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| Comments: 20 (Read/Post) Favorites: 1 (View) |
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on: 04-28-2005
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Antonov An-2. Known as Colt in the west and Antek in Poland :)
Designed in 1947, remained in production until 90s. Over 12,000 made in Poland by PZL, 5,000 in the USSR and 1,500 in China (named Hrabin Y-5 and Fongshu 2).
A truly amazing beast. |
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4-28-2005 @ 04:49:42 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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Wings and large parts of fuselage are covered with linen o_O, the mighty radial piston engine (1000HP) revs very low, the metal prop reminds of WW2 bombers. Slow as hell (once I saw one flying above a road. My car was doing 110kph and the plane was falling back o_O), loud as shit and so ugly it's beautiful. Biplane set-up means it needs almost no runway and it can land on anything (grass, dirt, mud, etc.). This and simple maintenance caused a need for more of An-2s. Russians introduced a turboprop version but it was too expensive and complicated. PZL thinks of restarting the production...
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4-28-2005 @ 05:09:10 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#6, It's Sen_Sekhmet (just without the pause).
Well... looking at the interior shot all I see are sticks. Knobs. Cool analouge tachos. Yum. And it has bucket seats!!! Of course only for pilots... refugees/immigrants have to stand/crouch/lie.
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| #9 |
4-28-2005 @ 05:37:33 PM |
| Posted By : Hoopd87 |
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#8, well, I figured you'd burn it if it were an automatic:p
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4-28-2005 @ 05:51:20 PM |
| Posted By : Hoopd87 |
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#10, When did you ask? Anyway, no, it was never offered with a manual. No full size GM car had a manual option from pretty much '71 on. I know there were a few here n there in the 60's, but they werent too popular.
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4-28-2005 @ 08:15:44 PM |
| Posted By : 89Rettagt |
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#10, nope, im 99.8 percent sure it wasnt even an option. though there are a few 6 speeds put in aftermarket.
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4-28-2005 @ 09:09:05 PM |
| Posted By : 89Rettagt |
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6speeds are swaped into SS's sometimes. so you <i>could</i> find a manual if you looked enough. im just saying
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4-29-2005 @ 08:09:32 AM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#19, I guess it's still cheaper than burning down an SS Impala. But it can be more expensive than a normal Impala I imagine...
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