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Name this plane...

Postby Wing Nut » Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:37 pm

I hope you can, because all I know is it's Russian and from WWI...

Oh, and in Russian, the name is:

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Anyone know of a good Russian to English translator?
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Re: Name this plane...

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:38 am

Gosh that is a bit easy Kevin!!!
ANT-5/I-4 - (first aircraft Sukhoy designed)
ANT-5 was a prototype of I-4 sesquiplane single-seat fighter. I-4 differed from ANT-5 by redesigned (to decrease drag) engine howling, added rocket launchers on upper wing and increased tailfin. The lower wing was nothing more than an attachment for the wing struts; it was (almost) removed in the second series (I-4bis), used as a parasite fighter in Zveno experiments with TB-3 bomber. The I-4 was the first Soviet all metal fighter. One 480hp M-22. 369 were built.
A good page on it is http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/i-4.html
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