What Happened To Giant Ekranoplans?

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  • @MustardChannel
    @MustardChannel  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6476

    By far the most requested topic... I thought it was finally time to cover the Ekranoplan! What else would you like to see covered in the future?

    • @zafrylaiman8695
      @zafrylaiman8695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Kool

    • @georgeceuca8994
      @georgeceuca8994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Could you do a video about IAR aircraft from romania?

    • @Cube-3710
      @Cube-3710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      The 7J7 should replace The 727&737 Why it didn happen

    • @kentucky_official2440
      @kentucky_official2440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Maybe cover the bombers of WWII

    • @maxspinks2181
      @maxspinks2181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Mustard submarines

  • @baldandbankrupt
    @baldandbankrupt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8810

    Fascinating. I tried visiting the Ekranoplan parked up in a dry dock in the town of Kaspiisk in Dagestan but it's now sealed off by the military.

    • @filipmac5577
      @filipmac5577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

      Wow, I can't believe I found you in this comment section. It is amazing that you were actually able to see an old Ekranoplan!

    • @sashadrev2968
      @sashadrev2968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      I have never been there so i'm not 100% sure, but it should be possible to see it's tail from the beach opened to public. If yes it would be worth travelling literally thousands of miles for me, just for one sight. Also there is the A-90 stays in a museum in Moscow risking getting several damage because of bad positioning, plus the biggest of the modern ones flying somewhere near Petrazowodsk ,,Orion-20"

    • @kevinmendoza6386
      @kevinmendoza6386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      100th like

    • @joymukherjee5238
      @joymukherjee5238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Man hope you are fine now

    • @sashadrev2968
      @sashadrev2968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Not in Kaspiisk anymore, was succesfully moved to Derbent to become a part of "Park Patriot" exhibition in the future👍😁. There are plenty of videos of its transport, like one that was uploaded by the ministry of defense.

  • @StratfordWingRider
    @StratfordWingRider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3581

    I love the animations and presentation style of this channel. There is nothing like it. Those 3D models are stunning

    • @hellelujahh
      @hellelujahh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's just so nicely done!

    • @space__idklmao
      @space__idklmao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes, it’s simply stunning!

    • @alec4672
      @alec4672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The effort he puts in is well worth the wait

    • @fongkei523
      @fongkei523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, its amazing!

    • @ilovedriving8288
      @ilovedriving8288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      *And with the power of Skillshare you too could learn 3D modelling*

  • @arsalaanzaki8694
    @arsalaanzaki8694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12296

    everybody gansta till the boats start flying

    • @malsa_zej
      @malsa_zej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      @@titmouse-distribution that's not how r/wsoosh work

    • @phusle6028
      @phusle6028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@titmouse-distribution r/wooosh

    • @malsa_zej
      @malsa_zej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@titmouse-distribution so?

    • @leophyte9663
      @leophyte9663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      MomentLover1200 r/Ihavereddit

    • @Hectarej
      @Hectarej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@titmouse-distribution He didn't missed the joke

  • @BasicShapes
    @BasicShapes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1290

    "Is it a ship or a plane?"
    Soviets: _da_

    • @dj-rocketman8545
      @dj-rocketman8545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      xaxa

    • @teminternetemmordor7178
      @teminternetemmordor7178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I can hear heavy saying: "This would work..."

    • @getin3949
      @getin3949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a hot mess

    • @Love_amiri
      @Love_amiri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rara rasputin this plane can fly over the sea,there was a plane that made no sense.

    • @Danse_Macabre_125
      @Danse_Macabre_125 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@teminternetemmordor7178 clarkson intensifies

  • @lampoilropebombs0640
    @lampoilropebombs0640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4320

    Is this a ship or plane?
    The soviets: yes

  • @TheHacknor
    @TheHacknor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3415

    Christmas has come early with extra Mustard

    • @LemonToGo
      @LemonToGo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well said

    • @air_
      @air_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Could I have extra mustard with my corndog

    • @affandi99
      @affandi99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Works for me mate, merry christmas !

    • @ahiltonskid2007
      @ahiltonskid2007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hahahahaha... mustard gas.... hahaha

    • @mikhail_suslov
      @mikhail_suslov 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @XxDeltaFirexX hAHaHAHahaHaHAAhaAHaHHhh lMaO

  • @TheBaronVSP
    @TheBaronVSP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4128

    In America, pilots worry about the threat of bird-strike.
    In Russia, pilots worry about the threat of whale-strike.

    • @pizzalord9405
      @pizzalord9405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      nah, whales worry about the threat of a soviet strike

    • @dewpont1843
      @dewpont1843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      In Soviet Union. In russia pilots and others worry about how not to die cos of Putler

    • @dewpont1843
      @dewpont1843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In Soviet Union. In russia pilots and others worry about how not to die cos of Putler

    • @ae5655
      @ae5655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dewpont1843 Экий ты глупый малоросс.

    • @dewpont1843
      @dewpont1843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ae5655 квасной поцреот нарисовался. Гордись, кули тебе остается😂

  • @zraiarz9301
    @zraiarz9301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5053

    Russia: We are gonna make a ship that flies!
    America: So an Aircraft?
    Russia: *NO*

    • @FreddyB41
      @FreddyB41 4 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      I think you mean *NYET*

    • @foxtrotnine
      @foxtrotnine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Well yes but actually no.

    • @HaroutBulbulian
      @HaroutBulbulian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ekranoplan

    • @asusmctablet9180
      @asusmctablet9180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Not Russia. The USSR. Russia today can't even build a submarine that sinks and blows up on the ocean floor anymore.

    • @ojoface208
      @ojoface208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@asusmctablet9180 haha
      No, Russia is one of the most powerful military in the world, and they developed a lot of planes, tanks, and guns

  • @AwesomeNiel
    @AwesomeNiel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2339

    Mustard n Chill is becoming a real thing lately

    • @quinndenver4075
      @quinndenver4075 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      my life

    • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
      @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      As you can see, this boat is lifting out of the water. It could be possessed by a demonnn or could be some really good CGI. You be the juuuuudge

    • @nebuchadnezzar47
      @nebuchadnezzar47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      First I read Mustard and Chilli and I was confused what the hell u were even talking about... I'm new to the channel LMAO

    • @yuurichito1439
      @yuurichito1439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *That is what they said in 1914*

    • @xtout
      @xtout 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      unacceptable! (343 [guilty spark] likes)

  • @Tom-ld1vr
    @Tom-ld1vr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1561

    Holy damn. Mustard, the production quality has gotten to the point now where I actually enjoy this more than most TV shows. I don't know how you do it, but keep it up ;)

    • @kartuliboy9492
      @kartuliboy9492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      first: only now?
      second: otomagic*

    • @emmanuelwil-jeff
      @emmanuelwil-jeff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Anything's better than tv i haven't watched television in yrs lots of anime/movies

    • @Varangian_af_Scaniae
      @Varangian_af_Scaniae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "I actually enjoy this more than most TV shows"
      I would have taken that as an insult! Which educational TV show is worth watching?
      Hell, people paying money to the big TV companies should be shot.

    • @kartuliboy9492
      @kartuliboy9492 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bertpoopuu1777 yes

    • @sword_of_damocle5
      @sword_of_damocle5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Varangian_af_Scaniae People seem to be very fond of using hyperbole nowadays...

  • @The-Sea-Dragon-1977
    @The-Sea-Dragon-1977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    The International Rules for Prevention of Collisions at Sea still have sections dedicated to WiG (Wing in Ground effect) craft. Alexiev's legacy.

    • @yxx_chris_xxy
      @yxx_chris_xxy ปีที่แล้ว +41

      "WiG craft are considered unmanouverable in all circumstances. WiG craft have priority over swimmers. When a swimmer is on a collision course with a WiG craft, the swimmer has to correct course and speed to evade the WiG craft".

    • @floatingnecc4842
      @floatingnecc4842 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@yxx_chris_xxythe mental image of a dude swimming and choosing not to evade the giant KM ekranoplan is hilarious

  • @itsjustlukeRevive
    @itsjustlukeRevive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5142

    It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ship! No, it's Ekranoplan!

  • @gabrijelmaric1931
    @gabrijelmaric1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2202

    "There are more planes in the ocean then boats in the air"
    Soviet Union: Allow us to introduce ourselves

    • @tuhinmia1967
      @tuhinmia1967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      By far the most requested topic... I thought it was finally time to cover the Ekranoplan! What else would you like to see covered in the future?

    • @Interceptor101
      @Interceptor101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Since when boat can fly

    • @DividedByZeero
      @DividedByZeero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tuhinmia1967
      what

    • @burnerjack01
      @burnerjack01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, but those planes were supposed to be flying, not sinking.

    • @burnerjack01
      @burnerjack01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Interceptor101 Catalina: "Allow me to introduce myself..."

  • @aureliandentyn8
    @aureliandentyn8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1927

    It looks like something GTA would add into their game

    • @mrfixit3762
      @mrfixit3762 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Don't give them any ideas,

    • @CarGuy-de9jc
      @CarGuy-de9jc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      Please give them this idea

    • @aureliandentyn8
      @aureliandentyn8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Oh yeah I want this in the game

    • @Edm910
      @Edm910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I guess where getting something more powerfull the oppressor
      mk 2

    • @aureliandentyn8
      @aureliandentyn8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Edmond Bazykian yeah and it’s gonna be great😃

  • @felixrowan3740
    @felixrowan3740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    To learn that such a huge craft that can genuinely hover has existed since the 1960s is quite something.

    • @skyscall
      @skyscall ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It isn't "hovering". A ground effect vehicle (aka ekranoplan) can only take flight in forward motion. They're very much similar to airplanes.

    • @sharkladyindisguise
      @sharkladyindisguise 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@skyscall riding on a cushion of air certainly feels like hovering, forward moving or not.

    • @brianellison3525
      @brianellison3525 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@sharkladyindisguiseBuy a dictionary

  • @dasher3532
    @dasher3532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +622

    You never fail to deliver, Mustard.

    • @evilpimp2475
      @evilpimp2475 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grow up dude

    • @dasher3532
      @dasher3532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@evilpimp2475 Tf? All I'm doing is complimenting mustard.

    • @yjxmogo8850
      @yjxmogo8850 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dasher3532 lol ikr

    • @engineergaming5989
      @engineergaming5989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Video includes the Soviet Union*
      Mustard: "no. We never fail to deliver"
      _soviet Union anthem plays_

  • @TheMilitantHorse
    @TheMilitantHorse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    Just imagine you're sitting out on the ocean in a fishing boat. You're minding your business, not caring for much except the fishing. Suddenly, you hear this massive thing on the horizon. And it goes flying past you.

    • @Кирилл-ж7т8у
      @Кирилл-ж7т8у 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      World in conflict vibe

    • @Foxxnioxx
      @Foxxnioxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That would be aweseome.

    • @olgagaming5544
      @olgagaming5544 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then some soviet secret service's agents appear and inform you that you saw nothing

    • @thelastperfectman4139
      @thelastperfectman4139 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As long as your not in its path!

  • @Gunzberg
    @Gunzberg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +777

    I just love those Soviet designs. No need for beauty, pure brutal functionality

    • @ВладиславВладислав-и4ю
      @ВладиславВладислав-и4ю 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Do not forget that the cannibalistic regime created all this on the bones of tens of millions of people who died from hunger and repression.

    • @kartupelitish1903
      @kartupelitish1903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      @@ВладиславВладислав-и4ю only criminals died in gulags, and hunger myth is invented by fucking imbeciles from alabama

    • @MrYanowski
      @MrYanowski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Design == Functionality

    • @Foxxnioxx
      @Foxxnioxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@kartupelitish1903 Are you serious, bro

    • @mentalitydesignvideo
      @mentalitydesignvideo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      not true. Many Soviet airplane designs were very beautiful, very organic. il-76, for example. Same goes for other fields (though far from always)

  • @raritica8409
    @raritica8409 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Soviet engineers really thought outside of the box. Awesome

  • @ionavram4002
    @ionavram4002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +702

    ur telling me the russians said no to a hover carrier....

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Brezhnev was a bitch

    • @tagheuerwoods6241
      @tagheuerwoods6241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Actually they built one that is very impressive and that has been sold to Greece for instance, check out Zubr class hovercraft

    • @ionavram4002
      @ionavram4002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tagheuerwoods6241 I mean that's cool but not what I meant

    • @onik7000
      @onik7000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      no )
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    • @CoolGobyFish
      @CoolGobyFish 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Master Robotnik Younger Brzezhnev was war hero and a very good head of states. Most of the jokes about when he old and suffering from a stroke. But at that point he wasn't really running the country

  • @zer0378
    @zer0378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +845

    "So its a ship"
    The Soviet Union:
    *Well yes but actually no*

  • @ВсеволодПарфёнов-ф2ъ
    @ВсеволодПарфёнов-ф2ъ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Actually, abbreviation "КМ" meant "Корабль-макет" (The mockup ship), but the CIA, looking at the satellite images and scrambling to decipher the misterious letters, came to no better idea then "Caspian Monster".

    • @YusDyr
      @YusDyr ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I would say what "Caspian Monster" sounds really cool.

    • @tryarunm
      @tryarunm หลายเดือนก่อน

      So that's why they are called the Caspian Sea Monster!

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +843

    Do a video on a submarine aircraft carrier.

    • @hellelujahh
      @hellelujahh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Was there such a thing? Wow :D

    • @annadelsiena
      @annadelsiena 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @Massimo De Grazia PICTURE IT! SALVATION!

    • @ehansikoyatree9919
      @ehansikoyatree9919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Japan made something like this is WW2, although it only carried a couple small scout planes. It was called the I-400.

    • @omarfiroz2276
      @omarfiroz2276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That goes to space

    • @WWOMS
      @WWOMS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Anna Del Siena CRISP. WHITE. SHEETS

  • @Scrat335
    @Scrat335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +745

    You forgot that when flying this craft was not restricted to flying over water. It can fly over land also. I believe it's max altitude was 500ft. It was also capable of carrying indecent amounts of cargo/ordnance.

    • @steveholt4720
      @steveholt4720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Scrat335 Ground effect exists only at an altitude equal to the wingspan of an aircraft, and is only pronounced within one-half the wingspan. To fly at 500 feet this Ekronoplan would have had to have a wingspan 4 times that of a 747.

    • @Scrat335
      @Scrat335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@steveholt4720 I'm quoting the article I read from Pop Mech a long time ago. I know it said it could fly over islands and obstacles up to 500ft high. If you think about it the wide wings do give it a lot of lift potential if the angle and thrust is right. I also wonder if it would apply if it was fully loaded too. Maybe there's somebody here that knows more than us.

    • @thundercactus
      @thundercactus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@Scrat335 maybe with the 8 forward engines running, it could force itself into the air. But honestly that sounds like either Soviet propaganda, or an extreme of performance (IE it COULD do it, but you sure as hell wouldn't want to)

    • @jack-wl8uj
      @jack-wl8uj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Reeaaaly really flat land.

    • @TheNightrider88
      @TheNightrider88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      In fact he mentioned, that A-90 was capable to fly outside of ground effect

  • @sauronthedarklordofmordor2990
    @sauronthedarklordofmordor2990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2359

    Why billionaires now spend on stupid yachts and cars when you can build an Ekranoplan and investigate its current viability with modern technology

    • @beemail6983
      @beemail6983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Even with modern tech and design it's still limited by design

    • @deathtrooper199
      @deathtrooper199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      @@beemail6983 At least it's something better to see than the usual trending crap

    • @HaroutBulbulian
      @HaroutBulbulian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@beemail6983 but if can be a way to make the concept alive by using other techniques like adaptive terrain/surface control

    • @train.puytin9278
      @train.puytin9278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      -Inflation has entered the chat-

    • @train.puytin9278
      @train.puytin9278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Wait why is it crossed out?

  • @lukekelchner5471
    @lukekelchner5471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    I feel like if the machinery was updated, semi-permanent lanes could be made from Europe to the tip of Africa, from Hawaii to China, Alaska to San Fran. Like anywhere there’s an ocean separating two points that could be met with a relatively straight line, you could have one of these running a weekly route. I know nothing of the shipping industry but it seems like having a few of these in the cargo fleet as well as all our usual shipping container ships would be super beneficial, I have no idea how, I just think it’d be cool.

    • @baazbana
      @baazbana ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I agree. There needs to be faster ship travel that is commercialized. We have been dealing same slow cruises for decades. If we can get planes to fly in the air at high speeds I’m sure we can come up with faster water travel.

    • @robinlinh
      @robinlinh ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@baazbana that's literally the point. The sky allow you to fly at ridiculous speed cause nothing hit you at that attitude. It's just too risky for anything else travel at that kind of speed where there are obstacle, and yes water is obstacle.

    • @baazbana
      @baazbana ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robinlinh Air Turbulence could be just as much of an obstacle as water? Sure pilots can fly above turbulence at times but planes have to make adjustments at times also and I’m sure ships can do the same with complex radar systems and be able to to avoid rough seas. We should have the option of being able to travel fast by ships just like we do with planes and trains. There has been no advancement in commercial ship travel for decades now except for military nuclear powered ships.

    • @robinlinh
      @robinlinh ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@baazbana it was never even comparable. With water it's literally a brick wall with that speed. You are comparing apple to orange

    • @baazbana
      @baazbana ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robinlinh maybe I am, but the way I see it is, if we can send people to space and mars then perhaps we should master faster ship technology before heading off to other planets.

  • @niteshyadav247
    @niteshyadav247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1351

    Ekranoplan: lurks
    US radars: Commander, there's a ship at the surface of Atlantic
    Commander: so what?
    US radar: it's moving at 450 km/hr
    Commander: holy shit!!

    • @aurin_komak
      @aurin_komak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      It's invisible in radars

    • @hottrod757
      @hottrod757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      No worries commander, it cant turn for shit, we are safe .

    • @vess.c
      @vess.c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Place a wall

    • @user-pq9gy3fq1q
      @user-pq9gy3fq1q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aurin_komak the fuck you talking about

    • @user-pq9gy3fq1q
      @user-pq9gy3fq1q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Shepard_AU yeah, but why do you think satellites and airplane radars exist?

  • @Skullair313
    @Skullair313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    USSR: How many engines do you need?
    Alexeyev: Yes.

    • @flyurway
      @flyurway 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "How many do you have?" lol!

    • @ParaSpite
      @ParaSpite 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Well, two for flying it, but I'll need some more to get it to lift off."

  • @Another_Random_Dave
    @Another_Random_Dave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +538

    Ekranoplanes-
    “ *THE WATER IS LAVA LMAO* “

    • @rowanwild8445
      @rowanwild8445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm dying

    • @CUCHO777
      @CUCHO777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Underrated comment, deserves more likes... Here you go! +1

    • @RH-ry8ve
      @RH-ry8ve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your
      Not
      Funny

    • @Another_Random_Dave
      @Another_Random_Dave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A healthy Orc **You’re*

    • @BandanRRChannel
      @BandanRRChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OMG 😆 That comment wins

  • @aric7726
    @aric7726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1173

    My new favourite line in a history program
    "Alekseev's ekranoplans were fast, but they couldn't outrun the Soviet union's economic failures'

    • @juliap.5375
      @juliap.5375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Example of else one relict of cold war: propaganda about soviet economic failures (at that time when in USA were homeless and introduced food stamps, example of fail state).
      Especially about exactly that times which was golden era in USSR: country mainly restored after WW2, industry was huge and could anything, economy worked perfectly like a clock, arm race de facto stopped (finally in yearly 70s) and in country released incredible amount of resources (both natural and industrial).

    • @Dead_M0r05e
      @Dead_M0r05e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@juliap.5375 Under economy's perfect work you mean trading (happily found in Siberia) oil for wheat? If there were no oil, USSR would have collapsed by late 70's due to complete agriculture destruction during collectivization.

    • @vladintool
      @vladintool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@juliap.5375 Sorry, but your ignorance is astonishing! I was born in the former USSR and live there till it's felt apart. I've lived in capital of Ukraine till emigration in to the USA at 1993. And, trust me, even over there simple daily necessity, included food always was in scarce. Your "professors" failed you.

    • @guillermococofrito9196
      @guillermococofrito9196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@juliap.5375 yeah, soviet union didnt have homelessness because if you didnt want to work or were on drugs you would be sent to a labor camp. Same as nazi germany.

    • @I_dont_read_responses
      @I_dont_read_responses 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@vladintool Don't compare the golden years of USSR to those in late 80's and early 90's, completely different economies.

  • @KMakoENVtuber
    @KMakoENVtuber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2371

    America: Let’s go as high as possible as fast as possible and they won’t detect us
    USSR: Soviet go low to avoid radar, comrade.

    • @chocolatnoir1108
      @chocolatnoir1108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I will add Britain and France making Concorde ˜😬ₕₑ ˜😅ₕₑ ˜😛ₕₑ

    • @coloradostrong
      @coloradostrong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Товарищ говорит правду.

    • @reymondapelias
      @reymondapelias 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      and still lost

    • @duyhua9088
      @duyhua9088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Low to avoid radar. Too high for sonar

    • @jovidutful
      @jovidutful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@reymondapelias they still kicking in different robes idiot.

  • @randudoftwilliamsiii2755
    @randudoftwilliamsiii2755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Imagine being on duty and see this beast flying at your ship.

    • @Breach-Clear
      @Breach-Clear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      wait what the fuck is tha-

    • @elusive6119
      @elusive6119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Breach-Clear If there is no radar-tracking aircraft in the air, the ship's radar will only see a single high-speed target (a leader missile that controls a group of anti-ship missiles and highlights the target) going at Mach 2.8. And the echelon below above the water is still 5 Mosquitoes that have already distributed the goals. This means that you have 250 seconds to make a decision.
      The ekranoplan had already gone to the side and did not even approach the detection range.

    • @vlad2908
      @vlad2908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Short answer is brrrrrrrrrrt

    • @chromite_chromite
      @chromite_chromite ปีที่แล้ว

      Fire a pistol at it's engines and ____s about to go down.

  • @cyberclawterror950
    @cyberclawterror950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2851

    Soviet scientist: *snorts literal nuclear fission* “WHAT IF WE BUILD A PLANE THAT IS ACTUALLY BOAT AND IT CAN’T FLY!”
    Scientist 2: “what?”

    • @britneyspheres7yearsago11
      @britneyspheres7yearsago11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      *“But, what is a boat?”*
      *Vsauce Music Starts*

    • @TotallyCreativeNameBtw
      @TotallyCreativeNameBtw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well i wouldnt wanna know what would happen if you would lift the thing higher than its capable of, i doubt it can really fly even with 10 jetengines

    • @capt.heinrich6945
      @capt.heinrich6945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Scientist: Da

    • @Plyushch22
      @Plyushch22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartini_Beriev_VVA-14 there, smaller winglets let it fly.

    • @alastorgdl
      @alastorgdl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Squidward Burger I thought the video was clear enough for everybody to understand KM not only can fly but it flew MANY times
      What's next? You claiming Su-57 can't fly?

  • @JustJohn505
    @JustJohn505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    3:30 love this part so much I wonder if im the only one

  • @johnathanmeep1551
    @johnathanmeep1551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4290

    “The ekranoplans were fast, But they couldn’t outrun the soviets economic failures”
    This made me die of laughter

    • @thatdude123
      @thatdude123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lol

    • @lemonzest8650
      @lemonzest8650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      mega oof

    • @hydrochloricacid2146
      @hydrochloricacid2146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Better than dying of hunger...

    • @hugolafhugolaf
      @hugolafhugolaf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Freak159753 Grow a thicker skin...

    • @vaporschutz
      @vaporschutz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @Freak159753 Nobody asked for you to say this. It was a joke.
      (I know you'll call me an American, so I'll clarify that i am not one.)

  • @20spray1
    @20spray1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    7:40 he almost got promoted to customer

    • @kormannn1
      @kormannn1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      next promotion: dissident

  • @blackswan8651
    @blackswan8651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Russian design is otherworldly.. straight out of a Larry Niven book.
    Brutally beautiful.. out of this world.

    • @chocolatnoir1108
      @chocolatnoir1108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      like hammerhead shark with wings🙄🥲😆

    • @extremelymad
      @extremelymad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You meant to say "Soviet design"

    • @tomzkmusic2440
      @tomzkmusic2440 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree. This futuristic design is straight fire!

  • @craftyplayz8150
    @craftyplayz8150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Ima be honest, there is a lot of untapped potential for it.

    • @FlyLeah
      @FlyLeah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Especially because it gets safer, more efficient and carry more load, basically better the more upscaled it is.

    • @ugotjebaitedgachihyper3260
      @ugotjebaitedgachihyper3260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I agree I just wish someone revised this idea as even the video states it could have fixed most of its problems if it had the time or budget

    • @dirtblock4232
      @dirtblock4232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And the more technology we have, the cheaper and easier it will be to build and use

    • @Christoffski
      @Christoffski หลายเดือนก่อน

      Imagine a giant floating platform with this ability and hangers and terminal below deck. You could have a small mobile airport you could move around the sea for major events and emergencies such as disaster relief. It could be an international collaboration with massive mutual benefits.

  • @nikitag1376
    @nikitag1376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +885

    Soviet engineers: look we built something amazing
    Everyone: oh, it has a lot of potential in civil and military fields
    Soviet engineers: but it cannot turn

    • @ubergamer0198
      @ubergamer0198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      There is a reason that aircraft Bank to turn. That was it.

    • @mikhailgrigoryev5757
      @mikhailgrigoryev5757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Even better, retreat is literally not an option, now if it were delivered by france, ot would have had a ten gear transmission just dor the reverse option.

    • @CommissarChaotic
      @CommissarChaotic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Imagine it being used in a d-day setting

    • @rudysmith1445
      @rudysmith1445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@mikhailgrigoryev5757 That joke is so overused, and it doesn't even work. Aircraft don't have geared transmissions.

    • @rikulappi9664
      @rikulappi9664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The Soviet five year plan foresaw no need for sharp turns. Improvisation was a capitalist weakness. Centralised pre-planning enables progressing from A to B along a straight path.

  • @susangardini8161
    @susangardini8161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    He was demoted from emplyee to dead man.

    • @nikitaavdeev9681
      @nikitaavdeev9681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Ah yes! The Soviet career ladder.

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nikitaavdeev9681 TH-cam has Issues... if you wanna know a way to help,
      tell me.
      I claim to know one.
      Daring claim? Maybe. But i still say so and ask you to ask me about it.
      ?!

    • @mgstation
      @mgstation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah that's what happened, but only in your world full of lies.

    • @dinkopausic6357
      @dinkopausic6357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@loturzelrestaurant Do you even make food

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dinkopausic6357 ???
      What??

  • @jesuschristislord77733
    @jesuschristislord77733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Props to Kojima for putting this in MGS3 Snake Eater.

    • @mowlye6790
      @mowlye6790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @-Pretty- -Boah- it was was a very nice experience but once you finish the story it kinda gets boring :(

    • @TheEsdaniel
      @TheEsdaniel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Snake eateeeeeer

    • @ieuanhunt552
      @ieuanhunt552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheEsdaniel I fought not for honour, but for youuuuu

    • @tlshortyshorty5810
      @tlshortyshorty5810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Snake: “EVA! I need you-“
      *starry-eyed EVA*
      Snake: “To stop whining and fly us out of here!”

    • @brb1994
      @brb1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except in that game, it flew like a plane. Not realistic at all. But then again, that game took place in a jungle containing east Asian animals in Russia.

  • @frankmmiii
    @frankmmiii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I still believe that this is a viable means of transportation. It was a great idea and should be further looked at. The "Caspian Sea Monster."

  • @Babumoshai..
    @Babumoshai.. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    I want this in microsoft flight simulator

    • @holden_7597
      @holden_7597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wouldn’t fly all that high though...

    • @Babumoshai..
      @Babumoshai.. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@holden_7597 but it look so cool

    • @linkfreeman1998
      @linkfreeman1998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And probably have to even modify your FSX /FS9, i think. Look man, it's damn 10-engined beast! I don't know man, but I think that msfs has been limited to 4 engine simulation i guess.

    • @goingthrough3027
      @goingthrough3027 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Raman Tiwari this thing already exists in FSX, isn’t it?

    • @linkfreeman1998
      @linkfreeman1998 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goingthrough3027 Maybe. Look it up for yourself man. I don't have any idea how they would make the 10 engines working. Like I said, if so, FSX needs some modification....

  • @KiwiCarLife
    @KiwiCarLife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    Who else heard "The leader of the soviet Union bragged about having s*** that could jump over bridges. His cryptic words confused western leaders" 😂😂

    • @swisrol5290
      @swisrol5290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It sounds like they just put together his words instead of him just saying it

    • @mbogucki1
      @mbogucki1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Nikita Khrushchev was a colorful character, to say the least, often misunderstood and misinterpreted by the west.
      Frankly my favorite Soviet leader.

    • @tonusoodla4868
      @tonusoodla4868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nikita actually said this on his UN speech!

  • @milchesarreal6964
    @milchesarreal6964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1163

    Now this machine has achieved..
    *M A X I M U M B L Y A T*

    • @ДядяБогдан-в2й
      @ДядяБогдан-в2й 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bilky Moi прикол не оценили,а теперь бегом в дурку!

    • @Beaver_Monday
      @Beaver_Monday 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      IT TURN TOO SLOW IS TOO FAKING BIG CYKA

    • @RAFMnBgaming
      @RAFMnBgaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Beaver_Monday "Multi-Sea Drifting"

    • @RH-ry8ve
      @RH-ry8ve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only say stuff you understand

    • @mgapryt4930
      @mgapryt4930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RH-ry8ve r/woooosh

  • @TheSH1N1GAM1
    @TheSH1N1GAM1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I’m imagining one of these that can move as much as the largest container ships we have now. Imagine how huge it would be, and fast, compared to the massive ships we have now. Very interesting technology!

    • @jscott1000
      @jscott1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The risk of collision would make a train wreck look like a picnic.

    • @tetraxis3011
      @tetraxis3011 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jscott1000Not really, as an Ekranoplan *That* big would fly very high, probably somewhere around 50-80 meters above the water. Thus it could literally fly above a lot of boats.

    • @saxamusprime
      @saxamusprime ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tetraxis3011 Except ground effect only works within a wingspan of the ground (sea). I don’t think a GEV wider than a 747 would be viable.

    • @Voidapparate
      @Voidapparate ปีที่แล้ว

      @@saxamusprime Wing body design? 😲

  • @NarekAvetisyan
    @NarekAvetisyan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    We travel a lot on the sea here in Greece. And hydrofoil ships, (we call them Dolphins), are popular here. It would be the coolest thing to see and travel with an Ekranoplan! These things look so futuristic, even today.
    It is a real shame what happened to this program and its creator. Hope we see something like this in the future. I would definitely pay to ride on one.

    • @zedantXiang
      @zedantXiang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Those hydrofoils are made in Russia or better made in Soviet union, original name was Raketa hydrofoil

    • @captainfamp5299
      @captainfamp5299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Γεια σου ρε φίλε🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

    • @spacesnake7115
      @spacesnake7115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Greenhorn, we had 2 of them in my city. Both ended up on a junk yard because owners fucked up maintenance and both caught fire(

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But fast catamarans powered by water jets like those made by Incat have made hydrofoils, hovercraft and even ekronoplans obsolete. Fast cats are cheaper to build, much cheaper to operate, give a smoother ride to passengers and the big ones can operate at up to 100 kmh. Sometimes a simpler idea is better than hugely complex engineering.

  • @_slickerzentertainment6397
    @_slickerzentertainment6397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Ground effect is very intriguing when it comes to managing aero. It provides lift if you’re in a plane; it provides a vacuum of downforce if you’re in a car (albeit a car with ground effect channels). In 2022 f1 will introduce new regulations for allowing the return of ground effect due to other rules that will simplify aero on the from and rear wings.

  • @phm0750
    @phm0750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I wanna see a movie where a group of ex-soviets has a secret fleet of these and uses them to invade America

    • @Kill4Time255
      @Kill4Time255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Phm07 play world in conflict game . Soviets use the ekranoplan to invade norway

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's boring, they should take over antarctica and set up secret alien research facilities.

    • @Clay3613
      @Clay3613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So Metal Gear Solid 3?

    • @trolltrama9780
      @trolltrama9780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like a cringey 80s movie. Im down

    • @CThyran
      @CThyran 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The entire fleet would wreck in rough seas before they even reach the shore.

  • @WorldAviationTravel
    @WorldAviationTravel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Проект Лунь, кто рядом стоял тот видел невероятные размеры этой машины, киль до 7 этажа, это монстр мире экранопланов,а вообще дружить надо и создавать науку для людей, а не вооружение.

    • @kp724
      @kp724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Редалерд отдыхет с кировым

    • @TheVovaDen
      @TheVovaDen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Но в итоге раша пошла войной на соседей.

    • @Ser_YOja
      @Ser_YOja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      По пророчествам мы сейчас живем в завершении последних дней этой системы вещей. Впереди правление Царства Бога над всей Землёй. Там человек будет совершенным и технологии превзойдут наши на многие порядки,потому что люди не будут ограничены временем. Вот какая жизнь будет
      Всевышний Иегова Бог обещает верным ему людям вернуть,то,что потеряли наши прародители,Адам И Ева, а именно ВЕЧНУЮ ЖИЗНЬ,в Раю на Земле,без горя,боли,страха,болезней,старости и смерти,как и было задумано изначально.
      И я услышал, как громкий голос от престола сказал: «Вот, шатёр Бога - с людьми, и он будет жить с ними. Они будут его народом, и сам Бог будет с ними. 4 Тогда он отрёт всякую слезу с их глаз, И СМЕРТИ УЖЕ НЕ БУДЕТ, ни скорби, ни вопля, ни боли уже не будет. Прежнее прошло». (Откровение 21 : 3,4)
      Там в Раю на Земле так же не будет границ и деления на государства,потому что все люди будут братьями и сестрами и будет ОДИН ЯЗЫК,как это было до разделения в Вавилоне.У стариков,которые переживут армагеддон,начнется омоложение организма.
      Бог имеет власть повернуть вспять процесс старения, и он к тому времени употребит эту власть.
      В Библии это описывается так: «Тогда тело его сделается свежее, нежели в молодости; он возвратится К ДНЯМ ЮНОСТИ СВОЕЙ» (Иов 33:25).
      Люди будут все молодыми и СОВЕРШЕННЫМИ к завершению 1000 лет Царства Христа.
      Слепые,хромые и инвалиды вновь обретут здоровье.А пустыни станут оазисами.
      Тогда раскроются глаза слепых и уши глухих откроются. 6 Тогда хромой будет скакать, как олень, и язык немого будет радостно восклицать. В пустыне пробьются воды и на пустынной равнине - потоки. 7 Иссушенная зноем земля станет как поросший тростником пруд, и жаждущая земля - как источники воды. (Исаия 35 : 5 - 7)
      У всех будет своя земля и дом.
      Люди будут строить дома и жить в них, будут разводить виноградники и есть их плоды. 22 Не будет так, что они построят, а жить будет другой, посадят, а есть будет другой. Дни моего народа будут как дни дерева, и мои избранные будут в полной мере пользоваться делом своих рук. 23 Не будут трудиться напрасно и рождать детей для бедствия, потому что они - потомство, благословлённое Иеговой, и вместе с ними - их потомки. 24 Прежде чем они позовут, я отвечу. Они ещё будут говорить, а я уже услышу (Исаия 65 : 21 - 24)
      Настанет гармония с природой и дикими животными
      Волк временами будет жить рядом с ягнёнком, леопард будет лежать с козлёнком. Телёнок, молодой гривастый лев и откормленное животное будут вместе, и маленький мальчик будет водить их. 7 Корова будет пастись с медведицей, и их детёныши будут лежать вместе. Лев будет питаться соломой, как бык. 8 Грудной младенец будет играть над норой кобры, и ребёнок, отнятый от груди, протянет руку к норе ядовитой змеи. 9 Не будут причинять вреда и не будут ничего разрушать на всей моей святой горе, потому что ЗЕМЛЯ БУДЕТ НАПОЛНЕНА ЗНАНИЯМИ ОБ ИЕГОВЕ, как воды наполняют море. (Исаия 11 : 6 - 9)
      И наконец воскреснут к жизни миллиарды людей ,всех эпох и народов.
      ⁠«Твои умершие будут жить.
      Тела моего народа⁠ поднимутся⁠.
      Проснитесь и радостно восклицайте,
      Лежащие в прахе⁠!
      Роса, которая падает на тебя, - как утренняя роса⁠.
      Земля отпустит мёртвых, и они оживут⁠.
        (Исайя 26:19)
      Но захочет ли Иегова воскрешать умерших? Конечно, и об этом говорится в Библии. Верный Богу Иов как-то спросил: «Если умрет человек, сможет ли он снова жить?» Иов говорил о том, что если он умрет, то будет лежать в могиле, ожидая, когда Бог вспомнит о нем. Затем Иов сказал Иегове: «Ты позовешь, и я отвечу тебе. Ты затоскуешь по делу своих рук» (Иов 14:13-15).
      Только представь, Иегова очень ждет того времени, когда он вернет умерших к жизни.
      Изучайте библию со свидетелями Иеговы пока еще есть ограниченное время до армагеддона. Потому что по пророчествам ,мы живем в завершающий отрезок ПОСЛЕДНИХ ДНЕЙ этой несправедливой системы.
      44 И во дни тех царей(наше время) Бог небесный УСТАНОВИТ ЦАРСТВО, которое НИКОГДА НЕ БУДЕТ РАЗРУШЕНО. Это царство не будет передано другому народу. Оно сокрушит все эти царства(мировые правительства) и положит им конец, а само БУДЕТ СТОЯТЬ ВЕЧНО (Даниил 2 :44)
      Особенно обратите внимание на предпоследний абзац, если хотите жить в Раю на Земле

    • @justchanal
      @justchanal ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheVovaDen но бенефициар войны то не РФ, камон. Деиндустриализацию Европы щас проводит США под шумок.

    • @WonderSealYT
      @WonderSealYT 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ser_YOjaI respect your religion, but I don’t like the no-holidays policy.

  • @maplesyrup3753
    @maplesyrup3753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Can we like,redo this?

    • @vesperone3905
      @vesperone3905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I will do it

    • @ZozanneAndKPX
      @ZozanneAndKPX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Look up the airfish 8

    • @maplesyrup3753
      @maplesyrup3753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kaistzar2831 Idk man, it's just really cool, so why not? Lol

    • @3fxz483
      @3fxz483 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      re-type that

  • @ps-ri2qk
    @ps-ri2qk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    The question is, what happened to that amazing large Ekranoplan? Did they scrap it, or is it a local museum somewhere in Russia? I'd love to see that thing if it still exists...

    • @Vasu1982ca
      @Vasu1982ca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      After a perfect test, the pilot made a mistake, led to the wing and crashed the ekranoplan against water. It is currently at the bottom of the Caspian.... But it is only
      a
      gossip. There is no official information

    • @JoHn-gi1lb
      @JoHn-gi1lb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It's here on the map 42°52'53.8"N 47°39'25.0"E

    • @Vasu1982ca
      @Vasu1982ca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      JoHn , no, you are wrong. This is ekranoplan «Lun’” (Лунь). Google for photo

    • @ВиталийИ-ф1ъ
      @ВиталийИ-ф1ъ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The ekranoplanes ceased releasing, because Gorbachev, by his treacherous decision, included this program and some other promising Soviet technologies in the strategic arms reduction treaty, so they simply stopped releasing them. 16:45 (th-cam.com/video/VJImXVBqv7s/w-d-xo.html) After the collapse of the alliance in the 90s, the country plunged into chaos, people often weren’t just eating, so it wasn’t up to eranoplanes, it’s good that now everything has changed dramatically, part of the program has been restored, but something was just created from 0. The CM tests took place in the Caspian for 15 years until 1980. In 1980, due to a piloting error, the CM crashed, there were no casualties, the ekranoplan after the accident remained afloat for another week, but no attempts were made to save it, after which it sank [2]. No operations to raise, restore or build a new copy of the CM were carried out. One of the Lun ekranoplanes (42.881830,47.657284) will be demilitarized and transferred to the museum of the Patriot Park in the city of Derbent (th-cam.com/video/Hf7zFE2CjG0/w-d-xo.html ) (to translate the subtitles, we press the following: subtitles button, settings button, in the menu that opens, click subtitles, translate - select the language)

    • @ilyatsukanov8707
      @ilyatsukanov8707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Master Robotnik Soviet Union was not in a structural crisis before Gorbachev's catastrophic economic reforms of 1987-88 (Law on State Enterprises, Law on Cooperatives) and his political reforms of 1988 to 1990 (new parliamentary institutions and the end of the CPSU monopoly on power). If not for the Gorbachev faction of reformers in the USSR, even if the country remained stagnant and conservative for a few more years, the powerful implications of the computing revolution for Soviet planning would have been immense, and easily guaranteed the country's stability and prosperity well into the 21st century.

  • @austinreed5805
    @austinreed5805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    Only in the Soviet Union.

    • @harb1911
      @harb1911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      new generation alleardy in development ) civilian variations included inosmi.ru/social/20171117/240785601.html

    • @Tsotha
      @Tsotha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I can imagine Germany or Japan considering something similar during WW2

    • @charlieotten1367
      @charlieotten1367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is no way just about any country didn't try and build these things at the time.

    • @Tim-Kaa
      @Tim-Kaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not really. Also in the USA.

    • @pmmeurcatpics
      @pmmeurcatpics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ... they kill the most ambitious people and their projects

  • @3301-w5d
    @3301-w5d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I loved the Ekranoplan prototype ships soo much.. The design and ingenuity behind it is incredible. Got to see it in action in the game "World in Conflict", where they absolutely dismantle a Norwegian beach! Loved that game, still play it from time to time. Thanks for the video!

  • @markwhitehead1658
    @markwhitehead1658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    How interesting. I can't help being drawn to the idea even though I've just seen all the difficulties that need to be overcome. Imagine a small nimble one flying around picking off all sorts of water craft.

  • @IcyBrown
    @IcyBrown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Look up in the sky: "it's a boat, it's a plane!"

    • @blacknote6945
      @blacknote6945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's.......both

    • @zerogbot23
      @zerogbot23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@blacknote6945 Or is it? *Vsauce theme plays*

    • @YurkerYT
      @YurkerYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      More like look in the sea

    • @CThyran
      @CThyran 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @G0LIATH it's a seaplane that can't fly.

    • @samanli-tw3id
      @samanli-tw3id 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Icy Brown it’s a ploat!

  • @darkplayer2557
    @darkplayer2557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Imagine being in a war and the boat just starts flying

    • @samanli-tw3id
      @samanli-tw3id 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Darkplayer 1525 SAMs: Let us introduce ourselves!

  • @SalveMonesvol
    @SalveMonesvol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Imagine a slower (about 200 km/h) "ekronoplan", optimized for fuel efficiency and range. It could compete with cruise ships. 4 square meter cabins for a couple, would not be as comfortable as those in a cruise ship, but being able to cross the atlantic in fewer than 2 days, would certainly be tempting for people who dislike the cramped seats of an airplane.

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Another very informative/interesting and fabulous looking video from Mustard.
    I knew of the Ekranoplans. But I only knew a fraction of what I learned here - like I had NO idea that only the rear engines were used once the things are above the water.

  • @minidwarfdude9230
    @minidwarfdude9230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    Ekranoplan: potential to change the travel industry forever
    One wavy boi: "imma end this man's career"

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@markokrsmanovic1080 Yeah but im saying
      Lets try it
      It could be a amazing civilian boat
      Like it could fly over rapids it could help travel time
      It could work
      Just find a way to work the physics around
      Hey I've seen things that broke physics
      Why cant this?

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@markokrsmanovic1080 just give it enough engine power to take off
      And boom!

    • @lukasstadler6594
      @lukasstadler6594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@seantaggart7382 that's just... A plane with extra steps

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lukasstadler6594 that's WHAT IT IS!

    • @reentrysfs6317
      @reentrysfs6317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lukasstadler6594
      A plane with more efficient steps

  • @mrbrightside3771
    @mrbrightside3771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The animation is so smooth and soothing. The production is TV quality.

  • @endysutendi4932
    @endysutendi4932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    mustard: what happened to this big ol soviet monster
    ekranoplan: *Hey! im chilling on the beach!*

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lun is on a beach, KM is at the bottom of the sea.

  • @Gabriel-he6ih
    @Gabriel-he6ih 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Me: So, is this a plane or a boat?
    Engineer:... *да!*

    • @Sara-L
      @Sara-L 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a Blyat.

    • @patison8090
      @patison8090 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Нет

  • @kashsattar2066
    @kashsattar2066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    Is this where the saying comes from..?
    "IS IT A BIRD"
    "IS IT A PLANE"
    "IS IT A BOAT"
    NAH ITS THOSE PESKY RUSKIES

    • @Sara-L
      @Sara-L 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      no. It is a BLYAT.

    • @arthyualagao8279
      @arthyualagao8279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All of History
      Innovators: "This will revolutionize the way we do X."
      Government: "But can it make people be dead?"

    • @lmklmk1512
      @lmklmk1512 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now this machine has achieved..
      M A X I M U M B L Y A T

    • @Anonymous-cm8jy
      @Anonymous-cm8jy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's from Superman orginal comics

    • @abhrajitdhar4628
      @abhrajitdhar4628 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sara-L ?

  • @NativeVsColonial
    @NativeVsColonial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Whenever Rostislav tried to do somthing radical, he only gifted with demotion.
    yeah sounds like my parents

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      TH-cam has Issues... if you wanna know a way to help,
      tell me.
      I claim to know one.
      Daring claim? Maybe. But i still say so and ask you to ask me about it.
      I fought Racism, Sexism, P0rn, Scammer, Spam-Bots
      and P-Spam-Bots before - and you can do this too. So my claim.

    • @demon108hunter6
      @demon108hunter6 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@loturzelrestaurant what’s your claim?

  • @MagDag_
    @MagDag_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Hi guys! I'm actually from a city where this ecranoplan is exist. You can visit Derbent the oldest city of Russia and see this giant. Let me know, if you need a help to organize a trip. I would love to help you.

    • @Relic_Radiation
      @Relic_Radiation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Какой ещё Дербент старейший город России? Самый старый город России - Керчь. Исторически Керчь является наследницей Пантикапея и возраст ее перевалил за 2600 лет.

    • @MagDag_
      @MagDag_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Relic_Radiation Такой еще Дербент, через который шелковый путь проходил, за который бились Империи. Просто загугли "Самый древний город России".

    • @Relic_Radiation
      @Relic_Radiation 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MagDag_ Когда я спросил "Какой ещё Дербент самый старый город России?" Я не имел ввиду, что не знаю этот город, это было удивление на счёт самого старого. Загугли сам и удивишься. что самый старый город России это Керчь.

    • @MagDag_
      @MagDag_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Relic_Radiation Керчь спорная территория. Да и речь больше шла о уникальном самолете. А так в Дербенте есть на что глянуть. Желание будет приезжай не пожалеешь.

    • @Relic_Radiation
      @Relic_Radiation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MagDag_ Какая ещё спорная территория? На политической теме хочешь Дербент опять в топ древнейших городов страны вывести? Ахахах. А на счёт уникального самолёта я и слова не сказал и ни в коем разе не принижаю твой город, понятно, что Дербент один из древних и там много чего можно посмотреть, но не самый древний, там ещё Феодосия может поспорить за 2 место.

  • @drewgehringer7813
    @drewgehringer7813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    There is actually an almost-finished second Lun-class named Spasatel
    Spasatel was originally started as a Lun-class but after the loss of 42 sailors in the K-278 Komsomolets disaster in 1989 (34 of those deaths were people who made it off the sub but died of hypothermia before rescue could make it to them) it was revised to be a giant Marine Search and Rescue Craft, sort of a high-speed ambulance ship able to respond to that sort of disaster faster.
    It's mothballed now, but in decent condition and every so often people float the idea of finally finishing Spasatel and putting it to use.

  • @tomdoughty8513
    @tomdoughty8513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    How do you only have 500k subscribers, you have some of the highest quality videos on this platform.

    • @Enceos
      @Enceos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's only a matter of time ;)

    • @jensen365
      @jensen365 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh, he has like 22 videos

    • @DevinDTV
      @DevinDTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "only 500k" as if that's a small number

    • @CosmicHarmony58
      @CosmicHarmony58 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wtf u talking about

  • @KvngTJ420
    @KvngTJ420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Mustard: “It was a problem that engineers would never solve”
    *Introduces Rostislav*
    Me: Slav is in his name, Slav is in his veins, he is destined for great things.

    • @kurumi394
      @kurumi394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rosti *слав* Alekseyev

  • @UlliStein
    @UlliStein 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:55 when I was a young tourist in former Yougoslavia in the 70's these ships cruised from Porec to Venice and back. What a great day trip! Three of them are still in service on the Garda Lake, Italy.

  • @romanbaranovichi5375
    @romanbaranovichi5375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    Soviet era invention: exists
    Mustard: It’s free real estate

  • @jeffvader811
    @jeffvader811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    Seems like a lot of lost potential in both the design and the designer.

    • @jeffvader811
      @jeffvader811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@ascissordollynamedgwen9409
      Big ground effect vehicles can carry more cargo per unit dry mass than traditional planes, that means lower fuel costs, and in theory cheaper and more competitive operation. There might be a niche between the efficiency of boats and the speed of aircraft that a ground effect cargo vehicle could take up. They are no more limited in operation than boats are.

    • @jeffvader811
      @jeffvader811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      ​@@ascissordollynamedgwen9409
      "factor in weather and maintenance"
      I'm not quite sure what your point is. Planes, boats, and ground effect vehicles are all affected by weather and all require maintenance, that's not unique to the latter.
      "land locked areas"
      Indeed, boats are also incapable of reaching landlocked areas, which is why I suggested ground effect vehicles as an intermediate between boats and aircraft, faster than boats, but with a worse payload to mass ratio, and slightly slower than planes, but with a greater payload to mass ratio. They are neither better than planes, nor are they inferior, they simply fill a different niche. Comparing the two is like comparing bicycles and cars.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@ascissordollynamedgwen9409 I mean as a fast attack craft they're pretty much unparalleled. Planes can be faster but they require air superiority to use and can't carry similar cargo loads as fast, meaning they can carry less missiles and smaller ones. Planes also fly at heights where they can be detected by radar. This thing can carry about as much munitions as a ship but faster and without being detected easily.

    • @IonoTheFanatics
      @IonoTheFanatics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hedgehog3180 to be fair though, if it does get detected by surface radar (ultimately ekranoplan would still be detected by surface radar, that's better than aircraft... but worse than the range ships can be detected by radar), then things are going to be very dicey for it...
      it's fast... for a ship or even hydrofoil vessels, but still not faster than aircraft to escape against one (or against anti aircraft weaponry) so unlike aircraft it can't simply enter and escape anti aircraft weapon bubble.
      and it's payload is large against aircraft... but a missile boat smaller than half it's size can carry 2/3 it's missile complement so in terms of maximum missile saturation salvo, missile boats are still better bang for buck.
      a missile boat doesn't exactly stand that much of a chance if engaged by aircraft or warship, but they DO have some chance owing to their small size and agility .. some even have CIWS mounted on them so while their chance is not great if they are detected, they do have a chance to survive.
      ekranoplan have none of that, given it's size and inability to maneuver.

    • @Kannon33r
      @Kannon33r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ascissordollynamedgwen9409 Lun was developed as an aircraft carriers killer, thats why they arent used since USSR collapse. USSR was the only one who really need that type of weaponry - countries like China or India doesnt have mediterranean seas where that type of weaponry could be effectively used and countries that does dont need it cause they already in alliance with USA which is main aircraft carrier operator.
      Other uses of Ekranoplan are as sea/ice rescue vehicle, Extreme North or inland navigation transport vehicle and as a fire fighter. Sure, as regular sea transport its inefficient.

  • @AmoLaMusicaIAC
    @AmoLaMusicaIAC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    “I’ve got an idea”
    “Cool. Let’s do it bigger.”

  • @emilycampbell6375
    @emilycampbell6375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    "Capitalism breeds innovation"
    Soviet engineers: "Hold my vodka"

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TH-cam has Issues... if you wanna know a way to help,
      tell me.
      I claim to know one.
      Daring claim? Maybe. But i still say so and ask you to ask me about it.
      I fought Racism, Sexism, P0rn, Scammer, Spam-Bots
      and P-Spam-Bots before - and you can do this too. So my claim.

    • @emilycampbell6375
      @emilycampbell6375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@loturzelrestaurant lmao

    • @tacomeme429
      @tacomeme429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      So basically, trying to compete with capitalism also breeds innovation

    • @ScudForEver
      @ScudForEver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@tacomeme429 the human is an innovative being, who cares about what political or economic system you live in?

    • @tacomeme429
      @tacomeme429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@ScudForEver competition breeds innovation, whether you're competing against someone else or even yourself. It's just that the Soviets chose the entire capitalist world as their technological rival, and oh boy did they work hard to keep up

  • @vanvan5709
    @vanvan5709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Now that's thinking outside of the box.

  • @sikandermallu
    @sikandermallu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    9:10 I remember buying that copy of "Popular Mechanics" after I saw that cover.

    • @Foxxnioxx
      @Foxxnioxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That Americans Airlines livery looks amazing.

  • @nestle365
    @nestle365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    "The Only Missile-Toting Ekranoplan Russia Ever Built Just Took Its Last Trip On The Caspian" July 30th 2020 article

    • @vortigan8069
      @vortigan8069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wait link?! You can't leave it like this!!

  • @ushio1228
    @ushio1228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    and next thing he knew he was talking about ground effect aircraft carriers

    • @allysonand
      @allysonand 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You do realize the ussr actually tried this

    • @duckface81
      @duckface81 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@allysonand it didnt try it, it considered trying it

  • @air-headedaviator1805
    @air-headedaviator1805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Man...imagine a cruze ship size Erkranoplane..... wonder if that could get ya 1000 miles to the barrel.

    • @brynclarke1746
      @brynclarke1746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Presuming it's packed like an airliner, it'd use a fair bit less fuel per seat-mile. I want to see it

    • @Red_Beard2798
      @Red_Beard2798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It would be quite a sight, a gigantic boat-plane coming into port. The sound would be incredibly loud though having engines powerful enough to get enough thrust to lift a cruise ship. Awesome concept, very complicated to get right

    • @Red_Beard2798
      @Red_Beard2798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Orion Sagano - All fair points. But then again if Boeing ever takes the idea on we'll be fine. They haven't flinched in the past when it comes to sacrificing and risking lives due to one or two faults on planes.
      But seriously, if it was treated with care it could be great, if they actually took the time to work out every fault and every potential circumstance. Plus it would need both naval and aviation engineers working together, rather than just aviation

    • @SephirothRyu
      @SephirothRyu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ascissordollynamedgwen9409 Sounds to me like a challenge to design one to NOT destroy itself when it hits a wave, and to be capable of at LEAST doing so regularly during a single flight without problem.

    • @RedXlV
      @RedXlV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ascissordollynamedgwen9409 As was pointed out in the video, the larger the ekranoplan is, the higher it can go above water level and still make use of the ground effect. So if you made one big enough, it'd have little to fear from waves even in the Atlantic.

  • @SimplySpace
    @SimplySpace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    How many jet engines should it use?
    Alexeyev: Yes

    • @Thrashaero
      @Thrashaero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      more like DA!

    • @liambohl
      @liambohl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Why are people still making these stupid "yes" jokes?

    • @Thrashaero
      @Thrashaero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@liambohl a specific question gets a non specific answer.

    • @Content_Deleted
      @Content_Deleted 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Liam Bohl
      These “yes” jokes are still newer and funnier than those Godforsaken “No one:” or “we have ____ at home” jokes, there are much worse and much more overused jokes. Although, I get your frustration.

    • @AlineaEuros
      @AlineaEuros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      works well when used right

  • @grenademann4022
    @grenademann4022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I really just wanna admire the 3D models of these planes.

  • @lukluke2461
    @lukluke2461 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    every 10~15 minutes of your videos are pure fun of learning and acknowledgement

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This is the only mustard I enjoy!

    • @TheLiamster
      @TheLiamster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like mustard and mustard

    • @BenCarpendale
      @BenCarpendale 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheLiamster me to

    • @yuriythebest
      @yuriythebest 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shame on you! I have a desease, which among other things does not allow me to consume mustard or similar stuff. I'd kill to be able to eat mustard, so enjoy it while you still can!

    • @LyricsFred
      @LyricsFred 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yuriythebest i don't like mustard either but I can't imagine what is like to have a condition like yours.

  • @taylorhancock5834
    @taylorhancock5834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, you’ve been making more of these lately, so thanks for the early Christmas present Mustard! This video is fantastic, and on one of my all time favorite vehicles!...also now I really want more Ekranoplans, because a 2000+ passenger one would be fantastically amazing to see. Great video as always, I can’t wait to see more of your wonderful videos, and happy holidays!

  • @xcvwarmane5916
    @xcvwarmane5916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Another great video. Your visuals give me the 80's vibe - in HD!
    I love how all the quality content creators like Wendover, Real Engineering and Mustard are ganging up on TH-cam. Way to go!

  • @darkprose
    @darkprose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    “Alexeyev’s ekranoplans were fast, but they couldn’t outrun the Soviet Union’s economic failures.”
    Oh, burn.

  • @jos2294
    @jos2294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I still have a hard time believing something like this existed. It just feels super futuristic and very complex. Especially 60 years ago

    • @bioltvint1boltvint125
      @bioltvint1boltvint125 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too
      th-cam.com/video/FOnt5tuRxj4/w-d-xo.html

    • @theking-wv7dp
      @theking-wv7dp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Man the 50s to 70s era was wild. SR-71, XB-70 Valkyrie, Ekranoplan, among other aircrafts just looked out of this world

    • @ВиллиСеверянин
      @ВиллиСеверянин ปีที่แล้ว

      Русские ещё и не такое могут!

  • @oklahomadepartmentofaerosp6119
    @oklahomadepartmentofaerosp6119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    *Oklahoma:* Produces sensible aerospace components
    *USSR:* GIANT BOAT THAT HAS WINGS

    • @linguanow5192
      @linguanow5192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      what has oklahoma ever done for aerospace?

    • @oklahomadepartmentofaerosp6119
      @oklahomadepartmentofaerosp6119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@linguanow5192 Oklahoma's own Department of Aerospace has basically taken over the world's aviation scene..

    • @adamanderson3042
      @adamanderson3042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oklahomadepartmentofaerosp6119 How?

    • @KanyeTheGayFish69
      @KanyeTheGayFish69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oklahoma Department of Aerospace but the tornados destroy them all

    • @chair5728
      @chair5728 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oklahoma Department of Aerospace exactly how? The British revolutionised aviation and even now, Airbus is an aviation giant. Let’s not forgot Boeing but notice how none of this mentions Oklahoma in any way.

  • @dewinmoonl
    @dewinmoonl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I do think a lot of the difficulty in controlling it can be easily solved with modern computerized controllers. If we can solve the physical limitations the controlling apsects should be easy to tackle with today's tech.

    • @dirckthedork-knight1201
      @dirckthedork-knight1201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That thing i still toast if it gets hit by a wave

    • @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou
      @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@dirckthedork-knight1201 plus the turning issues.

    • @b43xoit
      @b43xoit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No. To control an aircraft, you need a control surface. For conventional 'planes, they bank; that's how they get the force and acceleration for a turn. If you can't get the ekranoplan to bank (which you can't, because it has to stay in that thin layer of ground effect in order to fly), your only option would be some huge vertical fins. Information processing cannot make up for lack of physical means.

    • @dewinmoonl
      @dewinmoonl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@b43xoit that's a good answer, but tbh I did say 'if we can solve the physical limitations' aha. oh well these things r cool

    • @NeonAstralOfficial
      @NeonAstralOfficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @TacticalMoonstone But it can fly at 500 feet though.

  • @korotkoffromachka8469
    @korotkoffromachka8469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thanks for the video, my grandfather worked with Alekseev, including on ekranoplanes. this is a personal topic for me

  • @bern7213
    @bern7213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    3:43 That escalated quickly

    • @JohnSapato
      @JohnSapato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol, the size just comes out of nowhere. Look at the one before it. xD

  • @daniellee100
    @daniellee100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Last time I was this early there was razor blades in my wall

  • @keilerbie7469
    @keilerbie7469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Wtf dude,
    I was literally doing research on Ekranoplans this afternoon after remembering reading about them a few years ago, and then I see you upload this video in the evening.

    • @mastabugfish
      @mastabugfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Big mustard is always watching... 0.o

    • @makarevych
      @makarevych 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I bought a book about ekranoplanes two days ago

    • @brianmorrison9066
      @brianmorrison9066 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Big Mustard knows what you should see.

  • @wagwanbennydj6003
    @wagwanbennydj6003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're channel is honestly immense ❤

  • @imadudeplayingadudedisguis5842
    @imadudeplayingadudedisguis5842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    "a ship that could move as fast as an aircraft by lifting itself out of the water"
    so... an airplane?

    • @klobe9
      @klobe9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      think cargo capacity of planes vs ships

    • @klobe9
      @klobe9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If you're shipping heavy materials or goods your cost of shipping will always be much less expensive than air. This plane could carry the heavy weights at the speed of a conventional aircraft.

    • @flighted2513
      @flighted2513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou if you watched till the end you would have known if it was made bigger then it would be feasible as modern cargo "ships"

    • @b43xoit
      @b43xoit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except that it never leaves ground effect.

    • @tsegmedodontuya1850
      @tsegmedodontuya1850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou eh, bigger airplanes doesn't mean better...unlike the ekranoplan.

  • @ajpt4336
    @ajpt4336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Note .... the ecranoplan in general can be called a flying ship, when the water is stable, it can rise from the sea surface when it is traveling at high speed thanks to the turbines in the front where its front and rear wings act like a huge plane, but when the sea water is unstable, it behaves like a ship but at a high speed thanks to its streamlined design The Ekranoplan is used to transport the largest number of soldiers or armored vehicles to the beaches in a short time during the landing, instead of using other means such as transport planes.

  • @harishankarkandankumarath9922
    @harishankarkandankumarath9922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    0:23 the engine sound brings real chills

  • @midlertidig
    @midlertidig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    absolutely incredible engineering

  • @ricarlab.967
    @ricarlab.967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    "it was a machine that looked straight out of another dimension"
    Its a boat that looks like a plane!