Talk:Polikarpov I-15

I-152/I-15bis

This is a significant development of the I-15 and needs its own article. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:54, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Used in 1945?

Was this airplane used in 1945 during the war after the Luftwaffe was no serious opponent anymore? Andries (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

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Tchaika?

It is my understanding that it was not the I-15 (or the I-15bis) that was called the Tchaika (gull) but rather the I-153. The two previous designs did not have a "gulled" wing (or can someone say they see one in the photos or drawings?), but the I-153 had separate upper wings that were angled down ("gulled") to meet the fuselage, rather than the one-piece upper wing of the I-15 and I-15bis.--Death Bredon (talk) 19:02, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

The I-15 did have the gulled wing, and was called Chaika, as did the I-153 - it was the I15bis that didn't.Nigel Ish (talk) 19:31, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Landing gear

Why does it look like the landing gear was shortened in the I-15bis? It has a distinctly stumpier look on the ground and appears to rest at less of an angle. The I-15 is quite tall and stalky looking with a very nose-up attitude. Is this just an optical illusion because of the thick fairing and spatting added to the gear on the later aircraft? The I-15bis also appears to have a slightly raised upper wing, presumably to allow a sufficient forward field of view with the solid wing.

Also would be nice if it explained how four machine guns were fited as a

armam. I know I was left wondering how that works on a number of occasions with various aircraft (the second pair were as mounted in the lower fuselage sides firing through blast tubes between the cyders at about 4 and 7 o'clock, the same as the I-5. The pool were in the "standard" location). Maybe I'm just weird but I frequently find myself wondering about details like that, yet people rarely seem to see fit to mention it, like it ought to obvious to anyone at a glance. Idumea47b (talk) 05:06, 29 January 2024 (UTC)