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The Shavrov Sh-5 was a Soviet civil amphibian flying-boat designed by Vadim Borisovich Shavrov as a photographic platform for aerial mapping. By the time it flew it was an outdated design and the type did not enter production.[1]

Sh-5
Role Aerial mapping amphibian flying-boat
National origin Soviet Union
Manufacturer Shavrov
Designer Vadim Borisovich Shavrov[1]
First flight 19 March 1934[1]
Number built 1[1]

Design and development


A special committee convened to investigate the use of special aircraft for photographic survey concluded that it was desirable. To fulfil the requirements Shavrov designed the Sh-5 amphibian as a large aircraft designed to carry cameras aa well as all the equipment and crew to develop and print the images. The committee envisaged two versions; as the FS-1 landlplane and the FS-2 flying boat, (FS - Foto Samolyet – Photographic aircraft), the latter requirement was fulfilled by the Sh-5 amphibian as built in the former Richard OKB factory, GAZ-28 (GAZ - Gosudarstvenny Aviatsionnyy Zavod – state aviation plant/factory).[1]

The Sh-5 was a cantilever high-wing monoplane amphibian flying-boat.[2] Designed as a camera platform with glazed cabin areas it could also carry 12 passengers.[2] It was powered by two 480 hp (358 kW) Shvetsov M-22 engines, (developed from license built Gnome-Rhône GR9ASB / Bristol Jupiter VI), mounted in nacelles, supported by struts, above the wing roots.[2] It had a boat shaped fuselage bottom with a retractable landing gear and outrigger floats.[2] Although the design work started in 1929 construction was slow, the prototype fitted with a skid landing gear first flew on 19 March 1934.[2] With the use of military aircraft, particularly the Tupolev R-6 for aerial mapping and the fact it had become an outdated design by the time it had first flown meant the type did not enter production.[2]


Variants


FS-1
Landplane version, not built.
FS-2
Flying boat version, not built
Sh-5
The amphibious aircraft designed by Shavrov and built at GAZ-29 to fulfil both roles. The sole prototype was in flight test when a main undercarriage strut failed. The aircraft was not repaired and later scrapped.

Specifications (Sh-5)


Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance


See also


Related lists


References



Notes


  1. Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 - 1995. London: Osprey Publishing. pp. 324–325. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.
  2. Nemecek 1986, p. 263.

Bibliography



На других языках


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Lo Shavrov Sh-5 era un aereo anfibio monomotore ad ala alta progettato da Vadim Borisovič Šavrov e sviluppato in Unione Sovietica nei primi anni trenta.



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