The Tupolev I-12 (also known as the ANT-23) was a prototype Soviet fighter aircraft that never reached production. The I-12 was of unconventional design with twin booms made of water pipes containing recoilless rifles and two engines in a push-pull configuration. The aircraft first flew in 1931 but did not enter production due to disappointing performance and operational difficulties such as the inability for the pilot to escape the aircraft without hitting the propeller arc behind him. The second prototype from Tupolev (designated ANT-23bis) was never completed.
|prime units?=met
<!--
General characteristics
-->
|crew=1
|length m=9.5
|length note=
|span m=15.6
|span note=
|height m=
|height note=
|wing area sqm=30
|wing area note=
|aspect ratio=<!-- sailplanes -->
|airfoil=TsAGI 18%
|empty weight kg=
|empty weight note=
|gross weight kg=2400
|gross weight note=
|max takeoff weight kg=
|max takeoff weight note=
|fuel capacity=
|more general=
<!--
Powerplant
-->
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=Gnome-Rhône 9Ak
|eng1 type=9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
|eng1 kw=392
|eng1 note=
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=fixed-pitch tractor and pusher propellers
|prop dia m=<!-- propeller aircraft -->
|prop dia note=
<!--
Performance
-->
|max speed kmh=300
|max speed note=
|cruise speed kmh=
|cruise speed note=
|stall speed kmh=
|stall speed note=
|never exceed speed kmh=
|never exceed speed note=
|range km=
|range note=
|combat range km=
|combat range note=
|ferry range km=
|ferry range note=
|endurance=<!-- if range unknown -->
|ceiling m=
|ceiling note=
|g limits=<!-- aerobatic -->
|roll rate=<!-- aerobatic -->
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude=
|wing loading kg/m2=80
|wing loading note=
|fuel consumption kg/km=
|power/mass=
|more performance=<!--<br />
- Take-off run:
- Take-off run to :
- Landing run:
- Landing run from : -->
<!--
Armament
-->
|guns= 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) APK-4 recoilless rifles
References
External links
- Airwar (in Russian)
- Tupolev