Beriev Be-6

Infobox Aircraft
name=Beriev Be-6


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type=Maritime reconnaissance and patrol aircraft
manufacturer=Beriev OKB
designer=
first flight=1950s
introduced=
retired=Late 1960s
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primary user=Soviet Navy
more users=
produced=1949-????
number built=
unit cost=
variants with their own articles=The Beriev Be-6 (NATO reporting name: Madge) was an all-metal flying boat produced by the Soviet Beriev OKB. It was a gull winged aircraft with twin oval vertical stabilizers on top of a deep fuselage. This flying boat was capable of accomplishing a wide variety of missions, such as long range maritime reconnaissance, coastal and supply line patrols, torpedo/bombing strikes, mine-laying, and transport operations.

The aircraft was built in 1949. Since requirements of naval aircraft do not change rapidly, the reliable Be-6 stayed in service until the late 1960s. Some aircraft ended service as civil unarmed transports in Arctic regions.

Operators

;PRC
*People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force;USSR
*Soviet Naval Aviation

pecifications (Be-6)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
ref=Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft Cite book
author=Gunston, Bill
authorlink =Bill_Gunston
title=The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft from 1875 - 1995
publisher=Osprey Aerospace
year=1995
id= ISBN 1-85532-405-9

crew=
span main=33 m
span alt=110 ft
length main=23.5 m
length alt=77 ft 1 in
height main= 7.64 m
height alt= 25 ft 1 in
area main= 120 m²
area alt= 1292ft²
empty weight main=18,827 kg
empty weight alt=41,506 lb
loaded weight main=23,456kg
loaded weight alt= 51,711lb)
* Landing weight: 20,928 kg (46,138 lb)
max takeoff weight main=29,000 kg
max takeoff weight alt=64,000 lb

engine (prop)=Shvetsov ASh-73TK
type of prop=radial engines
number of props=2
power main=1,800 kW
power alt=2,400 hp

max speed main=414 km/h
max speed alt=218 knots, 257 mph
max speed more=at 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
cruise speed main=280 km/h
cruise speed alt=173 mph
cruise speed more=at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
* Landing speed: 147 km/h (79 knots, 97 mph)
range main=5,000 km
range alt=2,700 knots, 3,100 mi
ceiling main=6,100 m
ceiling alt=20,000 ft
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main=
loading alt=
power/mass main=
power/mass alt=

guns=5× 23 mm (0.906 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannon in 3 remotely-controlled turrets
bombs=
** General ordnance, "or"
** 2× 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) torpedoes, "or"
** 8 mines

References