Nikitin NV-5
| NV-5 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Trainer
|
| National origin | USSR
|
| Manufacturer | Nikitin |
| Designer | Vasilii Vasilyevich Nikitin |
| First flight | Early 1937 |
| Number built | 15 (maybe more) |
The Nikitin NV-5, was a tandem-seat trainer aircraft designed and produced in the
Development
In 1934
The NV-5 won the Osavaiakhim/ AVIAVnito competition in 1937 and was prepared for production, as the U-5, for Osaviakhim and UVVS. One U-5 was modified with a ShKAS machine gun under the starboard wing and four under-wing RS-82 rockets.
The most significant variant of the U-5 was the LSh (Legkii Shtabno – light staff aircraft), built in 1942 at the request of the Moscow Defence HQ, this aircraft was used operationally on liaison and special missions from Leningrad to the Caucasus mountains. With a much more powerful MG-31F engine, Polikarpov I-153 upper wing, enclosed cabin, toughened rear cockpit with bench seating for two and aluminium lining, the LSh had excellent STOL and range performance.
Variants
- NV-5 - Initial prototype with licence built Renault MV-4engine.
- NV-5bis – Shvetsov MG-11Fpowered NV-5. (one built)
- U-5 – Prototype and four production aircraft with Shvetsov M-11Gengines. (Five built)
- U-5 bis – Five built 1939 for UVVS with Shvetsov MG-11Fengines
- LSh – One LSh built in 1942 (a.k.a. U-5/MG-31) with a 330 hp (246.01 kW) MG-31F.
Units using this aircraft/Operators (choose)
- UVVS - Soviet Air Force Training
- Osavaiakhim
- (LSh) - Moscow Defence HQ
Specifications (U-5)
Data from Gunston, Bill. "Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995". London:Osprey. 1995.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 7.62 m (25 ft 2.33 in)
- Wingspan: 9.84 m (32 ft 3.5 in)
- Wing area: 25.53 m2 (275 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 711 kg (1,567.49 lb)
- Gross weight: 974 kg (2,147.3 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × M-11G , 85.75 kW (115 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 181 km/h (112.47 mph, 97.73 kn)
- Endurance: 3 hours
- Rate of climb: 5.55 m/s (1,093.6 ft/min)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
- Polikarpov U-2/Po-2
- Avro Avian
- de Havilland D.H. 82a Tiger Moth
Related lists
References
- Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9