SSSR - 1960-tih - Ekranoplan - mlazni hodrokrilac
Class & type: Lun
Type: Ground effect vehicle transport
Displacement: Displacement n/a, weight 286 tonnes unloaded
Length: 73.8 m
Beam: (Wingspan) 44 m
Height: 19.2 m
Draught: (2.5m 8.2ft)
Propulsion: 8× Kuznetsov NK-87 turbojet engines, 127.4 kN (28,600 lbf) thrust
Speed: 297 kn (550 km/h; 342 mph)
Range: 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi)
Capacity: 100 tonnes (220,000 pounds)
Complement: six officers and nine enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems: Puluchas search radar
Armament: Six fixed-elevation SS-N-22 Sunburn antiship missile launchers
4x23 mm PI-23 turrets (2 x 2, 2,400 rounds)
Ekranoplan Orlyonok was one of the most successful ekranoplans. It was used for military purpose and for cargo transfer.It was lighted and smaller then Caspian Sea Monster. A-90 weighs 140 tons and it was 58 meters long. It reached 400 km/h in altitude from 5 to 10 meters.
