Customer Reviews

Russia's Ekranoplans: The Caspian Sea Monster and other WIGE Craft - Red Star Vol. 8

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"Russia's Ekranoplans" is a great book. The history of the projects and the photos were terrific.

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! Color pictures, info, info, info! 16 pages of 3 view drawings of all kinds of real and imagined craft...stunning. Red Star is a fantastic series and this one will not disappoint! Highly recommended! No color profiles but it just doesn't matter with all the pictures both B&W and Color. Fantastic.

This is THE DEFINITIVE book on the ekranoplan, period. This should be on any WIG enthusiasts bookshelf. The volume of information is astonishing and there are photographs and line drawings contained in the volume not available anywhere else. After reading this book the reader gets the impression they could almost go out and design one themselves. For those who have never heard of ekranoplans or are only mildly aware of what they are will be treated to a eye opening experience. I cant recommend this book enough.

(Note to model builders, static or R/C: There are a LOT of photos AND scale line 3-view drawings in the book. This is very useful)

For anyone interested in wing-in-ground-effect, this is a great and useful study of the Russian programs. Good base document.