Strangest Aircraft Designs: The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Submarine Hunter And Other Flying Boats
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- čas přidán 18. 07. 2023
- The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Vertical take-off amphibious aircraft was a wing-in-ground-effect aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the early 1970s. Designed to be able to take off from the water and fly at high speed over long distances, it was to make true flights at high altitudes, but also have the capability of flying efficiently just above the sea surface, using the aerodynamic ground effect. The VVA-14 was designed by Hungarian-born designer Robert Bartini in answer to a perceived requirement to destroy the United States Navy Polaris missile submarines. The final aircraft was retired in 1987.
Roberto Bartini, in collaboration with the Beriev Design Bureau, intended to develop the prototype VVA-14 in three phases. The VVA-14M1 was to be an aerodynamics and technology testbed, initially with rigid pontoons on the ends of the central wing section, and later with these replaced by inflatable pontoons. The VVA-14M2 was to be more advanced, with two starting engines to blast into the cavity under the wing to give lift and later with a battery of lift engines to give VTOL capability and fly-by-wire flight controls. The VVA-14M3 would see the VTOL vehicle fully equipped with armament and with the Burevestnik computerized anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system, Bor-1 magnetic anomaly detector (MAD), and other operational equipment.
After extensive research, including the development of the small prototype Be-1 wing in ground effect aircraft, the first VVA-14 prototype was completed in 1972. Its first flight was from a conventional runway on 4 September 1972.
In 1974, inflatable pontoons were installed, though their operation caused many problems. Flotation and water taxi tests followed, culminating in the start of flight testing of the amphibious aircraft on 11 June 1975.
The inflatable pontoons were later replaced by rigid pontoons, while the fuselage was lengthened and the starting engines added. This incarnation was given the designation 14M1P. The bureau supplying the intended battery of 12 RD-36-35PR lift engines did not deliver, and this made VTOL testing impossible.
After Bartini's death in 1974, the project slowed and eventually drew to a close, the aircraft having conducted 107 flights, with a total flight time of 103 hours. The only remaining VVA-14, No. 19172, was retired to the Soviet Central Air Force Museum, Moscow in 1987. As a result of uncertain accidents during the shipping to the museum, the aircraft received some damage, but these damages were not repaired afterward. The aircraft still resides at the museum in a dismantled state, where it carries the designations "10687" and "Aeroflot".
General characteristics
Crew: 3
Length: 25.97 m (85 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 30 m (98 ft 5 in)
Height: 6.79 m (22 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 217.79 m2 (2,344.3 sq ft)
Empty weight: 23,236 kg (51,227 lb)
Gross weight: 52,000 kg (114,640 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Soloviev D-30M turbofan engines, 67 kN (15,000 lbf) thrust each (Cruise)
Powerplant: 12 × Rybinsk RD-36-35PR turbofan lift engines, 43 kN (9,700 lbf) thrust each (VTOL - not fitted)
Performance
Maximum speed: 760 km/h (470 mph, 410 kn)
Cruise speed: 640 km/h (400 mph, 350 kn)
Range: 2,450 km (1,520 mi, 1,320 nmi)
Service ceiling: 8,000-10,000 m (26,000-33,000 ft)
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I have seen 'The Flying Boats' film so many times over the years, from the year it was aired, to recently on a deferent CZcams channel. Most definitely could not skip it, I still feel compelled to watch. There is an empty space there among the tangible artifacts of flying history, that only this film can fill.
Thank you that was probably the most interesting video I have ever seen on Flying Boats and really enjoyable.
Wow, thanks!
Some of the designs that emerged from the design bureaus are just amazing to look at - shapes you'd never seen or imagined.
Великий конструктор.Жаль не смог до конца реализовать свой потенциал.
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The Sproat Lake Mars haven't fought fires since 2015, and the Philippines was retired, with the Hawaii up for sale. Too big, too slow, too costly with parts and maintenance. In these videos with clips from yesteryear, it would be good to have the dates of the associated documentary release.
This aeroplane would not be out of place in Star Treck. Thanks. Dave
I don't get how anybody could lump the MARS in as a strange aircraft design.
That thumbnail, isn't that a Mustard article???
Looks like it to me
That picture has been in books and magazines since the 50's
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First thing I thought of too
@fresatx
Hey, the worlds history didn't start with CZcams.
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What about the Be - 200?
This craft could be used in all coastal cities to transport good and people up and down coast or island to island....
It looks like it would have been very expensive ti own and operate. How many maintenance technicians would it take?
For a single unit you might require 6; for a squadron of 15 you might require 24…
Economies of scale (of skilled trades) come into play far more noticeably in maintenance than manufacture…
The most unusual flying boat I have ever seen was the Short Mayo composite which was a seaplane that carried and launched another seaplane from its back.
FAB. Thunderbirds are Go.
Sounds like it has a 100 mile range.
All hovercraft create a bowl if they are allowed to be stationary in water.
If they are allowed to come to rest they act like a boat in the water with the attendent power requirements for moving forward.
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Kinda direct out of a Japanese anime show! :)
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You talk way too fast, uncomfortable to listen to.
rubbish - the narration is fine
you know you have settings to slow it? But its fine the way he's talking...
Listen to dark skies narrate and talk to me about uncomfortable to listen to
@@stevedunch581 dark anything, he gives me a headache and the clickbait is so f-ed that it belongs next to Ai scripted/voiced videos
Claiming that the vva 14 was VTOL capable further deminishes this channal'a credibility.