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  • Laville DI-4
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  • Laville DI-4 () was a prototype two-seat fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The chief designer Henri Laville was one of several French aviation specialists invited to work in the Soviet Union and not surprisingly the DI-4 layout was typical of the French trend at the time with a high-mounted gull wing (first for a Soviet aircraft) and all-metal construction. Test flight program was completed in 1933 but despite good performance the aircraft did not enter mass production, in part because Soviet Union had no plans to purchase the Curtiss V-1570 engine.
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loaded weight main
  • 1949.0
number of props
  • 1
length alt
  • 850.9000000000001
span main
  • 13.3 m
power/mass alt
  • 0.140000
more performance
  • 300015.0
Type
  • Fighter
type of prop
  • V12 engine
loading main
  • 82
range alt
  • 270
length main
  • 8.5 m
power alt
  • 600.0
area main
  • 23.9
power main
  • 448.0
span alt
  • 1330.96
range main
  • 500.0
max speed main
  • 266.0
engine (prop)
  • Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror
power/mass main
  • 230
ceiling main
  • 6,440 m
National Origin
empty weight main
  • 1448.0
loaded weight alt
  • 4297.0
area alt
  • 257.3
First Flight
  • 1932-01-04
max speed alt
  • 144
jet or prop?
  • prop
loading alt
  • 17
empty weight alt
  • 3192.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 21129.0
Crew
  • Two
Armament
  • *2× 7.62 mm synchronized PV-1 machine guns *2x 7.62 mm turret-mounted DA machine guns
Number Built
  • One
Designer
  • Henri Laville
ref
  • Shavrov 1985
abstract
  • Laville DI-4 () was a prototype two-seat fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The chief designer Henri Laville was one of several French aviation specialists invited to work in the Soviet Union and not surprisingly the DI-4 layout was typical of the French trend at the time with a high-mounted gull wing (first for a Soviet aircraft) and all-metal construction. Test flight program was completed in 1933 but despite good performance the aircraft did not enter mass production, in part because Soviet Union had no plans to purchase the Curtiss V-1570 engine.