Tupolev Tu-80/85

Tupolev Tu-80 / Tu-85
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Type:	Strategic bomber
Design country:	Soviet Union
Manufacturer:	Tupolev
First flight:	December 1, 1949 (Tu-80) January 9, 1951 (Tu-85)
Production time:	1949 to 1951
Number of pieces:	3

The Tupolev Tu-80 and Tu-85 ( Russian Туполев Ту-80 , NATO code name of the Tu-85: "Barge" ) of the Soviet design office Tupolew were four-engine strategic long-range bomber further developments of the Tupolev Tu-4 with more powerful piston engines and modified front fuselage . Neither the Tu-80 (first flight in 1949) nor the Tu-85, of which two prototypes (first flights on January 9 and September 12, 1951) were built, went into series production.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data (Tu-80)	Data (Tu-85)
crew	10	11-12
span	43.45 m	55.96 m
length	43.32 m	39,306 m
height		11,358 m
Wing area	167.00 m²	273.6 m²
drive	4 Schwezow ASch-73 FN, each with 2,400 PS (1,765 kW)	4 Dobrynin WD-4TK with 4,500 HP (3,310 kW) each
Empty mass	37,850 kg
Takeoff mass	60,600 kg	normal 76,000 kg
Payload		5,000-18,000 kg
practical summit height		11,700 m
Top speed	545 km / h at an altitude of 10,000 m	639 km / h at an altitude of 10,000 m
Range	7,000 km (estimated)	12,018 km with a takeoff weight of 107,225 kg
Armament	no barrel armament 12,000 kg drop ammunition	ten 23 mm cannons in the stern, on and under the fuselage up to 20,000 kg bombs

literature

• Rudolf Höfling: Tupolev. Aircraft since 1922 . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-613-03459-4 .
• Турбовинтовые самолеты Ту-95 / Ту-114 / Ту-142 / Ту-95МС. Pages 21-47, ISBN 978-5-98734-025-7 .

See also

• List of test aircraft