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Concept vehicle derived from the Soviet Era Lun ekranoplan. Constructed by the Soviet Union to make a run at NATO forces in a Soviet invasion of Europe, the large missle tubes would launch the P-270 Moskit guided anti-ship missile with a 120 kt fission-fusion thermonuclear warhead. I've adapted the design for my future historical setting, see my journal entry Orion’s Arm Future History, A Synopsis.

A Timeline Graph is to be found here: Timeline.

A wing-in-ground-effect vehicle, the ekranoplan is essentially a flying boat designed to cruise at extremely low altitudes, typically about 4 meters off the water. Turbofan engines mounted on the forward canards generate a cushion of high pressure air between the wing and the water. The result is a vehicle that can carry massive payloads over great distances.

The Wingship belongs to the Unification War era on my Orion’s Arm timeline, the span of 75 years during which the Alliance washes like a malignant tide across the face of the Earth. Wingships would be deployed to brush aside what primitive naval opposition the Alliance met, or to reach over the horizon with its missile batteries and smash the defenses of fortified costal towns.

I came across this magnificent beast here Экраноплан “Лунь” проект 903 and the design seemed a perfect fit to the emerging Alliance. I am considering modeling the companion troop-ship version of the craft.

More information is available here: Lun-class ekranoplan

Description
Full Resolution Digital Print: $7.00
Orders can be placed at wblack42@sbcglobal.net
See my profile page for details.

Concept vehicle derived from the Soviet Era Lun ekranoplan. Constructed by the Soviet Union to make a run at NATO forces in a Soviet invasion of Europe, the large missle tubes would launch the P-270 Moskit guided anti-ship missile with a 120 kt fission-fusion thermonuclear warhead. I've adapted the design for my future historical setting, see my journal entry Orion’s Arm Future History, A Synopsis.

A Timeline Graph is to be found here: Timeline.

A wing-in-ground-effect vehicle, the ekranoplan is essentially a flying boat designed to cruise at extremely low altitudes, typically about 4 meters off the water. Turbofan engines mounted on the forward canards generate a cushion of high pressure air between the wing and the water. The result is a vehicle that can carry massive payloads over great distances.

The Wingship belongs to the Unification War era on my Orion’s Arm timeline, the span of 75 years during which the Alliance washes like a malignant tide across the face of the Earth. Wingships would be deployed to brush aside what primitive naval opposition the Alliance met, or to reach over the horizon with its missile batteries and smash the defenses of fortified costal towns.

I came across this magnificent beast here Экраноплан “Лунь” проект 903 and the design seemed a perfect fit to the emerging Alliance. I am considering modeling the companion troop-ship version of the craft.

More information is available here: Lun-class ekranoplan