Grigorovich I-2

I-2

Role	Fighter
Designer	Grigorovich
First flight	4 November 1924
Primary user	Soviet Air Forces
Developed from	Grigorovich I-1

The Grigorovich I-2 was a biplane fighter aircraft of the Soviet Union, the first indigenous fighter to enter service in substantial numbers. Developed from the Grigorovich I-1, it first flew on 4 November 1924, piloted by A.I. Zhukov. The M-5 engine was a Soviet copy of the Liberty L-12.

Production of the redesigned I-2bis was 211 aircraft. Production was performed by Aviation Repair Plant No.3 in Smolensk.

Operators

Soviet Union

Soviet Air Forces

Specifications (I-2bis)

General characteristics

Crew: One, pilot
Length: 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 10.80 m (35 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 23.4 m² (252 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,152 kg (2,540 lb)
Loaded weight: 1,575 kg (3,472 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × M-5 water-cooled 45-degree V12 engine, 298 kW (400 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 235 km/h (147 mph)
Range: 600 km (374 miles)
Service ceiling: 5,340 m (17,515 ft)
Rate of climb: 420 m/min (1,377 ft/min)
Wing loading: 67 kg/m² (14 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.19 kW/kg (0.12 hp/lb)

Armament

2 × 7.62 mm PV-1 machine guns

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Aircraft produced by Grigorovich

M-1 M-2 M-3 M-4 M-5 M-6 M-7 M-8 M-9 M-10 M-11 M-12 M-13 M-14 M-15 M-16 M-17 M-18 M-19 M-20 M-21 M-22 M-23 M-24 ROM-1 ROM-2 MK-1 MRL-1 MR-2 MR-3 MR-5 MUR-1 MU-2 MUR-2 I-1 I-2 I-Z IP-1 IP-2 IP-4 SUVP TB-5 TSh-1 TSh-2 LK-1 PB-1

Soviet fighter designations

I (Istrebítel - "Fighter")	I-Z I-1 (Grigorovich)/I-1 (Polikarpov) I-2 I-3 I-4 I-5 I-6 I-7 I-8 I-12 I-14 I-15 I-16 I-17 I-21 (Ilyushin)/I-21 (Pashinin) I-22 I-26 I-28 I-29 I-30 I-33

DI (Dvukhmestnyi Istrebitel - "Two-seat Fighter")	DI-1 DI-2 DI-3 DI-4 DI-6 DI-8

MI (Mnogomestnyi Istebitel - Multi seat fighter	MI-3

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Grigorovich I-2

Operators

Specifications (I-2bis)

See also

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