The Ilyushin Il-6 was a Soviet long-range bomber and torpedo bomber, designed as a replacement to the Il-4 for Soviet naval aviation. It strongly resembled its predecessor, but was larger.

Tests with the original Charomsky ACh-30 B engines began at the factory on August 7 1943, with V.K.Kokkinaki at the controls, and were then continued at LII by test pilots A.N.Grinchik and N.S.Rybko.

In Summer 1944, the more powerful ACh-30BF motors were installed, but continuing problems with the powerplants led to the cancellation of the whole project, with only a handful being built.

Specifications (Il-6)

General Characteristics

• Crew: three
• Length: 17.38 m (57 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 26.07 m (85 ft 6 in)
• Height: 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 84.8 m² (912 ft²)
• Empty: 11,830 kg (26,026 lb)
• Loaded: 16,100 kg (35,420 lb)
• Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)
• Powerplant: 2x Charomsky ACh-30 BF inline diesels, 1,417 kW (1,900 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 464 km/h (289 mph)
• Range: 5,450 km (3,398 miles)
• Service ceiling: 7,000 m (22960 ft)
• Rate of climb: 174 m/min (570 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 190 kg/m² (39 lb/ft²)
• Power/Mass: 0.18 kW/kg (0.11 hp/lb)

Armament

• 3x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns
• up to 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) of bombs or
• two torpedoes

External links

• http://www.aviation.ru/Il/#6

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Designation sequence: Il-1 - Il-2 - Il-4 - Il-6 - Il-8 - Il-10 - Il-11