Richard TOM-1

Richard TOM-1
Role	Torpedo bomber
National origin	Soviet Union
Designer	Paul Richard
First flight	1 January 1931
Status	Cancelled
Number built	1

The Richard TOM-1 was a prototype torpedo-carrying floatplane that was designed in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s that was not accepted for production. ^[1] It was a mid-wing monoplane, with twin engines, and twin floats. The empennage consisted of a single tail-plane and three vertical fins.

Specifications (variant specified)

Data from The Osprey Encyclopedia of Soviet Aircraft, 1875–1995 ^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Length: 19 m (62 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 33 m (108 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 120 m² (1,300 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 4,929 kg (10,867 lb)
• Gross weight: 8,030 kg (17,703 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 1,300 kg (2,900 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × BMW VI water-cooled V-12, 510 kW (680 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn) @ sealevel
• Cruise speed: 171 km/h (106 mph, 92 kn)
• Range: 1,500 km (930 mi, 810 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 3 × 7.62 mm (0.3 in) PV-1 machine guns
• Bombs: 1 × torpedo

References

1. "History of Rocketry and Astronautics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-25.
2. Gunston, pp. 315–316

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey. ISBN   1-85532-405-9.
• Kotelnikov, V.; Kulikov, V. & Cony, C. (December 2001). "Les avions français en URSS, 1921–1941" [French Aircraft in the USSR, 1921–1941]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (105): 50–56. ISSN   1243-8650.

External links

• "ВМ-01" [ТОМ-1]. Airwar.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2022.