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The article refers to the "Caspian Sea Monster" as "the Ekranoplan" as if there haven't been any other ekranoplans built. It is certainly the largest example, b
by aww_dang 6y ago
The article refers to the "Caspian Sea Monster" as "the Ekranoplan" as if there haven't been any other ekranoplans built. It is certainly the largest example, but I found this usage strange.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-effect_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-effect_vehicle
- masklinn 6y agoLikewise. Erkanoplan is a generic russian term for ground-effect vehicles, but the article talks specifically about the sole completed Lun-class (MD-160). The USSR had an other Lun planned ("Spasatel", which was intended as a mobile field hospital but was not completed due to the fall of the USSR), as well as a bunch of other models in prototyping, development or active use (Orlyonok having been pretty much the only somewhat successful one, but also much more flexible than Lun: Orlyonok can fly way above ground-effect altitude).