The Grigorovich MR-2 was a long-range reconnaissance flying boat designed by the Grigorovich Design Bureau for the Soviet Navy in the late 1920s.
MR-2 | |
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Role | Reconnaissance flying boat |
Designer | Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich |
First flight | 23 September 1926 |
Primary user | Soviet Navy |
Number built | 1 |
Design
The MR-2 was similar to the MRL-1 but had a more powerful engine and larger upper wing, while the hull design was improved and less expensive materials used in its construction. Flights beginning in September 1926 impressed the MR-2's designers, and state acceptance trials were carried out by VVS pilot F.S.Rastegaev. One flight on October 19, however, ended in disaster when the MR-2 lost stability, and longitudinal oscillations with increasing amplitude resulted in steep dive, causing the aircraft to crash into the water up-side-down.[1]
Specifications
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 56.7 m2 (610 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,770 kg (3,902 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,770 kg (6,107 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine-Dietrich 12E W-12 water-cooled piston engine, 340 kW (450 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 179 km/h (111 mph, 97 kn)
- Endurance: 5 hours
- Service ceiling: 4,200 m (13,800 ft)
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 7.0 minutes
- Wing loading: 49.0 kg/m2 (10.0 lb/sq ft)
Armament
- Guns: 1-2 x machine guns
References
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