Tupolev ANT-22
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|name=ANT-22 (MK-1) |image=Tupolev ANT-22.jpg |image_size=300 |caption= }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type=Reconnaissance flying boat |manufacturer=Tupolev |designer= |first flight=8 August 1934 |introduced= |retired= |status= |primary user= |more users= |produced= |number built=1 |variants with their own articles= }} |
The Tupolev ANT-22 (also known as the MK-1) was a large flying boat built in the Soviet Union in 1934. A huge aircraft consisting of two hulls and powered by six engines in three nacelles in a push-pull configuration, it was based on the ANT-11, which was never built.{{cite web |title=ANT-11, A.N.Tupolev / History of aircraft construction in the USSR, vol. 1, p. 381 - ISBN 5-217-02528-X|url=http://www.ram-home.com/ram-old/ant-11.html |website=Russian Aviation Museum |access-date=15 June 2018}} Its enormous weight severely crippled its performance, and it never proceeded beyond the experimental stage.
Operators
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Specifications (ANT-22)
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|ref=The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995 Gunston 1995, p.398.
|prime units? = met
|crew=eight
|length m=24.1
|length ft=79
|length in=0.75
|span m=51.0
|span ft=167
|span in=3.88
|height m=8.96
|height note=Duffy and Kandalov 1996, p.208.|height ft=29
|height in=4.67
|wing area sqm=304.5
|wing area sqft=3,278
|empty weight kg=21,663
|empty weight lb=47,758
|gross weight kg=33,560
|gross weight lb=73,986
|eng1 number=6
|eng1 name=Mikulin M-34R
|eng1 kw=612
|eng1 hp=820
|max speed kmh=233
|max speed mph=145
|cruise speed kmh=180
|cruise speed mph=112
|range km=1,350
|range miles=840
|endurance=7 hours
|ceiling m=3,500
|ceiling ft=11,500
|climb rate ms=1.6
|climb rate note=Climb to 1,000 m (3280 ft): 10.3 min.|climb rate ftmin=318
|armament = *2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon (one in left dorsal turret and one in right nose turret)
- 2 × 7.62×54mmR ShKAS machine gun (one in right dorsal turret and one in left nose turret)
- 2 × 7.62×54mmR DA machine guns (one in each tail turret)
- 6,000 kg (13,200 lb) bombs under wing centre section
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Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last= Duffy|first=Paul |author2=Andrei Kandalov |title=Tupolev The Man and His Aircraft |year= 1996|publisher= Airlife|location= Shrewsbury, UK|isbn=1-85310-728-X }}
- {{cite book|last= Gunston|first= Bill|author-link= Bill Gunston|title=The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995 |year=1995 |publisher= Osprey|location=London |isbn= 1-85532-405-9}}
- {{Cite book|author=Nohara, Shigeru|author-link =Shigeru Nohara|title=日本の飛行艇 (Imperial Japanese Navy Flying Boat)|publisher=Kojinsha |location=Tokyo|year=2007|pages=37|isbn= 978-4-7698-1363-7}}
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{{Soviet miscellaneous aircraft designations}}
Category:1930s Soviet patrol aircraft
Category:Six-engined push-pull aircraft
Category:Twin-fuselage aircraft