Tupolev ANT-20

The Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky was a Soviet eight-engine aircraft the largest in the 1930s. Only the Dornier Do X flying boat of a few years earlier was heavier (at 56 metric tons maximum takeoff weight) than the ANT-20 in the inter-war years but the Do X needed twelve engines to get it off the water versus the eight powerplants of the ANT-20 landplane.

Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky, the largest airplane of the 1930s, was used for Stalinist propaganda. Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky, the largest airplane of the 1930s, was used for Stalinist propaganda.1
1930s, Tupolev ANT-20, exclusively for this purpose.2
250px Tupolev ANT-20 " Maxim Gorky", the largest airplane of the 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 3
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The Tupolev ANT-20 was in 1934 the World's largest aeroplane.5

Made by Tupolev.

It is the successor of the Tupolev ANT-16 .

Tupolev Ant-20 Maxim Gorkii, Italeri was launching the Caproni Stipa and new molds for the Caproni Campini N.1 -with detailed power plant- and the Savoia S.6
Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky, the largest airplane of the 1930s, was used for Stalinist propaganda.7
Tupolev ANT-20 was named Maxim Gorky in his honor. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Tupolew_ANT-20_1935.jpg/800px-Tupolew_ANT-20_1935.8
Tupolev ANT-20 “Maxim Gorky” was another modified version of such approach: hughaviation2 tupolev-ant-20-maxim-gorky11 tupolev-ant-20-maxim-gorky31 And 9
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
34
Predecessor
Tupolev ANT-16
Length Alt
107
Max Takeoff Weight Main
53000.0
Power Alt
900 hp
Range Main
1200.0
Loaded Weight Main
42000.0
Max Speed Alt
8220.0
Type Of Prop
V-12 liquid cooled
Max Speed Main
220.0
Developed From
Tupolev ANT-16
Introduction
1934
Capacity
72
Max Speed More
at sea level
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
116600.0
Ceiling Main
4
500 m
Number Built
2
Crew
8
Retired
1942
Span Main
63.00 m
Area Main
488 m²
Primary user
Span Alt
206
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Mikulin AM-34FRN
Manufacturer
First Flight
1934
Origin
Soviet Union
National Origin
Soviet Union
Loaded Weight Alt
92400.0
Power Main
671.0
Number Of Props
8
Empty Weight Alt
62700.0
Length Main
32.90 m
Area Alt
5251.0
Range Alt
45000.0
Similar Aircraft
* Junkers G.38
Related
* Tupolev TB-4
Empty Weight Main
28500.0
Ceiling Alt
14764.0
Height Main
10.6 m
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