Kalinin K-5

Kalinin K-5 (Russian Калинин К -5) is a Soviet airliner. She came in the 1930s, among others at Aeroflot precursor Dobrolet and the German -Soviet airline Deruluft used. There they replaced along with the ANT -9 until then dominating foreign, mainly German, aircraft models.

Development

The designer Konstantin Alekseevich Kalinin began in 1926 with the development work based on the K -1. From it he took over the typical elliptical Kalinin - wing wooden monoplane in arrangement. The hull consisting of a steel tube structure with a rectangular cross-section. He was planked in the bow area with duralumin and otherwise, as well as the wings covered with fabric. Up to ten passengers could find a place in it. In April 1929, the first flight of the prototype took place. Because of a wing fracture he crashed during the trial, after which the wing structure was revised and strengthened. The serial production began in 1930 and ended in 1934 after 260 machine. The K -5 was equipped with various drives, only with the Bristol Jupiter License motor M -15 ( 335 kW/450 hp), from 1931 with the consequent developed M -22 ( 355 kW/480 hp) and finally the number of motor M 17F ( 544 kW/730 hp ), a license of the BMW VI.

The K-5 flew in part to 1940. A further development of K-6 existed only as a prototype.

Specifications

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• Civilian aircraft type