September 28, 2005 at 1:46 am
1. Here’s the link to “Taifun:”
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/sea/taifun.html
I got very little from the translation. I’m not even sure about the OKB. (Beriev?) However, I do get the impression that the COD role was very much in the minds of the designers (more so than with the Viking).
The side profile drawing was more informative.
http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/sea/taifun-i.jpg
Notice the flight refueling basket of an internal HDU – much like a KA-6D.
In addition, the engine location is very clever – and more reminiscent of business jet practice than the S-3 Viking.
So we have a mystery COD/Tanker/ASW aircraft?
Can anyone shed some light on the “Taifun.”
2. The above link refers to “P-42.” (Not to be confused with the record setting Sukhoi Su-27 derivative.)
As I understand it, the P-42 was a turboprop powered ASW aircraft.
I found the attached image in a drawing of the Russian carrier Baku (later Gorshkov). Notice the peculiar butterfly tail. Which OKB made this proposal?
Help!