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Voskhod (Russian: Восход, lit. 'Sunrise'), also known as "Design 352", "Design 03521" and Eurofoil, is a type of passenger hydrofoil boat built in the Soviet Union and later in Ukraine. It is intended for use in rivers and lakes, but good seaworthiness allows them to operate in coastal sea areas as well.
Raketa (Russian: Раке́та, lit. 'Rocket') was the first type of hydrofoil boats commercially produced in the Soviet Union.First planned in the late 1940s as "project 340" by chief designer Rostislav Alexeyev, the vessels were manufactured from 1957 until the early 1970s.
Alekseyev Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau (Russian: Конструкторское бюро Алексеева) is a company based in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. It was named after Rostislav Alexeyev. This design bureau has been designing hydrofoils, air cushion craft, and air cavity vessels for many years.
The Turya class is a derivative of the Shershen-class torpedo boat.A hydroplane was added forward to increase speed. These boats can operate at 40 knots at sea state 4 and 35 knots at sea state 5.
Russian hydrofoils of the Kometa type operated on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast connecting Varna, Nesebar, Burgas, Sozopol, Primorsko, and Tsarevo, and Raketa and Meteor models served the Bulgarian Danube ports between Rousse and Vidin. Both services were discontinued in the 1990s.
This is a list of inventors from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, ... Soviet high-speed hydrofoils [9] [10] A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan. Zhores Alferov (1930–2019)
A total of 12 boats were built for the Soviet Navy. A gun boat version without hydrofoils was offered for export. Ukrainian Navy - 1 boat The Pryluky in service (2017) Border Police of Georgia - 1 boat The Tbilisi (თბილისი) transferred from Ukraine, sunk by the Russian Airborne troops in Poti port during the 2008 South Ossetia war
The hydrofoils help, as do the three modes of operation. “Rather than going directly from floating to flying, we have this intermediate mode, foil. That foiling mode allows us to get through the ...