Laville DI-4
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Laville DI-4 was a prototype two-seat fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The chief designer Henri Laville was one of several French aviation specialists invited to work in the Soviet Union and not surprisingly the DI-4 layout was typical of the French trend at the time with a high-mounted gull wing (first for a Soviet aircraft) and all-metal construction.

Laville DI-4 ( ) was a prototype two-seat fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.1
Laville DI-4 (Russian: Лавиль ДИ-4) was a prototype two-seat fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.2

Laville DI-4 (Лавиль ДИ-4) was a prototype two-seat fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.3
Jet Or Prop
prop
Designer
Henri Laville
Length Alt
850.9000000000001
Power Alt
600 hp
Range Main
500.0
Loaded Weight Main
1949.0
Max Speed Alt
9900.0
Type Of Prop
V12 engine
Max Speed Main
266.0
Power/mass Main
230
Power/mass Alt
504.0
Loading Main
82
Ceiling Main
6
440 m
Number Built
One
Crew
Two
Armament
457.2
Area Main
23.9 m²
Span Alt
1330.96
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror
First Flight
1933
Origin
Soviet Union
National Origin
Soviet Union
Loaded Weight Alt
4297.0
More Performance
300015.0
Number Of Props
1
Empty Weight Alt
3192.0
Length Main
8.5 m
Span Main
13.3 m
Area Alt
257.3
Range Alt
18660.0
Power Main
448.0
Empty Weight Main
1448.0
Ceiling Alt
21129.0
Category
Gull-wing aircraft
Soviet fighter aircraft 1930-1939
Loading Alt
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