Tupolev Tu-74
Tupolev Tu-74 | |
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Role | High altitude reconnaissance aircraft and bomber |
National origin | USSR |
Manufacturer | Tupolev Design Bureau |
Status | Cancelled |
Primary user | Soviet military |
Produced | 1947 |
Number built | 0 |
Variants | Ilyushin Il-28 Tupolev Tu-73 |
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TheTupolev Tu-74was a proposed aircraft designed by theTupolev Design Bureauin 1947.
History and specifications
[edit]The Tupolev Tu-74 family of planes is often described as the link between the piston and the jet age. The plan proposed producing 72 planes, but instead lost out to a similar aircraft: theIlyushin Il-28.According to the draft design, the aircraft would have had a wingspan of 22.36 m, an aircraft length of 16.35 meters, an aircraft height of 4.9 meters, a wing area of 60.2 square meters, a normal flight weight of 13.5 tons, a flight weight with overload of 15.1 tons, an empty aircraft mass of 10.14 tons, a maximum horizontal flight speed of 620 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 12,200 meters, climb time to 10,000 meters inn 21.4 minutes, a practical ceiling of 13,200 meters, and a flight range of 3,200 kilometers.[1]It would have been fitted with either an M-93 engine or DB-84TK engine. The plane was armed with three NR-23 cannons, one for firing forward with an ammunition of 100 shells and two in two remote installations with an ammunition of 200 shells for the defense of the rear hemisphere.[2]The Tupolev Tu-74 is also known as the Tu-73R as it is a variant highly similar to theTu-73,a preceding design.
References
[edit]- ^"Самолет 74 (Ту-22/Ту-32). ОКБ Туполев. Проект 1946-47г".Альтернативная История(in Russian). 2013-10-31.Retrieved2018-12-05.
- ^"69, 71, 72, 74, 76 ОКБ А.Н.Туполева | MilitaryRussia.Ru — отечественная военная техника (после 1945г.)".militaryrussia.ru.Retrieved2018-12-05.