Polikarpov I-16 - Specifications (I-16 Type 24)

Specifications (I-16 Type 24)

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General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 6.13 m (20 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Height: 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 14.5 m² (156.1 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,490 kg (3,285 lb)
• Loaded weight: 1,941 kg (4,279 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 2,095 kg (4,619 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov M-63 supercharged air-cooled radial engine, 820 kW (1,100 hp) driving a two-blade propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 525 km/h (283 kn, 326 mph) at 3,000 m (9,845 ft)
• Range: 700 km (378 nmi, 435 mi (with drop tanks))
• Service ceiling: 9,700 m (31,825 ft)
• Rate of climb: 14.7 m/s (2,900 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 134 kg/m² (27 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 346 W/kg (0.21 hp/lb)
  
• Time to altitude: 5.8 minutes to 5,000 m (16,405 ft)

Armament

• 2 × fixed forward-firing 7.62 mm (0.30 in) ShKAS machine guns in upper cowling
• 2 × fixed forward-firing 20 mm (0.79 in) ShVAK cannons in the wings
• 6 × unguided RS-82 rockets or up to 500 kg (1,102 lb) of bombs