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| - Bartini, in collaboration with the Beriev Design Bureau intended to develop the prototype VVA-14 in three phases. The VVA-14M1 was to be an aerodynamics and technology test-bed, initially with rigid pontoons on the ends of the central wing section, and later with these replaced by inflatable pontoons. The VVA-14M2 was to be more advanced, with two starting engines to blast into the cavity under the wing to give lift and later with a battery of lift engines to give VTOL capability, and with fly-by-wire flight controls. The VVA-14M3 would see the VTOL vehicle fully equipped with armament and with the Burevestnik computerised ASW (anti-submarine warfare) system, Bor-1 MAD (magnetic anomaly detector) and other operational equipment.
- {| |} The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Vertikal`no-Vzletayuschaya Amphibia (vertical take-off amphibious aircraft) was developed in the Soviet Union during the 1970s. Designed to be able to take-off from the water and fly at high speed over long distances, it was to make true flights at high altitude, but also have the capability of 'flying' efficiently just above the sea surface, using ground effect. The VVA-14 was designed by Robert Bartini in answer to a perceived requirement to destroy United States Navy Polaris missile submarines.
- The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Vertikal`no-Vzletayuschaya Amphibia ("Vertical Take-off Amphibious Aircraft") was a Soviet project aimed at producing an amphibious aircraft able to engage and destroy American Polaris missile submarines, which produced two prototypes between 1972 and 1987, when the remaining prototype was retired. It had a speed of 470 mph, which is enough to outrun all but a supersonic jet. Despite being designed for vertical takeoff, the fan allowing this was never fitted to either prototype. The VVA-14 utilized the wing-in-ground-effect (WIG), a phenomenon whereby an aircraft flying extremely low to the ground generates an air cushion beneath its wings, which can be used as a method of sustaining flight; this type of aircraft is known in Russia as an Ekranoplan.
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| - The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Vertikal`no-Vzletayuschaya Amphibia ("Vertical Take-off Amphibious Aircraft") was a Soviet project aimed at producing an amphibious aircraft able to engage and destroy American Polaris missile submarines, which produced two prototypes between 1972 and 1987, when the remaining prototype was retired. It had a speed of 470 mph, which is enough to outrun all but a supersonic jet. Despite being designed for vertical takeoff, the fan allowing this was never fitted to either prototype. The VVA-14 utilized the wing-in-ground-effect (WIG), a phenomenon whereby an aircraft flying extremely low to the ground generates an air cushion beneath its wings, which can be used as a method of sustaining flight; this type of aircraft is known in Russia as an Ekranoplan. The VVA-14 was another of the advanced vehicle projects that Colonel Volgin of GRU carried to completion much earlier than expected, using the massive funding of the Philosophers' Legacy. As such, it was far advanced beyond the Be-1 created and deployed in 1961. A number were seen on the main runway of Groznyj Grad (with at least one being destroyed by Volgin piloting the Shagohod) and one was later used by EVA and Naked Snake to make their escape from Tselinoyarsk, as its range ensured that they escaped not only the region, but the Soviet Union as a whole. The one EVA used was a prototype supplied to GRU, and it also had no weapons systems installed yet. In addition, they narrowly escaped Tselinoyarsk in the WIG, both due to engine problems (Ocelot shot out one of the engines in order to board the WIG for a final duel with Snake) and nearly being shot down by two MiGs.
- Bartini, in collaboration with the Beriev Design Bureau intended to develop the prototype VVA-14 in three phases. The VVA-14M1 was to be an aerodynamics and technology test-bed, initially with rigid pontoons on the ends of the central wing section, and later with these replaced by inflatable pontoons. The VVA-14M2 was to be more advanced, with two starting engines to blast into the cavity under the wing to give lift and later with a battery of lift engines to give VTOL capability, and with fly-by-wire flight controls. The VVA-14M3 would see the VTOL vehicle fully equipped with armament and with the Burevestnik computerised ASW (anti-submarine warfare) system, Bor-1 MAD (magnetic anomaly detector) and other operational equipment.
- {| |} The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Vertikal`no-Vzletayuschaya Amphibia (vertical take-off amphibious aircraft) was developed in the Soviet Union during the 1970s. Designed to be able to take-off from the water and fly at high speed over long distances, it was to make true flights at high altitude, but also have the capability of 'flying' efficiently just above the sea surface, using ground effect. The VVA-14 was designed by Robert Bartini in answer to a perceived requirement to destroy United States Navy Polaris missile submarines.
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