TS-62 is a Soviet transport aircraft , created on the basis of the converted American Douglas S-47 , which in turn is a remake of the military transport version of the aircraft based on the passenger DC-3 . The name stands for "transport aircraft", the number 62 in the name means that the aircraft was converted to the Soviet engine ASH-62IR . [one]
| C-47 (prototype TC-62) | |
|---|---|
 C-47 (prototype TC-62) |
A total of 287 aircraft were redone.
TS-62 flew as passenger planes as part of Aeroflot airline in the late forties throughout the first half of the fifties of the twentieth century [2] , were also used as transport aircraft , in particular, some TS-62 aircraft were part of the 36th transport detachment, based in Norilsk from 08/04/1950 and reorganized in 1952 into 128 OJSC. Known number of one car: 1098.
Content
Technical characteristics of the ASh-62IR engine [3]
| Dimensions, mm: length diameter | 1328 1380 |
| Number of cylinders | 9 |
| Cylinder displacement, l | 29.87 |
| Compression ratio | 6.4 |
| Dry weight, kg | 579 |
| Power, h.p .: take-off rated near the ground rated at a height of 1500 m | 1000 820 840 |
| Crankshaft rotation frequency, rpm: minimal maximum | 550 2350 |
| Specific fuel consumption, kg / hp · h | - |
Flight performance
TS-62 is a rework of the American S-47, with the difference that instead of an imported engine, a domestic ASH-62IR was installed on it, the production and delivery of which was much easier than obtaining imported spare parts. The basic flight characteristics of the aircraft did not receive significant changes.
Maximum speed : 369 km / h
Cruising speed : 260 km / h
· Normal flight range: 2600 km
· Maximum flight range: 6100 km
· Practical ceiling : 7300 m
Accidents involving TS-62
On December 23, 1948, in the vicinity of Vnukovo Airport, the TS-62 aircraft collided in the sky with another aircraft, the Il-12. As a result of the disaster, 12 people died. Board number of the crashed in this crash TS-62 USSR-L861. At the same time, on board the TS-62 there were four crew members, four more people also made up the flight crew, flying from shift to rest. [four]
December 30, 1948 near Minsk crashed aircraft TS-62 with tail number USSR-L1017, flying Minsk to Moscow in order to distill the aircraft. Three people from the crew died, one was able to survive, there were no passengers on board. [five]
On October 5, 1952, the TS-62 collided with an IL-2 aircraft over Gatchina near Leningrad. The disaster killed 31 people. The side number of the TS-62 aircraft that fell into this catastrophe was USSR-L1055. [6]
Links
- ↑ TS-62 AND TS-82 - AIRCRAFT (Russian) (neopr.) ? . Date of treatment June 8, 2019.
- ↑ The use of S-47 and TS-62 in the Soviet Union .
- ↑ ASH-62 (M-62) . aviaros.narod.ru. Date of treatment June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Collision over Vnukov (1948) (Russian) // Wikipedia. - 2018-11-04.
- ↑ Catastrophe TS-62 near Minsk (Russian) // Wikipedia. - 2018-03-06.
- ↑ Collision over Leningrad (1952) (Russian) // Wikipedia. - 2017-12-04.