Tupolev I-12

I-12 (ANT-23)
Role Fighter
National origin Soviet Union
Manufacturer Tupolev
Designer Viktor Chernyshov
First flight 1931
Status Retired
Number built One


The Tupolev I-12 (also known as ANT-23) was a prototype Soviet fighter aircraft that never reached production. The I-12 was of unconventional design with twin booms made of water pipes containing recoilless rifles and two engines in a push-pull configuration. The aircraft first flew in 1931 but did not enter production due to disappointing performance and operational difficulties such as the inability for the pilot to escape the aircraft without hitting the propeller arc behind him. The second prototype from Tupolev (designated ANT-23bis) was never completed.[1]

Specifications

Data from Shavrov 1985[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

References

  1. 1 2 Shavrov V.B. (1985). Istoriia konstruktskii samoletov v SSSR do 1938 g. (3 izd.) (in Russian). Mashinostroenie. ISBN 5-217-03112-3.


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