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[IJNfan_PL]

Hello guys,

I would like to propose counterpart for famous Il-2 Shturmovik but from Sukhoi Su-6.

In some publications there are notes that this aircraft was never entered mass production because of problems with engine, some say that changing production from Il-2 to Su-6 would cost too much effort during the War, others say that Sergei Ilyushin was favored by Stalin while Pavel Sukhoi wasn't...
Regardless of causes this aircraft was superior that Il-2 in many aspects.

And what is important for modders this aircraft was based on it's predecessor Su-2. 







General characteristics for Su-6 3rd prototype (from Wikipedia):

    Crew: 2 (pilot and gunner)
    Length: 9.24 m (30 ft 4 in)
    Wingspan: 13.50 m (44 ft 3 in)
    Height: 3.89 m (12 ft 9 in)
    Wing area: 26 m² (280 ft²)
    Empty weight: 4,000 kg (8,820 lb)
    Loaded weight: 5,534 kg (12,200 lb)
    Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov M-71F radial engine, 1,620 kW (2,200 hp)

Performance:
    Maximum speed: 514 km/h (280 kn, 320 mph) at 3,800 m (12,465 ft)
    Range: 973 km (525 nmi, 605 mi)
    Service ceiling: 8,100 m (26,575 ft)
    Rate of climb: 10.6 minutes to 5,000 m (16,405 ft)
    Takeoff roll: 410 m (1,345 ft)
    Landing roll: 730 m (2,395 ft)

Armament:
    2 × 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannons in wings, 90 rounds
    2 × 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns in the wings, 1,400 rounds
    1 × 12.7 mm Berezin UBT machine gun in rear turret, 196 rounds
    Up to 400 kg (882 lb) of bombs

Here are some links with informations and drawings of this aircraft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-6
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su-6 (In Polish language but there are more specifications for all Su-6 versions than in English version)
http://aircraftdrawingsdownload.com/sukhoi_su_6_drawings.php
http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/ww2planes/ww2-sukhoi/26335/view/
http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/su-6.php
http://hobbyport.ru/avia/su_6.htm
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/aww2/su6.html (In Russian language but we have google translator )
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/a/1255/1/0
http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/727 (In Czech language but we have google translator )

Drawings in files:
http://airwar.ru/other/draw/su6drawmk.html
http://airwar.ru/other/draw/su6sm.html
http://airwar.ru/other/draw/su6kr.html

[HotelAlpha]

This one really is forgotten... I have heard of the Su-2 but never this one.