The Osh (Odnomotornyi Shturmovik – single-engined attack) was an attack aircraft designed in the USSR from 1939.
| OSh | |
|---|---|
| Role | Attack |
| National origin | USSR |
| Manufacturer | NIAI (Naoochno-Issledovatel'skiy Aero-Institoot - scientific test aero-institute) |
| Designer | Anatolii Georgievich Bedunkovich |
Development edit
In 1930 the LIIPS ( - Leningrad institute for sail and communications engineers) formed a UK GVF ( - training centre for civil air fleet), in turn the UK GVF formed the NIAI (Naoochno-Issledovatel'skiy Aero-Institoot - scientific test aero-institute) which became the focus of several good design engineers who were given command of individual OKB (Osboye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro – personal design/construction bureau).
Anatolii Georgievich Bedunkovich designed a large single-engined twin-boomed attack aircraft during 1939, to be constructed from stressed skin light-alloy. This large aircraft was to carry a heavy cannon armament including a turret in the rear of the fuselage nacelle, which also housed the single engine, driving propellers in the nose of each tail-boom, through shafts and gearboxes. There is no record of this interesting project having been built or flown.
See also edit
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References edit
- Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. ISBN 1-85532-405-9