Design:
Dmitri Grigorovich & Nikolai Polikarpov TsKB (Central Design Bureau)
Manufacturer:
State Industries
Powerplant:
One 1,000 hp (746 kW) Shvetsov M-62R 9-cylinder radial piston engine.
Performance:
Maximum speed 304 mph (490 km/h) at 9,845 ft (3000 m); service ceiling
31,070 ft (9470 m).
Range:
373 miles (600 km) on internal fuel.
Weight:
Empty equipped 3,252 lbs (1475 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of
4,542 lbs (2060 kg).
Dimensions:
Span
29 ft 1 1/2 in (8.88 m); length 19 ft 9 3/4 in (6.04 m); height 7 ft
10 3/4 in (2.41 m).
Armament:
Four 7.62 mm (0.303 in) ShKAS machine guns, two synchronized in forward
fuselage and two in the wings. An alternate configuration consisted
of the removal of the wing machine guns in favor of two 20 mm ShVAK
cannon. A single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) sometimes was added to the fuselage
mounted armament. Up to 440 lbs (200 kg) of bombs on underwing racks
or six RS-82 rockets.
Variants:I-16
Type 1/I-16M-22 (30 aircraft for evaluation), I-16 Type 4 (first production
with the Wright Cyclone engine), I-16 Type 5 (700 hp (522 kW) Shvetsov
M-25 radial engine), I-16P (same as previous but with differing armament),
I-16 Type 6 (M-25A radial engine), I-16 Type 10 (major production version
that could be fitted with skis), I-16 Type 17 (version built to accommodate
a higher gross weight), I-16 Type 18 (Shvetsov M-62 radial engine),
I-16 Type 24 (built from 1939 onward with a M-62 or M-63 radial engine),
I-16 Type 28/30 (M-63 engine), I-16P/TsKB-12P (second use for this prototype
aircraft), I-16Sh/TsKB-18 (prototype with increased armament), I-16SPB
(I-16s that took part in a "parasite" experiment, later designated
TsKB-29), I-16TK (high altitude), I-16UTI/UTI-4/UTI-1/UTI-2 (two seat
dual control tandem trainers)
Operators:
Soviet Union, China, Republican Spain.
Polikarpov Nikolai Nikolaevich
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