Tupolev Tu-4 - Specifications (Tu-4)

Specifications (Tu-4)

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General characteristics

• Crew: 11
• Length: 30.179 m (99 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 43.047 m (141 ft 3 in)
• Height: 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 161.7 m2 (1,741 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 11.5
• Empty weight: 36,850 kg (81,240 lb)
• Gross weight: 47,850 kg (105,491 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 55,600 kg (122,577 lb) – 63,600 kg (140,214 lb)
• Powerplant: 4 × Shvetsov ASh-73TK 18-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,790 kW (2,400 hp) each
• Propellers: 4-bladed V3-A3 or V3B-A5, 5.06 m (16 ft 7 in) diameter

Performance

• Maximum speed: 558 km/h (347 mph; 301 kn) at 10,250 m (33,629 ft)
• Range: 5,400 km (3,355 mi; 2,916 nmi) at 3,000 m (9,843 ft) with 63,600 kg (140,214 lb) take-off weight including 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) of bombs and 10% fuel reserves
• Service ceiling: 11,200 m (36,745 ft)
• Rate of climb: 4.6 m/s (910 ft/min) at 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
• Time to altitude: 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 18.2 minutes
• Wing loading: 400 kg/m² (82 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.11 kW/kg

Armament

• Guns:
  
• 10 × 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 aircraft cannon, two cannon in each of the four turrets and two cannon in the tail barbette
• Missiles:
  
• 2 × KS-1 Komet standoff missiles (Tu-4K only; these anti-ship missiles resembled a scaled-down MiG-15)
• Bombs:
  
• 6 × 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) bombs

or

• 1 x RDS-1, RDS-3 or RDS-5 nuclear fission bomb (Tu-4A only)