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US Navy to order unique aircraft in Saratov
Russian Journal ^ | April 23, 2004

Posted on 04/27/2004 11:43:03 PM PDT by RussianConservative

SARATOV - The US Navy Department intends to subsidize the development of an advanced Russian aircraft, which will eventually be extinguishing forest fires on US territory. This UFO-shaped flying machine is currently being designed by the Saratov aviation concern.

The Saratov aircraft enterprise, which is located in Russia's Volga region, started assembling UFO-shaped flying machines in the 1990s; however, this R&D project was then moth-balled because of financial snags.

Many aircraft companies all over the world did their best to design similar flying machines. However, Saratov's aircraft designers managed to come with some unusual engineering solutions, also building a flying-saucer mock-up.

Designers managed to overcome vibration being caused by turbulence flows, after opting for the flying-saucer concept; this problem was also solved with the help of some other know-how. This flying machine is called the EKIP (Russian acronym, Ecology and Progress).

Moreover, the hovercraft's special coating enhances lift by 40 percent (with the help of turbulence flows). Consequently, the EKIP's payload accounts for only 40-45 percent of its mass; meanwhile the relevant aircraft ratio is 20-25 percent.

The EKIP boasts some other unique specifications; for example, it can transport 100-ton loads over several thousand km at 500-700 kph and at 8-13-km altitudes. This unique hovercraft can skim along at 160 kph just above the surface.

Many foreign companies had repeatedly suggested establishing a joint venture together with the Saratov factory in the late 1990s; however, the US naval-aviation research center alone offered acceptable terms, the Saratovskiye Vesti newspaper writes.

Specific contract terms were not disclosed. According to the aircraft factory's general director Alexander Yermishin, Russia will retain EKIP copyright. The market will be divided, after batch production gets underway, with the United States paying dividends to Russia for every EKIP aircraft, Yermishin added.

First of all, the US side needs the EKIP remotely piloted aircraft for fighting fires and coping with natural calamities, Yermishin said in conclusion.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; Russia
KEYWORDS: aviation; ekip; russia; us

1 posted on 04/27/2004 11:43:03 PM PDT by RussianConservative
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To: RussianConservative
Appears highly useful.
2 posted on 04/28/2004 2:13:28 AM PDT by Iris7 (If "Iris7" upsets or intrigues you, see my Freeper home page for a nice explanatory essay.)
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To: Iris7
Wonder if it uses the newly developed antigravity systems......

Suprisingly simple the core technology consists of a string, a cat and a piece of buttered toast. Tying the toast butter side up on the back of the cat and then dropping both results in a perfect tension. The cat must always land on its feet and the toast must always land butter side down according to common understandings. So therefore they will spin indefinitely......

Don't believe it then try it for yourself. The materials are easily obtained ;-)
3 posted on 04/28/2004 4:20:54 AM PDT by festus
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To: festus
EARTHLING SWINE !!

That was our most closely guarded secret !!

Prepare for the wrath of Fideaux !!

4 posted on 04/28/2004 4:47:29 AM PDT by genefromjersey (So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
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To: spetznaz
Cant find a picture.
5 posted on 04/28/2004 8:44:49 AM PDT by VaBthang4 ( He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps)
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To: VaBthang4; festus; Iris7; genefromjersey; RussianConservative

EKIP - UFO-shaped flying machine being designed by the Saratov aviation concern.

6 posted on 04/28/2004 1:05:32 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
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To: spetznaz
They are sending up the BOMB !!

(Aw geez ! I shouldn't have posted that. Now somebody will post "All Your Base" ...)
7 posted on 04/28/2004 1:42:04 PM PDT by genefromjersey (So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
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To: festus
So therefore they will spin indefinitely......

Pshaw... the cat will land on its feet, then relax by rolling over to stretch in the sun.

8 posted on 04/28/2004 1:44:39 PM PDT by kevkrom (The John Kerry Songbook: www.imakrom.com/kerrysongs)
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To: kevkrom; festus
Pshaw... the cat will land on its feet, then relax by rolling over to stretch in the sun.

LOL ....you are a genius!

9 posted on 04/28/2004 2:26:01 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
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To: kevkrom
; Pshaw... the cat will land on its feet, then relax by rolling
;over to stretch in the sun

Clearly your powers of observation are far superior to my own.

I stand corrected.......

This is proof that you are a member of the supreme alien race.......... ;-)
10 posted on 04/30/2004 11:36:08 AM PDT by festus
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