Ilyushin Il-30

The Ilyushin Il-30 was a Soviet turbojet-powered tactical bomber designed as a higher-performance version of the Il-28. It was cancelled before the first prototype was completed.

Development

The Il-30 was a follow-on to the Il-28, although design began on 21 June 1948, before the Il-28 had flown.

The configuration of the Il-30 took the Il-28 as a starting point, but had mid-mounted swept wings with a 35° sweep angle. It was intended to be powered by two new Lyulka TR-3 axial flow turbojet engines with 45.1 kN (10,140 lbf) thrust each in wing-mounted nacelles. Both the fuselage and nacelles were area ruled. The landing gear -- the first bicycle landing gear on a Soviet aircraft -- were housed within the fuselage. Fixed armament was to be six 23 mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannon, two fixed forward and two pairs in dorsal and ventral turrets behind the cockpit. Like most Soviet bombers of the period, it had a glazed nose for a bombardier.

The initial results were favorable, and a full-scale mockup was formally reviewed in March 1949. The prototype was completed by August 1949, but an incident involving the rival swept-wing Tupolev Tu-82 led to delays. By the following year, the Il-30 program had lost momentum as the Ilyushin OKB concentrated on new variants of the Il-28. The Il-30 was formally terminated by government order on 20 August 1950, and the prototype was eventually scrapped.

Although the Il-30 never actually flew, it was the subject of much (misinformed) speculation in the west.

pecifications (estimated)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= jet
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crew= Four
capacity=
length main= 18.0 m
length alt= 59.1 ft
span main= 16.5 m
span alt= 54.2 ft
height main=
height alt=
area main= 100 m²
area alt= 1,076 ft²
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loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main= 37,552 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 82,787 lb
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engine (jet)= Lyulka TR-3
type of jet= turbojet engines
number of jets=2
thrust main= 45 kN
thrust alt= 10,140 lbf
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afterburning thrust main=
afterburning thrust alt=

max speed main= 1,000 km/h
max speed alt= 540 knots, 622 mph
max speed more= at 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
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cruise speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
stall speed main=
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range main= 3,500 km
range alt= 1,890 nm, 2,175 mi
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climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main= 375.5 kg/m²
loading alt= 76.9 lb/ft²
thrust/weight= 0.24:1
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power/mass alt=
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armament=
* 6 × Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 23 mm cannon, two fixed forward, two each in dorsal and ventral turrets
* 4,000 kg (8,820 lb) free-fall bombs
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ee also

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related=
* Ilyushin Il-28
* Ilyushin Il-46
* Hong H-5

similar aircraft=
* Tupolev Tu-28
* Sud-Ouest Vautour

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lists=
* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
* List of bomber aircraft
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