..AI

Great video. If only all of this could be used for piece. And I am a military veteran.

Gotta give props to the Soviets for likely being the best Lego building pals..

@oliverlaw02

Жыл бұрын

You really think it was Lego that got the first human into space?

@aarongreen1654

4 ай бұрын

@@oliverlaw02 Yes, the Soviets put the first person in space, which isn't really accomplishing much. 'Space' is only about 100km away. Technically speaking, Yuri Gagarin never even got outside of Earth's upper atmosphere. The United States then put a man on the moon, something the Soviet Union never accomplished before collapsing like the house of cards it was, and something no country has ever accomplished since. Today, even China is ahead of Russia in terms of its achievments in space exploration.

@JohnSmith-rw8uh

2 ай бұрын

@@aarongreen1654 the nazis put a man on the moon really

All of these planes look like something you would build in kerbal space program

The T-4 looks like a single vertical stabilizer Soviet copy of the U.S. XB-70

These are all awesome

If the M25 was approaching at supersonic speed, you would NOT hear it coming. 1:08

Very interesting video.

that double airbus a380 Boeing with 16 turbine is awesome! wowww can you imagine that

My favourite are the M50 Bounder, A57 Bartini and DSB-LK Darkstar. They look really sexy and have badass names

The Soviets clearly liked their magic mushrooms with a vodka chaser

And even here they did not remember the AJAX project. This is a machine translation if anything. Seriously, I only heard about AJAX twice, in the book by Maxim Kalashnikov "The Broken Sword of the Empire" written in 1996 and in some Russian military-historical program from the zero years, in my opinion it was called "military secret". That's it, this jet was never mentioned anywhere else. I don’t know, maybe Kalashnikov just invented it?... AJAX was supposed to fly at an altitude too high for air defense radars, but too low for missile defense radars. The unique movement system allowed him to accelerate to a speed of Mach 25 (I also asked again). The program was started in the 1980s and supposedly at least one prototype was even built. But then the Soviet Union collapsed, the project was closed and all the materials on it disappeared without a trace. I really hope the Russians never find them again.

Imo the M-25 sonic boom is the winner for most inetesting project

As a last one appeared,then i knew - this is the one most crazy,and most unusual one.

Incredible !!!!

The most interesting project, Shchukin's flying saucer, is not mentioned here. Russian abbreviation - ЭКИП. This is a flying wing with unique aerodynamics. The key points are the gas turbine engine and the air cushion. It does not need long hard-surfaced runways, and the cost of a flight is much lower, maybe several times lower. But also in comparison with current aircraft, the cruising speed is lower - about 700 km / h. This project is so promising economically that it could bury all modern commercial aviation - so it was shelved. Nobody wants air travel to be cheaper than road transport. The flying prototype is stored in the museum of the city of Chernogolovka, near Moscow. It's like a different reality of aviation - no hype, no super speeds, but simpler, cheaper, safer, greener, for everyone's daily use. After Schukin’s death, part of the understanding of how it works was lost, so 20 years ago the project became international and mostly dissolved somewhere between Russia, the USA and Europe, although you can find, for example, the name Vortex Cell 2050. (Google translate was here, pardon moi)

@JFrazer4303

Жыл бұрын

There are youtubes of the EKIP which this turned into. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eK1rzMWyiKzFos4.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4V2lqOfd7CTZs4.html

@JFrazer4303

Жыл бұрын

See also the late '50s early '60s Sukhanov discoplan gliders (in museum today) STOL supersonic fighter plan, "all-wing" of circular planform. Like the Avro Canada / USAF "weapons system 606a" which the Avrocar was the test for the VTOL half. Letayushchiy (flying) disk Летающий диск (1964) 17:20 kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4VlusuCfcqyk84.html video kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6hrmamOitCforw.html For historic context, the Arup S-2 from Indiana in the '30s was the direct predecessor of the Vought / Zimmerman V-173. It proved that the Zimmerman plane did not need the overly-complicated situation with the props, and was a very promising and successful flying machine, if completely ignored. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKyuk7d_Zpqrgaw.html Also the '30s Nemeth Parachute plane. Also entirely successful and promising, if ignored kzread.info/dash/bejne/ia6e0rqFe6_eYdY.html As well, the modern Rowe "UFO" discoid light plane kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3qb1JtpfNLIcbQ.html

The sa2 launched off of the helicarrier was neat

1:31 Surface-to-air missles.... launched from the air? 7:51 FYI, a Soviet scientist was the first to publish a paper describing the possibility of manipulating radar to avoid detection, a.k.a. stealth technology. FACT. 8:23 How does it stabilize itself?

@tombrunila2695

Жыл бұрын

If you mean Ufimtsev his paper was about how electromagnetic radiation is reflected! He said nothing about airplanes avoiding being detected by radar!

Should the 3 rotor helicopter have some conter-rotating rotors?

My draw bricks save file gona be full after this one🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

1:20 looks like the precursor to the shield air carrier ship

MiG 105 would be a nice add to the list

The M-4MS Bomber is a Hypersonic Giant but it is smaller than the TU-160 White Swan

All of these aircraft look like they are from the Thunderbirds tv show from the 60s! Thunderbirds are go!!

Interesting, but I miss the Spiral project

@DuneRunnerEnterprises

Жыл бұрын

Ah,but it's interesting only for it's purpose. I've heard,that someone called it "galosha", because of a flat bottom,and the nose !!!

My favorite is the a57

Explickally? Arnament got in there again. Well anyway very interesting video as usual.

I can only imagine a ace combat game where we can fight this type of insanity

Designers of the An-325 be like "we want some plane with our engines"

Need more Want more Of these aircraft list videos

the heli carrier reminds me of something Dahir Insaat would design

Super top secret Russian black projects and you were able to show them in KZread. What an extravagant imagination you folks have. We will find out the result of both sides black projects in real time and operation in 2023 when hell on Earth becomes reality. Good rendering job anyway.

mine is the russian version of the blackbird, it just looks so cool in my opinion. 🤩🤩🤩

Some certain tech only kept secret digitally.. if it's in a sudden needs to be deployed, it will be construct

It's a real shame those two prototypes are rotting in a field somewhere . I'd love to see them in a museum

1:08 You can't really hear a plane travelling at super sonic speed coming. By the time you hear the plane, your eardrum would've been blown to pieces.

Mentioned planes/helicopters M25, vvp6, dsb-lk, darkstar, an 225, shkval x-wing, M50 bounder, t-4 sotka, t-4 ms, m-32 triple rotors, ka 35 helicopter, a57 bartini

There are some left over parts of the older AN-225s that haven't really been built and were left in hanger since the collapse of the USSR. UA has said from what I remember, that they will rebuild the AN-225.

I recognize like 10 planes on the thumbnail from previous videos

My favorites? T-4 and M50, our brothers in the graveyard.