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  • Tupolev I-12
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  • The Tupolev I-12 (also known as ANT-23) was a prototype Soviet fighter aircraft that never reached production. 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, designated ANT-23bis was never completed.
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loaded weight main
  • 2400.0
number of props
  • 2
length alt
  • 949.96
span main
  • 15.6 m
power/mass alt
  • 0.200000
Status
  • Retired
Type
  • Fighter
type of prop
  • radial engines
loading main
  • 80
length main
  • 9.5 m
power alt
  • 525.0
area main
  • 30.0
power main
  • 392.0
span alt
  • 1559.56
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 300.0
engine (prop)
power/mass main
  • 326
National Origin
loaded weight alt
  • 5291.0
area alt
  • 322.9
max speed alt
  • 162
jet or prop?
  • prop
loading alt
  • 16
plane or copter?
  • plane
Crew
  • 1
Armament
  • *2 × 76.2 mm APK recoilless rifles
Number Built
  • One
Designer
ref
  • Shavrov 1985
abstract
  • The Tupolev I-12 (also known as ANT-23) was a prototype Soviet fighter aircraft that never reached production. 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, designated ANT-23bis was never completed.