IL-28 front-line bomber

Maly STORY

The Il-28 aircraft – according to NATO classification – “Beagle” – the first Soviet front-line bomber with turbojet engines, mass-produced.

The first flight of a machine with English engines Nene (“Nin”) from Rolls-Royce took place on July 8, 1948.

On August 8, 1949, the aircraft with new VK-1 engines passed tests, and soon its serial production began. The bomber could carry an atomic bomb. In total, about 6,000 planes were produced.

The aircraft were equipped with VK-1 (RD-45) engines – the first Soviet turbojet engines produced in series. The engine was developed on the basis of the British Nene Rolls-Royce, the drawings of which were sold to the USSR with the condition not to use it for military purposes. But….

By the end of the 50s, the Il-28 began to be removed from service. Airplanes were used to make radio-controlled flying targets or shot at firing ranges. Most of the cars were simply crushed by tanks or bulldozers right in the parking lot, moreover, along with the equipment.

Specification

Crew, people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Wingspan, m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.45
Length, m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.65
Height, m ​​ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7
Wing area, sq.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8
Empty aircraft weight, kg . . . . . 12890
Normal takeoff weight, kg . . . . 18400
Maximum takeoff weight, kg . . 23200
Maximum speed, km/h . . . . . . . . . 906
Cruising speed, km/h . . . . . . . . . . .700
Range of action, km. . . . . . . . . . . 2400
Ceiling, m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12500


Model

This model was built by me in 1976. At the time, Maly Modelarz magazine was the only subscription publication for paper models. It was a bright spot in everyday life. Therefore, any model, and even more so an aircraft, was a long-awaited event, even despite the frankly low quality of some of them. The magazine was addressed to teenagers of the Soviet Bloc.
This is how this simple model was born.


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