I was there at that show. Watching these will live with me always. You don’t just hear them, you feel them, and when flying together, it’s surreal. Thanks for posting.
Спасибо от имени русского народа за заботу о советской авиации, о самом красивом самолёте первой половины 20 века -- И-16. Последние серии которого были или наравне или превосходили первые серии МЕ-109.
+AirflowNZ *Thanks for this demonstration of a tricky propfighter.* Central Engineering Bureau Type 12 as designed by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov was practically a Granville Brothers racer scaled up for the Bristol Jupiter (as adapted for Russian tooling by Arkadij Dmitrievich Shvetsov) packing retracting mainmounts - a revolution in the early 1930's - and two 7.62x54R _Shpitalnogo-Komaret'skogo Aviatsionnij Skorostrel'nij_ synchroguns. The I-16 had to be flown with authority due to its marginal longitudinal stability.
There is/was a replica 'GeeBee' racer which had the same barrel-like appearance as this fighter: it could stay in flight while on its side, using fuselage lift. Polikarpov managed to earn a death sentence in the late '30s but survived until 1944.
@@None-zc5vg About Polikarpov's death sentence, this is the nonsense of a liberal. Nikolai Polikarpov was never arrested, even after the death of the famous test pilot Chkalov on his I-180 plane. Chkalov, Baidukov, Belyakov were the first to fly through the north pole of the Earth to the United States on an ANT-25 plane without landing.
RCScaleAirplanes- Thanks for Viewing. There were Five new built Aircraft from Russia. You will see all Five in one of the Videos I produced. They are now scattered (in one Piece I hope) all over the Globe. Regards, Mike , AirflowNZ
GT, Pilots had to manually wind up landing gear with just one hand for the stick whilst on take off! Also had to land without any flaps. Great skills required! Cheers, Mike
@SergioElPichi *The Central Engineering Bureau (SUN) I-16 Series packed essentially a Wright Aeronautical Corp. R-1820 radial nine adapted by Motor'noje Konstruktor'skoje Bjuro Arkadija Dmitrjevicha Shvetsova for Russian tooling.*
I was at this air show and truly love these twitchy wee fighters and there unique sound pity they were all sold off as they really were awesome to see flying...
bossco09 - amazing how time also flys! I do not think they get much airtime these days and we will never see five up at the same time again.regards, Mike -AirflowNZ
This are fantastic shots of outstanding airplanes. Are they replicas "new built" or are they have been restored? Thanks for sharing!!! Best regards, RCSA
Practically new built, but done so in Novosibirsk by the exact same methods as the originals, in the same factories and by some of the people who assembled the originals.
Andrea, this aircraft does not have flaps to slow decent, also vision of approaching ground is very restricted making then very difficult to do a smooth landing, cheers, Mike
@@AirflowNZ Не только в этом трудность! И16 вообще, очень трудно управлять. Поэтому 42 года их старались использовать только, как тренировочные. "Кто научился управлять И16, тот сможет потом, управлять любым самолётом". (поговорка лётчиков ВОВ)
Hi, I remember saw one of those around Wanaka at 2007 in a hanger. But not sure exact where. Seems not in museum recently. Do you know this guys still hang around Wanka somewhere ?
Hi Sergio - that sounds like a great idea. How about uploading your Video when you have finished. Hope you have seen all my Polikarpov Videos. regards, Mike AirflowNZ
Who,s radial engine license is used or is it home grown which would be odd since even Britain's aircraft engines were developed from French makers in we 1
Great video! Were are all of them at now? Kermit Weeks, of Fantasy of Flight based in Florida, USA, just recently purchased an I-16 from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) out of Texas, USA! He intends to fly it soon, as it only needs recovered and an engine swap.
@@AirflowNZ Thank you for responding! Mr. Kermit Weeks bought an I-16, afore mentioned, with a call number of '45' on the fuselage. I am curious as to whether or not it is the same one, as the one flying in this video? Blue Skies!
Snoopy, would have to be the same. Listed for sale in September 2018 for $375k and indicated sold for $270k recently. Only 50 hours and advert advises engine needed some attention!, Mike
@@AirflowNZ Thanks for the information. More than likely, it is the one Mr. Weeks purchased. Someone had pulled the engine off, according to Mr. Weeks video, to hang it on another A/C because of its low hours. Thanks again and have a great day!
менталитет одного отличается от другого, первому есть нечего, а второй живет в достатке и имеет ресурсы для хобби...часто за счет первого...см-нефть, газ, лес, металл, уран..
