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 |
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.
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]
Data from [2]
General characteristics
Performance
Armament
MR-2 | |
---|---|
Role | Reconnaissance flying boat |
Designer | Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich |
First flight | 23 September 1926 |
Primary user | Soviet Navy |
Number built | 1 |
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.
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]
Data from [2]
General characteristics
Performance
Armament