The Tupolev ANT-43 was an experimental passenger aircraft designed and built by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1930s.
| ANT-43 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Prototype passenger/liaison aircraft Type of aircraft |
| National origin | Soviet Union |
| Manufacturer | Tupolev |
| First flight | never flown |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Tupolev ANT-31 |
The ANT-43 was a seven-passenger, low-wing monoplane design of all-metal construction, bearing resemblance to the Tupolev ANT-31 (I-14) fighter. Intended as an HQ liaison aircraft, it was conceived using a stencil-based template design method rather than project drawings, and construction of the prototype was undertaken 1935-1936. Due to concerns about weaknesses in the ANT-43's airframe construction, when the ANT-43 prototype was completed, TsAGI summoned a commission led by Viktor N. Belyayev to decide whether the ANT-43 was fit for flight testing. The commission, deciding that the ANT-43 prototype did not meet structural strength norms, refused to approve flight tests for the aircraft, and the ANT-43 was scrapped without ever being flown.[1][2]
Data from OKB Tupolev[2]
General characteristics
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| Civilian | |
| Military | |
| Unmanned | |
| Experimental | |
| Proposed, cancelled |
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| Early period |
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