AKULA front diving planes

[libor]

Hello,
I have found this interesting link to russian wegsite showing drowning of Project 971 AKULA in all three versions]Webpage[/url]
It seems, from the pictures, that AKULA has not retractable front dive planes. Does anybody know more about this?
Any info welcomed. Thank you.
Libor

[wayne frey]

Refrence your website again.
They

Refrence your website again.
They are there. midline in the front 1/3 of the hull, an end-on drawing of them.
Other than that, I have an obscured photo in drydock clearly showing one extended,but behind a lot of girders surrounding the boat.
Last year I did a thing on the Akula in one of the Reports that has a good detail drawing of the Akula, with correctly shaped planes.
So, yea they do

[libor]

Sorry, I expressed my self

Sorry, I expressed my self badly. I wonder if they are retractable or not.
Libor

[novagator]

Sorry, I expressed my self

Sorry, I expressed my self badly. I wonder if they are retractable or not.
Libor

I think Wayne said they are retractable.

[libor]

Thank you for replay -

Thank you for replay - the language - sorry, and thanks for patience.
Btw, in the picture below, front dive planes are not visible at all. Think, if they are there, they have to be retracted inside - so they are retractable and that painting on the webpage is wrong showing non-retractable front dive planes.

Ones to see = hundred times to hear.
Libor
webpage

[wayne frey]

Actually,
Your weblink looked correct.

Actually,
Your weblink looked correct. Yes they do retract.

[wayne frey]

So you will understand, even

So you will understand, even the shape of the bow planes looks correct.

Alfa bow planes retract straight in,not swing back like other Russian boats. I will have to watch the video again to see.

But yes, they retract.Yes, that is the correct shape.Yes, it is the correct location.

[wayne frey]

Opps,
Alfa bowplanes-- This is

Opps,
Alfa bowplanes-- This is an Akula.
I meant they may retract like the Alfa. But, my suspecion is they swing back.
They Alfa had no room, that is why they retracted straight in.

[libor]

Thank you Wayne, now I

Thank you Wayne, now I understand.
Libor