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Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Ideas and Inspiration
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December 01, 2014, 02:36:04 AM »
Given there is a 1/72 kit available now and which a few have acquired, I thought it was time this unique aircraft had a thread of its own for ideas and inspiration.
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December 01, 2014, 02:40:10 AM »
What's often overlooked is that this aircraft was designed to be VTOL (lift engines can be seen below) + had ability to operate from both water and land:
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I'll post this here as well as in the Tilt-Rotor thread .....
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Re: Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Ideas and Inspiration
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December 01, 2014, 09:04:28 PM »
I know very little about this aircraft, but I like the shape of it. Does it have enough internal space to fit water/chemical tanks for fire fighting?
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December 02, 2014, 02:11:53 AM »
It was basically an Anti-Submarine Aircraft - you can read a little about it
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. I suppose one could turn the pontoons into water carrying pods.
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Re: Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Ideas and Inspiration
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July 19, 2021, 07:50:33 PM »
So this video just bubbled to the surface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD7xiWWs-bs
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