Beriev Be-10

Infobox Aircraft
name=Beriev Be-10


caption=The prototype Be-10, coded '10 Red'
type=Patrol bomber
manufacturer=Beriev Aircraft Company
designer=
first flight=20 June 1956 [Gordon, Sal'nikov and Zablotskiy 2006, p. 22.]
introduced=
retired=
status=Retired
primary user=Soviet Naval Aviation
more users=
produced=1958-1961
number built=28Gordon, Sal'nikov and Zablotskiy 2006, p. 24.]
unit cost=
variants with their own articles=The Beriev Be-10, (NATO reporting name: Mallow) was built by the Soviet Beriev Aircraft Company in 1961. It was a jet-engined flying boat patrol bomber of all-metal construction with the engines located beneath the wing roots and with splayed-out tailpipes. The deeply streamlined hull was fitted with a small, single-step sea rudder under the air rudder. Spray fences on either side of the bow protected the engine from water intake. 50° swept wings had a marked anhedral angle, with balanced floats attached by short pylons on the wingtips.

The Be-10 is sometimes referred to as the M-10. This designation is believed to apply only to the modified Be-10 that established 12 FAI world records in 1961, coded '40 Yellow'.Gordon, Sal'nikov and Zablotskiy 2006, pp. 34-35.] The M-10 still holds class records for speed and altitude. [ [http://records.fai.org/general_aviation/aircraft.asp?id=780 FAI Records - M-10] ]

The Be-10 first appeared in public when four Be-10s flew over Tushino in 1961, giving the impression that the Be-10 was already in service. However, Beriev was also developing the turboprop-powered Be-12, which was ultimately preferred. The Be-12 was easier to operate and had better endurance, and only a few Be-10s were built. The Be-10 suffered from metal fatigue due to the stress on the airframe from the high-speed takeoffs and landings, together with corrosion.

Operators

;USSR
*Soviet Naval Aviation (AV-MF)

pecifications (Be-10)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=jet
ref="Beriev's Jet Flying Boats" [Gordon, Sal'nikov and Zablotskiy 2006, pp. 21-48.]
crew=3
capacity=
length main=31.45 m
length alt=103 ft 2 in
span main=28,60 m
span alt=93 ft 10 in
height main=10.7 m
height alt=35 ft 1 in
area main=130 m²
area alt=1,400 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main=27,600 kg
empty weight alt=60,900 lb
loaded weight main=45,000 kg
loaded weight alt=99,000 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main=48,500 kg
max takeoff weight alt=106,900 lb

engine (jet)=Lyulka AL-7PB
type of jet=non-afterburning turbojets
number of jets=2
thrust main=71.2 kN
thrust alt=16,000 lbf

max speed main=910 km/h
max speed alt=565 mph
cruise speed main=785 km/h
cruise speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
range main=3,150 km
range alt=2,000 miles
ceiling main=12,500 m
ceiling alt=41,000 ft
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main=
loading alt=
thrust/weight=

guns= 4× 23 mm (0.90 in) Afanas'yev/ Makarov AM-23 cannon. 2 forward firing, and 2 in a radar-controlled tail turret
missiles= Up to 3 RAT-52 torpedoes.
bombs= 12 FAB-250 250 lb bombs or 1 FAB-3000 3,000 bomb.
*Plus anti-shipping mines.

ee also

aircontent
related=*Beriev R-1
similar aircraft=*P6M SeaMaster
lists=* List of seaplanes and flying boats
* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS

References

Notes

Bibliography

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* Yefim Gordon, Andrey Sal'nikov and Aleksandr Zablotskiy (2006) "Beriev's Jet Flying Boats". Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-236-5