Tupolev I-14

what is it?

The Tupolev I-14 (also designated ANT-31) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of the 1930s. It was a single-engined, single-seat monoplane with retractable undercarriage, designed to carry heavy armament, and as such was one of the most advanced fighters of its time. It was ordered into production, but this was cancelled after only a small number had been built, the competing Polikarpov I-16 being preferred.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 11.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 449 km/htop speed
• range 1,050 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,540 kgmax take-off weight
• built 18made 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,050 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1933-05-27

introduced

1937

retired

1939

status

retired

number built

18

role

fighter

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association, Irkutsk Aviation Plant

engines

1× Shvetsov M-25 / Bristol Jupiter

length

6.1 m

wingspan

11.3 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,540 kg

top speed

449 km/h

range

1,050 km

ceiling

9,430 m

wings

low wing

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