Tupolev ANT-35
The Tupolev PS -35 (Russian Туполев ПС -35) is a Soviet airliner of the 1930s. The name stands for " Passaschirski samoljot " (Russian Пассажирский самолет ) passenger aircraft. The default name is ANT -35 ( АНТ - 35). Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev after, the head of the design office
Development
Developed in 1935, the aircraft was to create a release pattern for the PS-9. It was designed by the Tupolev employed by Alexander Alexandrovich Archangelski. He based his project on his bomber design SB-2, of which he took on the form of the suspension and stabilizer. The fuselage, he constructed but entirely new. In contrast to PS-9, which had a corrugated iron cell, the PS -35 was a more modern hull fairing with smooth metal. The drive took two French Gnome -Rhône 14K radial engines use, later they were replaced by native M -85. The production models were each given two M- 62IR. On August 20, 1936, the first flight of the prototype took place. Four days later, the public presentation was made on the air parade in Tushino.
The PS -35 was only built in a small series of nine aircraft, since they are required for their time represented a remarkably advanced design, however, was not originally designed for the required number of 20 passengers. The Soviet Union therefore acquired the license rights of the American DC-3 and developed it as a Li -2.
The use of PS -35 was as fast passenger aircraft in Aeroflot 's domestic transport routes. After the outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, the PS -35 were used as liaison aircraft or means of transport for high-ranking personalities.
On September 25, 1936 Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov and the navigator Sergei Danilin reached with a PS- 35 on the route Moscow - Leningrad - Moscow an average speed of 348 km / h The temporary flown top speed was 400 km / h
Technical Description
The PS - 35 is a cantilever low- wing monoplane of all-metal semi- monocoque fuselage with oval cross-section. The passenger cabin is acoustically and thermally insulated and heated. The supporting surface is made of three parts and is connected to two struts to the hull. A special feature of the flaps extend continuously under the fuselage. The tail is also made of metal in a cantilever normal construction. The main landing gear will retract into the rear engine cars, the wheels semi- protrude. The tail wheel is rigid.