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Military


Project 903 Lun
Missile Launcher Ekranoplane

Specifications
Designer Central Design Bureau "TsKB po SPK" n.a. R.E.Alekseyev
Builder Shipbuilding Plant "Volga", Nizhni Novgorod, Russia
Take off weight 400 tons (882,000 lbs)
Length 73.8 m (240 ft)
Span 44.0 m (144 ft)
Height 19.2 m (65 ft)
Speed of motion:
  • at cruise flight
450-550 km/h (243-297 kts)
  • in displacement position
20-100 km/h (10.8-54 kts)
Range of flight 3,000 km (1,620 nm)
Range in displacement position 400 km (216 nm)
Sea endurance 5 days
Cruise altitude 1-5 m (3.3 - 16 ft)
Altitude of flight at search 500 m (1,640 ft)
Max altitude of flight 7500 m (24,600 ft)
Max waves height:
  • at take off and landing
2.5-3.5 m (8.2-11.5 ft)
  • at flight
unlimited
Powerplant: eight NK-87 turbofans of 13
tons (28,660 lbs) trust each
Crew 9 plus 19 rescuer
Max number of saved people 150-500 (among them 70 - cot case)



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