Ilyushin Il-6

__NOTOC__The Ilyushin Il-6 was a Soviet long-range bomber and torpedo bomber, designed as a replacement to the Ilyushin Il-4 for Soviet naval aviation. It strongly resembled its predecessor, but was larger, had a pressurised crew accommodation for high-level operations, considerable sweepback on the wing leading edge, and was powered by Charomsky ACh-30B engines.

Tests with the original engines began at the factory on August 7 1943, with V.K. Kokkinaki at the controls, and were then continued at the Gromov Flight Research Institute by test pilots A.N. Grinchik and N.S. Rybko.

In mid-1944, the more powerful ACh-30BF motors were installed, but continuing problems with the powerplants led to the cancellation of the whole project, with only a handful being built.

pecifications (Il-6)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop
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crew= one, pilot
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length main= 17.38 m
length alt= 57 ft 0 in
span main= 26.07 m
span alt= 85 ft 6 in
height main= 4.20 m
height alt= 13 ft 9 in
area main= 84.8 m²
area alt= 913 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 11,830 kg
empty weight alt= 26,080 lb
loaded weight main= 16,100 kg
loaded weight alt= 35,500 lb
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engine (prop)= Charomsky ACh-30BF
type of prop= inline diesel engines
number of props=2
power main= 1,400 kW
power alt= 1,900 hp
power original=

max speed main= 464 km/h
max speed alt= 250 knots, 288 mph
cruise speed main=
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never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
stall speed main=
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range main= 5,450 km
range alt= 2,943 nm, 3,390 mi
ceiling main= 7,000 m
ceiling alt= 23,000 ft
climb rate main= 174 m/min
climb rate alt= 570 ft/min
loading main= 190 kg/m²
loading alt= 39 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= 0.18 kW/kg
power/mass alt= 0.11 hp/lb
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armament=
* 3 × 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns
* Up to 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) of bombs or two torpedoes
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References

Notes

Bibliography

* Gordon, Yefim and Khazanov, Dmitri. "Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Volume 2: Twin-Engined Fighters, Attack Aircraft and Bombers". Earl Shilton, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd., 2006. ISBN 1-85780-084-2.
* Nowarra, Heinz J. and Duval, G.R. "Russian Civil and Military Aircraft, 1884-1969". London: Fountain Press Ltd., 1971. ISBN 0-852-42460-4.
* Stapfer, Hans-Heiri. "Ilyushin Il-4 in Action (aircraft number 192)". Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 2004. ISBN 0-89747-471-6.

External links

* http://www.aviation.ru/Il/#6

ee also

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Ilyushin Il-4
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* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
* List of bomber aircraft
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