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I-16 type 10
Fighter
Polikarpov


The I-16 type 10 from a 70-th Wing, Halhin Huol, summer 1939

  

I-16 Polikarpov
type 4 type 5 type 10 type 17 type 18 type 24 type 29
Year 1935 1936 1938 1938 1938 1939 1940
Dimensions
Wing span, m 9.000 9.000 9.004 9.004 9.004 9.004 9.004
Height, m 3.250 3.250 3.250 3.250 3.250 3.250 3.218
Length, m 5.860 5.985 6.074 6.074 6.074 6.130 6.130
Wing area, m²   14.54 14.54 14.54 14.54 14.54 14.54
Powerplant
Engine Ì-22 Ì-25À Ì-25 Ì-25Â Ì-62 Ì-63 Ì-63
Power, hp h.p. 480 730 750 750 800 900 900
at altitude, m 0 2400 2900 2900 4500 4500 4500
Weight, kg
Wing load, kg/m² 93.1 103,5 118 124 125,5 129 130
Loaded weight, kg 1354 1508 1716 1810 1830 1882 1940
Empty weight, kg - 1118.5 1327 1425.5 1433.5 1382 1496.5
Performance
Maximum speed, km/h at sea level 362 390 398 385 413 410 427
at altitude 346 445 448 425 461 462 463
m 3000 2700 3160 2700 4400 4700 2000
Time to 3000m, min 4.4 4.0/3400 3.4 4.36 2.9 3.4 3.2
Time to 5000m, min 9.9 7.7/5400 6.9 8.9 5.4 6.0 5.55
Time of turn, sec 12-14 14-15 16-18 17-18 17 17-18 17-9
Service ceiling, m 7440 9100 8470 8240 9300 9700 9950
Service range, km 680 540 525 417 485 440 -
Armament
Machine guns ShKAS 2 2 4 2 4 4 2
Cannon ShVAK - - - 2 - - 2


References
  • "The history of designs of planes in USSR 1938-1950" /Vadim Shavrov/
  • "The planes of Stalin falcons" /Konstantin Kosminkov and Dmitriy Grinyuk/
  • "Fighter I-16" /Mikhail Maslov/
  • "The Soviet planes" /Alexander Yakovlev/




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