I have a soft spot for flying boats. Even the when the design seemed a bit outlandish they still possess a fluid graceful shape that is pleasing. Russian boats are well documented and many photos, blueprints and colored drawings exist. It makes my life easier when here is such a wealth of source material to draw from.
The Grigorovich M-9 (alternative designation ShCh M-9, sometimes also Shchetinin M-9) was a Russian World War I-era biplane flying boat, developed from the M-5 by Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich.
M-9 was a very successful flying boat, similar to the M-5. It was reliable, was operational on waves over half a meter high, and had above average handling characteristics. The M-9 could be craned to and from the water and ship. The M-9 was also capable of landing on snow without special skis.
References
- Russian Aviation:Grigorovich/ S.S.Schetinin M-9 "http://ram-home.com/ram-old/m-9.html"
- Rusjet http://www.rusjet.ru
- "http://airwar.ru/enc/other1/m9.html (Russian Text)"
- Virtual Aircraft Museum "http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/a_grigorovich.php"
- War is Over: Russian aviation in WW1: Flying boats "http://www.wio.ru/ww1a/fboat.htm"
- From Wikipedia Grigorovich M-9, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigorovich_M-9"
- Heinonen, Timo:Thulinista Hornetiin - Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseon julkaisuja 3, Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo, (Finnish) 1992, ISBN 951-95688-2-4
- Tucker, Spencer (Editor) "World War I: encyclopedia". M - R, Volume 3 ABC-CLIO, 2005, ISBN 1851094202, 9781851094202
- Shavrov, V.B. "History of aircraft construction in the USSR
(Istoriya Konstruktsij Samoletov v SSSR.)" Vol 1-2. Moskva, Mashinostroenie, 1994. ISBN 5-217-02528-X
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