Tairov OKO-7

OKO-7
General information
Type	Heavy fighter
National origin	USSR
Designer	Vsevolod Konstantinovich Tairov

The OKO-7 was to have been a heavy fighter produced in the Ukraine region of the USSR in 1940

Designed to a 1940 VVS requirement for a heavy fighter, the OKO-7 was to have been powered by two I,500hp Shvetsov M-90 (Ash-90) or two 1,380hp Mikulin AM-37 engines, with armament of three 20mm ShVAK cannon and two 7.62mm ShKAS machine-guns. The OKO-7 was Tairov's last known design before he was killed in an air crash in December 1941.

Specifications (OKO-7)

Data from Gunston, Bill. "Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995". London:Osprey. 1995. ISBN   1-85532-405-9

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Powerplant: 2 × Shvetsov M-90 (Ash-90) , 1,118 kW (1,500 hp) each

PerformanceArmament

• 3 x 20 mm ShVAK cannon.
• 2 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns.

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning

Related lists

• List of aircraft

References

• Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. ISBN   1-85532-405-9

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070703081400/http://www.aviation.ru/Bartini/