Putilov Stal-2

Stal-2
Stal-2
Role passenger
National origin USSR
Manufacturer GAZ-81[1]
Designer OOS
First flight 11th October 1931[1]
Primary user Aeroflot)
Number built 111
Variants Stal-3

The Stal-2 was a Russian mid-range passenger aircraft.[1]

Contents

Development and design

The Stal-2 was designed by the OOS (Otdel Opytnogo Samolyetostroeniya - section for experimental aircraft construction), the part of the NII GVF (Nauchno-issledovatel'sky Institut Grazdahnskovo Vozdushnogo Flota - civil air fleet scientific research institute), and built at Tushino GAZ-81 (Gosudarstvenny Aviatsionnyy Zavod – Tushino state aviation factory). It was a high-wing braced monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and passenger cabin, constructed of Enerzh-6 stainless steel. Trial flights began in 1931, but due to the experimental technology being used in its design and construction, production did not begin until 1934. 111 were produced before being replaced, on the production line, in 1935 by the Stal-3.[2] The prototype was powered by an imported Wright J-6, early production aircraft used Bessonov M-26 engines with the bulk of production using Nazarov MG-31 engines.[1]
In 1934 the plane has been shown on the 14th Paris Air Show.

Variants

Operators

 Soviet Union

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. ISBN 1 85532 405 9
  2. ^ http://ram-home.com/ram-old/stal-2.html
  • History of aircraft construction in the USSR, V.B.Shavrov; ISBN 5-217-02528-X
  • Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. ISBN 1 85532 405 9

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