| Bratukhin B-5 | |
|---|---|
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| Bratukhin B-5 conducting a test flight | |
| Role | Transport helicopter |
| National origin | Soviet Union |
| Manufacturer | Bratukhin |
| First flight | 1947 |
| Number built | 1 (B-5) 1 (B-9) 1 (B-10) |
| Variants | Bratukhin B-11 |
The Bratukhin B-5 was a prototype Soviet transverse rotor helicopter designed by the Bratukhin aircraft design bureau. [1]
The B-5 was an improved and larger design based on the bureau's earlier G-4, a twin-rotor helicopter, with each rotor driven by an Ivchenko AI-26 radial engine. [1] Each engine was housed in a pod on an outrigger with the related rotor above. [1] The programme was delayed waiting for appropriate engines and the B-5 was not completed until 1947, it only made a few short hops before the programme was abandoned due to vibration and structural flexing. [1] [2]
An air ambulance variant, the Bratukhin B-9 was built but was abandoned without being flown. [2] [3] Another variant was the Bratukhin B-10 which had uprated 575 hp (429 kW) engines and was modified for use in the artillery observation role with the military designation VNP (Vosdushnii Nabludatelnii Punk - Aerial Observation Point). [2] The B-10 had three-seat for the crew, the cabin could hold three passengers or equipment. The B-10 flew in 1947 but although it did not have the wing stiffness problems of the B-54, demonstrating adequate handling like the B-5 and B-9 was also abandoned. [2] [3] A variant with an improved performance was built as the Bratukhin B-11. [2]
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