Grigorovich M-5 1915 (Russia)
 
SPECIFICATIONS
Wingspan: 21.65 m ,
length:16.23
m ,
height:
4.82 m,
empty mass:
unknown,
start mass:
13,460 kg
engine:
2 x Klimov M-105 inlines , 1,100 hp,
max speed:
395 km/h
initial climb:
330 m/min.,
ceiling:
7,700 m,
range w/max.fuel:
4,100 km,
armament:
1x 12.7 mm machine guns, 2x 7.62 mm machine guns, 3,000 kg bombs
Crew: 3

  • グリゴロービッチによって設計された飛行艇です。偵察が主任務で2名の乗員が並列に着座します。機体の主構造は木製で主翼等は羽布で覆ってあります。ロシアで大量生産された最初の飛行艇でもあります。バルト海や黒海で作戦に従事し1920年代後期まで運用されました。当時の複葉機の構造(支柱や張り線のようすが良くわかるので他のサイトでは見られないデティールをじっくり観察してください。
 
Grigorovich M-5 (alternative designation ShchM-5, sometimes also Shchetinin M-5) was a successful Russian WW1-era two-bay unequal-span biplane flying boat with a single step hull, designed by Grigorovich. It was the first mass production flying boat built in Russia.
Most of the M-5s served in the Black Sea or in the Baltic, initially with the Imperial Russian naval air arm and later with both sides in the Russian Civil War. Some remained in service until the late 1920's as trainers, reconnaisance and utility aircraft.
 
 
 
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