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Yatsenko I 28

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Top speed
  
576 km/h

Length
  
8.54 m

Wingspan
  
9.6 m

First flight
  
June 10, 1939

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The Yatsenko I-28 was a 1930s Soviet single-seat fighter designed by Vladmir Yatsenko and first flown in 1939. The I-28 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of mixed construction powered by a 900 hp (671 kW) Tumansky M-87 radial piston engine. It had an enclosed single-seat cockpit with a rearwards sliding canopy. The wing had an inverted-gull shape to reduce the length of the retractable main landing legs. The prototype was destroyed shortly after the first flight but an order was placed for 30 production aircraft. Also ordered was a prototype of an attack version, the I-28Sh. Although the first five production aircraft were completed the programme was cancelled in early 1940.

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Variants

I-28.1
First prototype powered by a Tumansky M-87A radial engine.
I-28.2
Second prototype powered by a Tumansky M-87B radial engine.
I-28
Production variant, canceled.
I-28Sh
Proposed attack variant, not built.

Specifications (I.28-2)

Data from The History of Soviet Aircraft from 1918

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 16.5 m2 (178 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 1850 kg (4079 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2720 kg (5997 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Tumansky M-87B radial piston engine, 820 kW (1100 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 576 km/h (359 mph)
  • Range: 800 km (497 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 10800 m (35600 ft)
    • Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

    Polikarpov I-180

    References

    Yatsenko I-28 Wikipedia
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