The Tu-107 is a prototype of the Soviet military transport aircraft based on the Tu-104 . A special feature of the aircraft was the loading ramp and it was intended for transporting light vehicles, artillery installations or up to 70 paratroopers . The only prototype was successfully tested, but never entered mass production.
| "107" / Tu-107 | |
|---|---|
 Tu-107 | |
| Type of | military transport aircraft |
| Developer |  OKB Tupolev |
| Manufacturer | Plant number 166 (built) Plant number 22 (converted) |
| First flight | 1958 |
| End of operation | 1960s |
| Status | not exploited |
| Units produced | one |
| Basic model | Tu-104A |
Performance characteristics
The data presented Tu-107 . Data source: Arsenyev, 2000.
- Specifications
- Crew : 6
- Passenger capacity: up to 100 soldiers or 70 skydivers
- Loading capacity : 10,000 kg
- Length : 38.85 m
- Wing Span: 34.54 m
- Height : 11.53 m
- Wing area: 174.4 m²
- Weight empty: 43 000 kg
- Maximum take-off weight : 76,000 kg
- The mass of fuel in the internal tanks: 25 000 kg
- Powerplant: 2 × TRD RD-3M-500
- Thrust : 2 × 93.2 kN 9,500 kgf
- Flight performance
- Maximum speed: 972 km / h at 5,650 m
- Cruising speed : 750-800 km / h
- Practical range: 2 740 km
- Practical ceiling : 11,200 m
- Takeoff run: 1,970 m
- Mileage: 1,850 m
- Armament
- Gun-gun: 2 × 23 mm AM-23 cannons in the aft installation DK-7T
Literature
- Ye. V. Arsenyev and others. Chapter 6. The aircraft of the design bureau of A.N. Tupolev // History of aircraft designs in the USSR 1951-1965. - M: Mechanical Engineering, 2000.
- Gordon Y. and Rigmant V. OKB Tupolev. A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft. - Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing, 2005. - P. 224-225. - 368 p. - ISBN 1-85780-214-4 .