arlei_vitara
26/01/2007, 14:55
Pessoal,
Somente prá descontrair...........alguns fatos "verídicos" sobre o desenvolvimento do valente jipinho russo, o conhecido LADA NIVA:
Searching for info at internet, we discovered some intersting facts about the Russian Spacial Program, and the involvement of the automobile industry with this program, in a partnership with the auto manufacturer AvtoLada of Trogliattigrado, with the sponsorship of the "Kremlin Supreme Boss" Leonid Brehznev.
First of all, Mr. Andrevich Yurichenko, resposible for the development of the air conditioning system of the Lunar Module Project, failed to design a reliable heater for the module. Without time and money to restart his project and make more changes, he was forced to ask AvtoLada to let him use the heating system of the military off road Avtolada Niva, that proved to be overdimensioned to the little car. At the Siberian winter, it was possible to heat the interior of the Niva up to 40°C even with an exterior temperatura of -75°C during the night, so it was Ok to mantain the temperature inside the Lunar module the lunar cold.
Another big surprise is that many analogical instruments from the comand panel of the Soyuz III were taken from the dash panel of the AvtoLada Laika, including oil pressure gauge, amperimeter, water temperature gauge and even the gas level gauge was adapted to meter the level of drinking water on the tanks. Also the seats, despite the lack of confort and ergonomy, were based on the seats of AvtoLada Niva.
AvtoLada also used projects from the Aerospacial Bureau for the development of his products. Firsts Nivas proved to have a fragile front suspension, with many problems of broken coils and suspension arms. So Valerie Ivanovich Pavlovich, Lada's cheif engineer of design, ask his friend and "kammarade" Ivanovich Domansky Schevchenko to help him in the development of a new front suspension system to the Niva, using parts and pieces from the suspension system of the Russian Space Shuttle Project "Voskhod II".
With the lack of technology, money and time to extended tests, it's not a big surprise that Soyuz I, II and III proved to be not so reliable as their american similars, know as "space shuttles". When Michail Gorbachov took the government of URSS, he finally decided to finish Russian Lunar Research Activities, putting and final point at this history of determination and creativity.
Abraços,
Somente prá descontrair...........alguns fatos "verídicos" sobre o desenvolvimento do valente jipinho russo, o conhecido LADA NIVA:
Searching for info at internet, we discovered some intersting facts about the Russian Spacial Program, and the involvement of the automobile industry with this program, in a partnership with the auto manufacturer AvtoLada of Trogliattigrado, with the sponsorship of the "Kremlin Supreme Boss" Leonid Brehznev.
First of all, Mr. Andrevich Yurichenko, resposible for the development of the air conditioning system of the Lunar Module Project, failed to design a reliable heater for the module. Without time and money to restart his project and make more changes, he was forced to ask AvtoLada to let him use the heating system of the military off road Avtolada Niva, that proved to be overdimensioned to the little car. At the Siberian winter, it was possible to heat the interior of the Niva up to 40°C even with an exterior temperatura of -75°C during the night, so it was Ok to mantain the temperature inside the Lunar module the lunar cold.
Another big surprise is that many analogical instruments from the comand panel of the Soyuz III were taken from the dash panel of the AvtoLada Laika, including oil pressure gauge, amperimeter, water temperature gauge and even the gas level gauge was adapted to meter the level of drinking water on the tanks. Also the seats, despite the lack of confort and ergonomy, were based on the seats of AvtoLada Niva.
AvtoLada also used projects from the Aerospacial Bureau for the development of his products. Firsts Nivas proved to have a fragile front suspension, with many problems of broken coils and suspension arms. So Valerie Ivanovich Pavlovich, Lada's cheif engineer of design, ask his friend and "kammarade" Ivanovich Domansky Schevchenko to help him in the development of a new front suspension system to the Niva, using parts and pieces from the suspension system of the Russian Space Shuttle Project "Voskhod II".
With the lack of technology, money and time to extended tests, it's not a big surprise that Soyuz I, II and III proved to be not so reliable as their american similars, know as "space shuttles". When Michail Gorbachov took the government of URSS, he finally decided to finish Russian Lunar Research Activities, putting and final point at this history of determination and creativity.
Abraços,