Tupolev Tu-70
| Tupolev Tu-70 | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Passenger plane |
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| First flight: |
November 27, 1946 |
| Number of pieces: |
1 |
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The Tupolev Tu-70 ( Russian Туполев Ту-70 , NATO code name Cart ) was a passenger version of the Tu-4 bomber from the Soviet design bureau Tupolev . The Tu-4 itself was a replica of the American Boeing B-29 .
history
The Tu-70 (initially also called Tu-12) was equipped with a new fuselage and pressurized cabin that offered space for 72 passengers. The first flight took place on November 27, 1946. The flight tests of the model were successful and it was proposed for series production, which however never came due to lack of interest on the part of the state Aeroflot and due to more urgent military orders. On August 3, 1947, it was presented to the public at the air parade in Tuschino .
A freighter based on the Tu-4 / Tu-70 was developed under the designation Tu-75 .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 6th |
| Passengers | 72 |
| length | 35.40 m |
| span | 44.50 m |
| Wing area | 166 m² |
| Empty mass | 38,290 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 60,000 kg |
| Wing loading | 361 kg / m² |
| Top speed | 568 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 11,000 m |
| Range | 5,000 km |
| Engines | 4 piston engines Schwezow ASch-73TK with four-blade propellers |
| power | 1790 kW (2425 PS) each |
See also
literature
- Rudolf Höfling: Tupolev. Aircraft since 1922 . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-613-03459-4 , p. 75 .
- The Billion Dollar Bomber (Part One) - Story of the line of strategic bombers, that evolved from the B-29 . In: AIR Enthusiast . August 1971, p. 104-107 .
- The Billion Dollar Bomber (Part Two) - Story of the line of strategic bombers, that evolved from the B-29 . In: AIR Enthusiast . August 1971, p. 160-163 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilfried Copenhagen, Jochen K. Beeck: The large aircraft type book . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-613-02522-1 , p. 535 .
- ↑ Peter All-Fernandez (ed.): Aircraft from A to Z . Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1989, ISBN 3-7637-5906-9 , pp. 375 .
- ^ Jefim Gordon , Dmitri Komissarow, Wladimir Rigmant: Tupolev Tu-4: The First Soviet Strategic Bomber . Schiffer Publishing, Limited, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7643-4797-9 , pp. 84 ( limited preview in Google Book search).