Sukhoi Su-10
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| Su-10 | |
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 Drawing of Su-10 prototype |
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| Type | Bomber |
| Manufacturer | Sukhoi |
| Maiden flight | Did not fly |
| Status | Prototype only |
| Number built | 1 |
Sukhoi Su-10 or Samolet E (Russian: Aircraft E) was a prototype Soviet turbojet-powered bomber built shortly after World War II.
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[edit] Development
In 1947, OKB Sukhoi devised a jet-powered day bomber. Due to a lack of sufficiently powerful engines, the aircraft had an unusual arrangement with two jet engines in pods stacked above and below each wing (the original design had called for six Junkers Jumo 004 engines, four in the wings and two in the fuselage under the cockpit). The aircraft had conventional unswept wings and tailplane, although the tail fin was swept at 45°. Ailerons and elevators were hydraulically boosted. For defense, Su-10 was fitted with two cannon-equipped turrets.[1]
The sole prototype was completed in late 1947 and the project was abandoned in 1948 with no flights made.[1]
[edit] Specifications (Su-10)
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: Four (pilot, navigator, gunner-observer, gunner-radioman)
- Length: 19.55 m (64 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 20.60 m (67 ft 6 in)
- Height: ()
- Wing area: 71.3 m² (767.4 ft²)
- Empty weight: 13 435 kg (29,620 lb)
- Useful load: 7 700 kg (16,980 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 21 140 kg (46,600 lb)
- Powerplant: 4× Lyulka TR-1A turbojets, 14.7 kN (3,305 lbf) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 850 km/h (460 knots, 530 mph) at altitude
- Range: 1 500 km (810 nm, 930 mi)
- Service ceiling 12 000 m (39,370 ft)
- Wing loading: 297 kg/m² (60.8 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.29
Armament
- 4x 20 mm Berezin B-20 cannon (one forward-firing, one in upper turret, two in tail turret)
- Up to 4 000 kg (8,820 lb) of bombs
[edit] References
- Shavrov V.B. (1994). Istoriia konstruktskii samoletov v SSSR, 1938-1950 gg. (3 izd.). Mashinostroenie. ISBN 5217004770.
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