Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / May 2009

PhotoShop is a wonderful program...

http://www.loqu.com/cool-kalinin-k-7/blogs/azlansooty-3029

Check out the 7th and 8th pictures ;-)

otoh, there was a *real* Kalinin K-7 heavy aircraft, with a single prototype
completed, flown, and eventually crashed, in the 1930's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7

Google Kalinin K-7 images and you'll find quite a few of the real
aircraft...as well as the fantasy design :-)

Cheers

/daytripper

Oh, yeah, its real.
Big Foot is the pilot and Elvis is the gunner. Its made completely from
Unobtainium crafted together by the Keebler Elves who were on loan for the
Russian war effort by the Lord of Atlantis.
It had the awesome ability to land downhill in the Swiss Alps as indicated
by the tail gear that would only reach the ground if the plane was sitting
on a 45 degree down slope.
Apparently the Russians were ahead of us in luggage tech since one of the
women (civilian clothes yet) has a rolling suitcase.
The pilot and Elvis, the gunner, had to use 5 point harnesses to keep them
in their seats as every time they fired the main gun, the back blast would
cause the plane to back flip in midair hence the altitude activated safety
on the triggers which would only allow the gun to be fired above an altitude
of 1000 meters.
The tires are all filled with helium which gave it lift as the guns and main
gear caused wing loading of 75 tons per square inch. During take off the
crew was under orders to hold their breath so as to reduce the take off
weight.
This is the second prototype as the first was lost on takeoff when the
bartender burped and caused a tail heavy condition which coincidentally was
the only time the tail gear actually touched the ground however briefly it
was.
There was a third prototype but after mistakenly being painted with a new
experimental invisible paint it was lost forever in the hanger.

Dan
Fubar of The HillPeople
Seller of Bridges

After you wipe the blood off your cheek where the hook, line, and sinker you
swallowed poked through; you can explain how the people in the obviously
1930's black and white picture are in color with out having been
photoshopped.  While you are at it, consider that the ramp seems to be a
different color from that under the aircraft in the background.

LOL

The Internet and made up facts, gotta love it.

I really get a big laugh out of those retards quoting wikipedia as their
source.  A little critical thought should share the laughs.  .   .

What you have in your photos is _not_ real. It is 3D rendering project
made by one of the 3D enthusiasts. It was never presented as real. The
pictures were originally posted as just a 3D rendering. I don't remember
whether they were intended as an entry for a 3D contest, or just for fun.

Then someone took the pictures and started posting them around with an
obvious purpose of starting an internet hoax.

However, the author of these rendered images took his inspiration from a
real experimental aircraft - Kalinin K-7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7

It is not the same as what you see in the rendered pictures, but the
similarities are quite obvious.