Wonder if u can put it on floats

http://www.fillmoregazette.com/military ... avy-bomber



The Soviet Heavy Bomber K-7 Built in Russia during the 1930s. It flew 11 times before crashing and killing 15 people. The designer, Konstantin Kalinin, wanted to build two more aircraft, but the project was scrapped. Later Stalin had Kalinin executed. Evidently it was not good to fail on an expensive project under Stalin. It has propellers on the back of the wings, too. You can count 12 engines facing front. The size would be equivalent to the Empire State Building on its side, with cannon. And you think the 747 was big... not only a bunch of engines but check out the cannons. In the 1930s the Russian army was obsessed with the idea of creating huge bombers. At that time they were designed to have as many propellers as possible to help carry the huge flying fortresses into the air. Jet propulsion had not been invented. Not many photos were saved from those times, because of the high secrecy levels of such projects and because a lot of time has passed. Still the attached photos show one of these monsters - the heavy bomber K-7.

I clicked on the link. It said taht they were photos. Looks like a so so job of airbrushing to me. I think it is phony. Looks like somthing my grandson made out of leggos.

Tim

Built in early 30's, flew about a half dozen times, killed about a dozen people on final flight, project canceled soon afterwards.

Fake

But it looks like there was a real Kalinin K-7 these drawings were based on, with a wingspan a little less than a 747:

http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/kalinin_k-7.php

Just air brused in the cannons. If real, the recoil would rip the plane to pieces.

Tim

Looks more like a stage prop from and Indiana Jones flick.

For a picture taken in the 1930's it is remarkably clear and sharp. If you read the comments the blogger points out it was originally written on April 1 2009.

Photo shop for sure!!!!

Fake!
It's been cropping up for years on various sites.
Critical thinking required - some might confuse it with the Maxim Gorky.

By the look of it there is WAY too much weight on that thing to get airborne.

The pics are a mock up, but the design is similar, 7-500HP BMW engines. Seek and ye shall find on Internet. This craft has been analyzed in most aerospace design classes in colleges around the world.