Ilyushin Il-46
The Ilyushin Il-46 was a jet-engined bomber produced in the USSR during 1951-2, as the result of a directive to redesign the Il-42 project (half the drawings had already been completed). The revised specification was for an aircraft with twice the range and 1 1/2 times the bomb load, with a prototype ready to be submitted for state acceptance trials in July 1952. The Ilyushin design bureau set about designing two versions of the same aircraft, the straight-wing (Il-46) and the swept-wing (Il-46S), with as much as possible common to both aircraft. To meet the schedule for state acceptance trials Ilyushin built only the straight-wing version, fearing that the design, manufacture and flying characteristics of the swept-wing aircraft might cause delays.
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- Manufacturer
- Ilyushin
- Category
- Bombers
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- First flight
- 1952-03-03
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 458 kt
- Max speed
- 458 kt
- Range
- 2,616 nm
- Service ceiling
- 41,700 ft
- Rate of climb
- 2,412 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 115,597 lb
- Empty weight
- 57,991 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × Lyul'ka AL-5
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 3
- Length
- 83.1 ft
- Wingspan
- 95.1 ft
- Number built
- 1
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.