Bartini
RGSR
strategic reconnaissance
Tsybin and Bartini RGSP - projects which stemmed from the RSR, also dating from 1957. This too would have been water-based, with a planing bottom, engines moved above the wings to avoid the spray (minimised by the down-angled water fins), and with the external tanks serving as wingtip buoyancy bodies. This version was not equipped for airfield landings.
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Design | R.L.Bartini, OKB-256 P.V.Tsybin |
| Type | RGSR |
| Project | 1957/58 |
| Function | strategic reconnaissance |
| Crew | 1 |
| Dimensions & Weight | |
| Length, m | 26,7 (27,6) |
| Wing Span, m | 8,5 (9,75) |
| Overall height, m | 7,5 |
| Power-plant | |
| Engines | 2 Turbojet A-30 |
| Performance (project) | |
| Max. speed, km/h | 2000 |
References and Credits:
- «To it to be a rocket» / I.Afanasyev, V.Bobkov. «Ace» 1/1993 /
- «Outstripped time» / V.Maksimovsky. «Air Fleet Herald». 6/96 /
- «Bombers» / V.Il'in, M.Levin, 1997 /