Tupolev ANT-2
| Tupolev ANT-2 | |
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 Tupolev ANT-2 |
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| Type: | Experimental airplane |
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| First flight: |
May 26, 1924 |
| Number of pieces: |
5 |
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The Tupolev ANT-2 ( Russian Туполев АНТ-2 ) was the first Soviet aircraft in all-metal construction . It was designed and built by Andrei Tupolew , whose development group was still part of the ZAGI at the time .
history
On May 26, 1924, Nikolai Ivanovich Petrov took off for the first flight with the prototype. The machine was difficult to control and the flight behavior was somewhat unstable, which is why the tail unit had to be enlarged in the course of the test. Although the ANT-2 was not mass-produced due to the general shortage of aluminum and engines in the USSR, it was a milestone in the use of novel materials in Soviet aircraft construction.
The aircraft can be viewed in the Museum of the Russian Air Force in Monino.
construction
The aircraft was a cantilever high- wing aircraft with a triangular fuselage cross-section. Similar to the German Junkers constructions, it had corrugated iron planking. The thick-profile wing had two spars and 26 mesh ribs. The ANT-2 was able to carry two passengers who sat opposite each other in the fuselage. A British Bristol Lucifer engine with 100 hp served as drive .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 2 |
| length | 7.60 m |
| span | 10.45 m |
| height | 2.12 m |
| Wing area | 17.50 m² |
| Empty mass | 523 kg |
| Payload | 313 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 836 kg |
| Wing loading | 47.7 kg / m² |
| Power load | 8.36 kg / hp |
| Engine (s) | an air-cooled 3-cylinder radial engine Bristol "Lucifer" |
| power | 73 kW (approx. 100 PS) |
| Top speed | 170 km / h |
| Landing speed | 78 km / h |
| Rise time | 8.5 min at 1,000 m 48 min at 3000 m |
| Climb performance | 2.4 m / s |
| Summit height | 3000 m |
| Range | 425 km |
See also
literature
- Wilfried Copenhagen , Jochen K. Beeck: The large aircraft type book . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-613-02522-6 , p. 526 .
- Wadim B. Schawrow: On the history of Soviet aircraft construction - experimental constructions 1923-1925 (3) . In: Wolfgang Sellenthin (Ed.): Fliegerkalender der DDR 1978 . Military Publishing House of the GDR , Berlin 1977, p. 170-172 .
- Heinz A. F. Schmidt: Soviet planes . Transpress, Berlin 1971, p. 65 .
