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NATO reporting name: Badger
Side “50 Red”
Factory number: 1880802
Exhibit of the Air Force Museum (Monino): since November 16, 1967
Total flight time: 562 hours 48 minutes, performed 218 landings.
The Tu-16 medium-range jet bomber is an all-metal construction cantilever monoplane with a mid-wing sweep wing, a single-keel sweep empennage and a tricycle landing gear. The Tu-16 fuselage is an all-metal semi-monocoque with stressed skin.
The first flight of the aircraft took place in 1952 and was put into service in 1954. A total of 1507 aircraft produced (all modifications and prototypes). The Tu-16 remained in service until 1993, and then was completely withdrawn from service.
The aircraft has two AM-3 type gas turbine engines with a maximum thrust of 8750 kgf each (since 1958, more powerful RD-3M engines with a thrust of 9.520 kgf were installed, later improved by RD-3M-500 with a thrust of 9.520 kgf). They are placed in nacelle on the sides of the fuselage, built into the center section. Fuel is located in the wing and fuselage. Full refueling of the fuel system is 43.800 liters (37.230 kg), with a normal takeoff weight of 72.000 kg, the maximum fuel refueling is 34.360 kg.
The armament of the Tu-16 consists of offensive - bombing and defensive. The normal bomb load is 3.000kg, the maximum load is 9.000 kg. Cannon armament consists of 7 AM-23 cannons of 23 mm caliber, two each in dorsal and ventral remote turrets and manned tail turret, with the occasional addition of one fixed forward in the nose (guns are controlled by remote electrical control).
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Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | OKB Tupolev |
| COUNTRY |
Russia
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| TYPE |
Medium range bomber
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| CREW | 6 |
| POWER-PLANT | Two turbojet engines RD-3M-500 |
| Thrust, kgf | 2x9.520 |
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DIMENSIONS
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Length, m
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34,80 |
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Height, m
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9,85 |
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Wing span, m
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32,99 |
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Wing area, m2
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164,65 |
| WEIGHT | |
| Maximum take-off, kg | 77.150 |
| Normal take-off, kg | 55.000 |
| Empty aircraft, kg | 37.200 |
| Internal fuel, l (kg) | 48.800 (37.230) |
| - with a normal takeoff weight of 72.000 kg, kg | 34.360 |
| Warload, kg | |
| - in standard configuration | 3.000 |
| - maximum | 9.000 |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Maximum speed, km/h | |
| - at a high altitude of 10.000 m | 938 |
| - at a height of 6,250 m | 992 |
| Cruising speed, km/h | 850 |
| Range, km | 5.760 |
| Combat range, km | 3.150 |
| Service ceiling, m | 12.800 |
| Runway, m | 1.500-1.800 |
| Maximum overload, g | - |
| ARMAMENT | Seven 23 mm AM-23 guns in turrets directed by aircraft radar in dorsal and ventral fuselage positions. Transportation of aerial bombs, FAB-500, FAB-9000 as well as nuclear weapons, in the internal compartment and on the external pylons (air-to-surface missile, anti-ship missiles). |
Photos Tu-16 Badger
