Tupolev ANT-22

ANT-22 and MK-1
Role	Reconnaissance flying boat
Manufacturer	Tupolev
First flight	1934

The Tupolev ANT-22 (also known as the MK-1) was a large flying boat built in the Soviet Union in 1934. A huge aircraft consisting of two hulls and powered by six engines in three nacelles in a push-pull configuration, it was a follow-up to the ANT-8. Its enormous weight severely crippled its performance; it never got beyond the experimental stage.

Operators

 Soviet Union

• Soviet Naval Aviation

Specifications (ANT-22)

Data from The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995 ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 8
• Length: 24.1 m (79 ft 0¾ in)
• Wingspan: 51.0 m (167 ft 3⅞ in)
• Height: 8.96 ^[2] m (29 ft 4⅔ in)
• Wing area: 304.5 m² (3,278 ft²)
• Empty weight: 21,663 kg (47,758 lb)
• Gross weight: 33,560 kg (73,986 lb)
• Powerplant: 6 × Mikulin M-34R, 612 kW (820 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 233 km/h (145 mph)
• Cruising speed: 180 km/h (112 mph)
• Range: 1,350 km (840 miles)
• Endurance: 7 hours
• Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
• Rate of climb: 1.6^[3] m/s (318 ft/min)

Armament

• 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon (one in left dorsal turret and one in right nose turret)
• 2 × 7.62×54mmR ShKAS machine gun (one in right dorsal turret and one in left nose turret)
• 2 × 7.62×54mmR DA machine guns (one in each tail turret)
• 6,000 kg (13,200 lb) bombs under wing centre section

Notes

1. Gunston 1995, p.398.
2. Duffy and Kandalov 1996, p.208.
3. Climb to 1,000 m (3280 ft): 10.3 min.

References

• Duffy, Paul; Andrei Kandalov (1996). Tupolev The Man and His Aircraft. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-728-X.
• Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.
• Nohara, Shigeru (2007). 日本の飛行艇 (Imperial Japanese Navy Flying Boat). Tokyo: Kojinsha. p. 37. ISBN 978-4-7698-1363-7.