Ilyushin Il-6
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| Type: | Medium bomber |
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August 7, 1943 |
| Production time: |
1943 to 1944 |
| Number of pieces: |
4th |
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The Ilyushin Il-6 ( Russian Ильюшин Ил-6 ) was a twin-engine Soviet bomber of the Second World War . It was planned as a further development of the Ilyushin Il-4 , which was built in large numbers , but did not go into series production. Four of them were built.
history
Development began in 1942 as a successor to the tried and tested Il-4 . The Il-6 was visually similar to its predecessor, but was a bit larger overall and had two additional weapons on both sides of the fuselage. Two ATsch-30B diesel engines from Tscharomski were used as the drive, followed by two more powerful ATsch-30BFs later . The first flight with Wladimir Kokkinaki at the controls took place on August 7, 1943, but the test was discontinued shortly afterwards because the flight behavior of the machine was extremely unstable and the controls also caused problems. The deficiencies could be remedied after a few tests and the tests were resumed from autumn 1944.
Ultimately, however, it was decided not to transfer the Il-6 into series production, as it could only be used to a limited extent from field airports due to its long take-off and landing routes and the diesel engines still did not work properly.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| span | 26.07 m |
| length | 17.38 m |
| Wing area | 84.80 m² |
| Empty mass | 11,930 kg |
| Takeoff mass | normal 16,100 kg maximum 19,600 kg |
| Engine | two water-cooled 12-cylinder V-engines ATsch-30BF each with 1,900 HP (1,397 kW) starting power |
| Top speed | 400 km / h near the ground 464 km / h at 6,200 m altitude |
| Rise time | 28.7 min at 5,000 m |
| Landing speed | 139 km / h |
| Take-off / landing runway | 730 m / 650 m |
| Range | 2,480 km with maximum bomb load 5,450 km with normal bomb load |
| Summit height | 7,000 m |
| Armament | five movable 20 mm SchWAK cannons |
| Bomb load | maximum 4,500 kg |
| crew | 6th |
The Il-6 attack aircraft
One of the prototypes or a small production batch of the Ilyushin Il-10 attack aircraft also had the abbreviation Il-6.
See also
literature
- Rudolf Höfling: Ilyushin since 1933 . 1st edition. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-613-03604-8 , p. 36/37 .
Web links
- Ильюшин Ил-6. Retrieved October 28, 2016 (Russian, history, photos, and dates).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Konstantin Kosminkow: And they do exist! - First photos of the Ilyushin IL-6 . In: Fliegerrevue . No. 11/1994 , p. 34/35 .