Napping-Man Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 Can anyone point me to some references for the I-16 with the Single-piece windscreen? I really like the look, and I'd like to build a model of it. It looks like the Windscreen from the 2-seater, but I wasn't aware the single-seat version was modified this way.
Finkeren Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 I wonder about this too. I haven't been able to find a single photo if a single-seater with that windscreen, and none of the modeling pages that cover the I-16s mentions it.
Napping-Man Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 Well, maybe I'll just use the sim as a reference...historically accurate or not, I think it looks cool...
Napping-Man Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) Sweet...thank you! I'm assuming they took it off a trainer. I wonder why. Better visibility? Slightly better aerodynamics? Lack of a replacement after getting shot up? Edited October 31, 2015 by tn_prvteye
bivalov Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 http://www.bellabs.ru/Fotab/I-88-159/I-88-159_01.html "Заметьте! "Козырёк" установлен от УТИ-4, возможно это объясняется близостью к авиазаводу №458 (Ростов-на-Дону, эвакуирован в Баку) который выпускал эти машины."
=38=Tatarenko Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 To translate Bivalov's post: "Note that the windscreen is from an UTI-4, perhaps explained by the proximity of Aviation Factory 458 (Rostov on the Don, evacuated to Baku) which made this aircraft."
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