Tupolev ANT-10
ANT-10 / R-7 | |
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Role | Reconnaissance/Light bomber Type of aircraft |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Tupolev |
First flight | 30 January 1930 |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | Tupolev R-3 |
The Tupolev ANT-10 (also known as the R-7) was a prototype single-engined light bomber/reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. Only a single example was built, the Polikarpov R-5 being preferred.
Development and design
In 1928, the design bureau led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov produced the R-5 to replace the R-1, an unlicensed copy of the Airco DH.9A, which was the Soviet Union's standard light reconnaissance aircraft/bomber. As a response, the design bureau led by Andrei Tupolev produced a rival replacement for the R-1, based on Tupolev's earlier Tupolev R-3. Like the R-3, the new design, the ANT-10 was a single-engined sesquiplane with a duralumin structure, but with a much larger upper wing (based on that of the I-4 fighter). Like the R-5, it was powered by an imported BMW VI engine. It could carry 500 kg (1,100 lb) of bombs in an internal bomb-bay.[1]
The ANT-10 (which received the Soviet Air Force designation R-7) made its first flight on 30 January 1930,[2] but its performance was little better than the R-5, while the R-5's wooden structure was advantageous at a time of metal shortages. The type was therefore abandoned later in the year in favour of the R-5.[2]
Specifications
Data from Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Length: 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
- Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 49 m2 (530 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,720 kg (3,792 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,920 kg (6,437 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × BMW VI water-cooled V12 engine, 370 kW (500 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 235 km/h (146 mph, 127 kn)
- Range: 1,100 km (680 mi, 590 nmi)
- Endurance: 5 hours [4]
- Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
- Time to altitude: 3.1 minutes to 1,000 m (3,280 ft)[4]
Armament
- Guns: 2× PV-1 machine guns
- Bombs: 500 kg (1,100 lb)
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Notes
References
- Duffy, Paul and Andrei Kandalov. Tupolev,: The Man and His Aircraft. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1-85310-728-X.
- Gunston, Bill. The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London:Osprey, 1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.
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