The title says a lot here.
I was watching a youtube video about the P-39’s history by “Captain Slicerax”, came across the supposed attempt of the soviets to copy the P-39 before it saw production called the Gudkov Gu-1
Spoiler
the problem is…
Theres no info I can easily scoop up, this plane is apparently so easy forget that an alternate history mixed propulsion model aircraft (very well done btw) and a EARLY JET WHICH I DON’T WANT TO DOUBLE MY PAIN TO FIND INFO ABOUT (Gu-VRD) have more results than this I would suppose an aircraft conected to the known USSR’s history with the P-39 should have.
I’ve come across very little info about, no photos at all, just that apparently at least 1 prototype was built and that it flew once.
So please if someone could at least tell if this plane is actually real or I just was the only fool who realized a mistake in a video without knowing and its now trying to prove this plane was actually built.
I don’t want waste my time on the possible russian equivalent of luft '46 aircraft.
If someone finds more info on it, feel free to make a suggestion for it, I don’t really have a lot of time to get sources from a language I can’t understand just for a maybe fake plane.
Video that started it
at the 25:00 timestamp is the brief mention of the Gu-1
Start is very kind of loud too
P-39 Airacobra: The Most Russian American Plane | Corrupted Intel Files
I have even more respect for people who make suggestions in here for entirely new aircraft.