Big Wind

Dennis Mulligan
Great idea for a model. Is it for clearing airfields or roads? Nothing like it in the UK!!

Zach Wilson Author
It's for putting out oil well fires

Dennis Mulligan
Very impressive Zach! All our Oil in the UK is under the North Sea but sadly that hasn't stopped the odd rig explosion and sadly some loss of life. Things seem safer nowadays apart from the helicopter journeys to and from the rigs! One of my friends working on the Rigs said you need two vital skills 1) the ability to spot when something is about to go terribly wrong 2) The ability to run very fast if the first happens!! :-{

Zach Wilson Author
yeah frankly I prefer my office job, it's slightly more soul crushing but much less likely to end in accidental death caused by falling pipes or explosions.

Donald Dickson II
OK, being a retire firefighter, this is of interest. Not a type of fire I have ever dealt with though.

Dutch
Zach, so I am assuming that the pipes get connected to some sort of AFFF or other fire suppression foam? In which case, it would need a HUGE amount of foam. If its purpose is just to blow back the flames and smoke for a wildcat crew to get close enough to work on the rig, then that is still al ot of wind to deal with at your back! A very interesting Russian re-purposing of old T-55 hulls. The possibilities are almost endless. There are a few limits to what you can do with a demilled T-55 hull and what appears to be 2 × Dobrynin RD-7M-2 afterburning turbojet engines. Very nice build! Kindest regards, Dutch

Zach Wilson Author
they use the jet engines to blow water onto the oil well fire. It's certainly creative.