Kharkiv KhAI-5

what is it?

The Kharkiv KhAI-5, (sometimes Neman R-10) was a Soviet reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft, designed in the mid-1930s in the Kharkiv Aviation Institute (KhAI, - in Ukrainian: ХАІ), under the direction of Iosif Nyeman (sometimes written as Neman).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 350 km/htop speed
• range 1,450 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,515 kgmax take-off weight
• built 493made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 90 years ago, in 1936.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,450 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1936-06

number built

493

role

reconnaissance and light bomber monoplane

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute, KhAZ, Saratov Aviation Plant

engines

1× Shvetsov M-25 (license-built Wright SGR-1820-F-3 Cyclone)

crew

2

length

9.3 m

wingspan

12.2 m

max take-off weight

2,515 kg

top speed

350 km/h

range

1,450 km

ceiling

7,700 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.