Want to try out some Soviet Era Hydro-foils designed by the father{?} of hydro-foils? Check these River Rockets in Russia and Ukraine. Thousands were built an used.
Soviet River Rockets
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@ebuc
It is a very interesting website.
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@ebuc
Very interesting, knew nothing about it, thanks.
The Soviet Lada
.." Time has shown how correct the design solutions incorporated in the VAZ-2101 were. The car has become quite durable, reliable and comfortable - it was highly appreciated by both domestic consumers and the foreign market, which the car entered already in 1971. The first batch of cars was sent to Yugoslavia, Belgium, Holland and Finland. In 1971, more than 57 thousand LADA cars were exported, which was more than a third of the total annual export of cars of the USSR at that time.
Today, several hundred thousand VAZ-2101 sedans are registered in Russia. These distinguished cars are still used for their intended purpose - as mean of transportation, but more and more often they undergo refurbishing to become a collector’s item.The Russian car of the 20th century
In 2000, the VAZ-2101 model was declared as The Russian Car of the Century following the results of a survey conducted by the Za Rulem magazine. The first LADA model won the vote of every fourth participant of the survey, which was held among more than 80 thousand persons. "...
Renault has controlling interest these days. I see now that Fiat Chrysler is now called Stellantis. A multi-national cor.p based in Amersdam, with French influence also.
Renault has controlling interest these days. I see now that Fiat Chrysler is now called Stellantis. A multi-national cor.p based in Amersdam, with French influence also.
55 days later
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@ebuc
I bet Putin gives Trump one when he becomes President again.
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@FLRW
I bet Putin gives Trump one when he becomes President again.
Lada Niva is to good for piece of Trumpet junk. Lada and Trumpet do have something in common, durability over many years.
..." In 1990, a Lada Niva was sent to the Russian station on the Antarctic continent, where the little SUV survived and thrived for 15 years without issue. As well, a Niva set the record for highest altitude driven when one reached the Mt. Everest base camp in 1998, proving just how capable it truly is.
..Despite being barebones, and lacking in any form of luxury, the Lada Niva deserves far more respect than it is given by those who are unfamiliar with the faithful machine. The Lada Niva Is As Immortal As It Gets
...The Lada Niva is often misread to be cheap, horrible, and poorly built; by the western world. They sure are some of the cheapest cars out there, but not as horrible as people think. Just like most car brands, Lada has had their hits and misses. While a lot of Russian-made cars truly are horrible creations, the Lada Niva stands out as perhaps the best car designed and made by the Soviets
....Starting life as the VAZ-2121, the car's name was changed to the Lada Niva but mechanically is still relatively unchanged and in production today. Excelling in its rugged simplicity, the Lada Niva is perhaps one of the most unstoppable and dependable SUVs anyone can buy, able to tackle off-road driving better than most expensive off-road machines as custom Jeeps can.
....Introduced to the world in 1977, the Lada Niva set itself apart from other utility vehicles with its small size, crisp and clean design, light-weight and rigid unibody frame - a rarity in a time when almost every SUV and truck used body-on-frame construction - as well as surprisingly advanced (for the time) independent suspension rather than the traditional leaf springs.
...The Lada Niva's off-roading virtues are a result of the harsh geography that dominates much of Russia. Thanks to this uncompromising focus on all-terrain capabilities, Lada Nivas are downright unstoppable. But traversing harsh Russian terrain is one thing, conquering Antarctica is another - and that's exactly what the Niva did."....
.." The AK-47 Of Cars: Here’s Why The Lada Niva Is An Awesome SUV That Deserves Respect "....
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@FLRW
Do you have TDS? What in the fuck does Trump have to do with any of this?
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@sadolite
What in the fuck does Trump have to do with anything?
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@FLRW
Soo that would be a yes.
One photo in link to this soviet plane.
..." 1. The KM Ekranoplan (aka 'The Caspian Sea Monster')
.......Less a plane than "a boat that flies," the giant Ekranoplan represented a completely new kind of vehicle when a champagne bottle was cracked against its nose and it slid into the Caspian Sea in 1966.
........The freakish addition to the Soviet navy used what pilots call the "ground effect," where airflow under low-flying wings creates a cushion of high pressure (the reason some seabirds skim just above the water, and why passenger planes sometimes loft slightly before touching down). When CIA agents first spotted the mysterious vehicle in satellite images, they were said to have been so spooked that a plan was hatched to fix a camera onto a radio-controlled "bird" in order to get more detailed photos. (The plan was dropped after the drone-bird repeatedly crashed in tests.)
.......And maybe they were right to be worried. The Caspian Sea Monster could scream along at 650 kilometers per hour, would skim harmlessly over antiship mines, and flew too low for most radar to spot. One analyst told the Science Channel: "[The Soviets] could be invading San Francisco in three hours and we wouldn’t know they were there until they arrived."...