The Tupolev ANT-2 was a small Soviet experimental passenger aircraft and the first all-metal aeroplane designed by the Tupolev design bureau. Andrei Tupolev championed light metal alloys, which lasted longer than wood in the severe Russian winters, and the ANT-2 grew out of the bureau's work with the corrugated duraluminum sheet developed at Kolchuginsk. It was a cantilever high-wing monoplane with a triangular-section fuselage, an open cockpit for the pilot and an enclosed cabin behind and below it where two passengers sat facing each other. A 100 horsepower Bristol Lucifer piston engine drove it. The first example flew on 26 May 1924 with Nikolai Petrov at the controls, was difficult to handle until its tail was enlarged, and never entered series production because the Soviet Union lacked materials and engines. One survives at the Central Air Force Museum at Monino near Moscow.
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The ANT-2 was the first all-metal aircraft designed by the Tupolev design bureau.
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The creation of duraluminum was regarded by Tupolev as the Soviet Union's aviation industry's birth.
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1. GlobalSecurity.org: ANT-2 light passenger aircraft
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This light passenger aircraft, launched into serial production, was the first domestic all-metal aircraft.
Design, engine
The Bristol "Lucifer" engine, with a capacity of 100 hp, was installed on the first prototype machine.
Chronology, surviving aircraft
The preserved and restored AHT-2 can be seen in the exposition of the Museum of the Air Force in Monino.
Chronology, first flight
on May 26, 1924, pilot-engineer N.I. Petrov first lifted the plane into the air
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Lead, manufacturer
The ANT-2 was the first all-metal aircraft designed by the Tupolev design bureau.
Lead, origin
The creation of duraluminum was regarded by Tupolev as the Soviet Union's aviation industry's birth.
Design and development, engine
The engine was a British Bristol Lucifer piston engine which could produce 100 HP.
Specifications, empty weight
Empty weight: 523 kg (1,153 lb)
Specifications, gross weight
Gross weight: 836 kg (1,848 lb)
Specifications, powerplant
Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Lucifer , 75 kW (100 hp)
Specifications, maximum speed
Maximum speed: 170 km/h (106 mph, 92 kn)
Of Make: Tupolev, Lead, designer
The ANT-2 was the first all-metal aircraft designed by the Tupolev design bureau.
In Group: Early Commercial Airliners and Transports, Lead, role
A small passenger plane, it could carry two passengers in a cabin behind the pilot.
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A small passenger plane, it could carry two passengers in a cabin behind the pilot.
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