Nikitin PSN-1

PSN-1
Role	Research aircraft
National origin	USSR
Designer	Vasilii Vasilyevich Nikitin & N.G. Mikhelson
Number built	10

The Nikitin PSN-1 was a piloted glider anti-shipping missile produced in the USSR from 1937.

Development

From 1933 a series of special projects was initiated under the PSN banner (Planer Spetsial'no Naznachenaya - Glider for Special Purposes). A proposal was made by S.F. Valk for a glider anti-shipping bomb with Infra-Red guidance, which was expanded to include DPT (long-range glider torpedo), LTDD (Long-range flying torpedo) and BMP (towed mine glider). To evaluate the Kvant Infra-Red guidance a piloted version was produced as the Nikitin PSN-1. Nikitin and Mikhelson designed a small single-seat monoplane flying boat glider with floats at approx 1/2 span, carrying a torpedo underneath. The PSN-1 was carried aloft by either Tupolev TB-3 or Tupolev TB-7 motherships and released at the appropriate height. At least 10 were built and many of these were flown during trials of the autopilot and the Kvant (Quantum) guidance system.

Specifications (PSN-1)

Data from Gunston, Bill. "Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995". London:Osprey. 1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Wingspan: 18 m (26 ft 3 in)
• Empty weight: 970 kg (2,138 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,000 kg (4,409 lb)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 168 km/h (104 mph)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Fieseler Fi103
• RAE LARYNX
• Henschel Hs 293
  

Related lists

• List of gliders
  

References

• Gunston, Bill. "Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995". London:Osprey. 1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9

External links

• http://www.aviation.ru/Nikitin/