The Rockhouse really gets off on twisted aircraft, especially the old-timey ones when no-one believes they can fly or ever flew, for that matter.
The Rockhouse is still puzzled about why the best in RC aircraft seems to be coming from Germany. One thing's for sure from that; if they ever start building weaponized drones, we're all screwed.
The Kalinin K-7 was real and it did fly ... plus it was an enormous aircraft with roughly the wingspan of a B-52 but it was built in the early 30s.
Check out the size of the people by that pod at the bottom for landing. This is one gigantic aircraft and it must have been so cool up there on the flight deck.
The Kalinin K-7 never made it to full production and there were rumors of sabotage after a crash which killed fourteen flight crew. The sabotage wasn't by America but was rumored to have been done by Tupolev, another Russian aircraft manufacturer which dominates to this day. Check it out in the WIKI: Kalinin K-7
For the Total Trivia Nutjobs, you may notice some similarities between this aircraft and the flying wings which were flown by Wings Over the World in the movie, "Things to Come." It's the flight deck which reminds me the most of that since they were much like flying observation platforms as well.
That the aircraft was actually real is astounding to me but what did they know back then. That flight deck probably felt like the state of the future at the time.
The Rockhouse is still puzzled about why the best in RC aircraft seems to be coming from Germany. One thing's for sure from that; if they ever start building weaponized drones, we're all screwed.
The Kalinin K-7 was real and it did fly ... plus it was an enormous aircraft with roughly the wingspan of a B-52 but it was built in the early 30s.
Check out the size of the people by that pod at the bottom for landing. This is one gigantic aircraft and it must have been so cool up there on the flight deck.
The Kalinin K-7 never made it to full production and there were rumors of sabotage after a crash which killed fourteen flight crew. The sabotage wasn't by America but was rumored to have been done by Tupolev, another Russian aircraft manufacturer which dominates to this day. Check it out in the WIKI: Kalinin K-7
For the Total Trivia Nutjobs, you may notice some similarities between this aircraft and the flying wings which were flown by Wings Over the World in the movie, "Things to Come." It's the flight deck which reminds me the most of that since they were much like flying observation platforms as well.
That the aircraft was actually real is astounding to me but what did they know back then. That flight deck probably felt like the state of the future at the time.
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