The Tupolev I-4 was a Soviet single-seat sesquiplane fighter and the first Soviet all-metal fighter. Pavel Sukhoi conceived it in 1927 as his first design for the Tupolev bureau, and the first prototype carried the bureau designation ANT-5. The production I-4 had a redesigned engine cowling to cut drag, rocket launchers on the upper wing and a larger tailfin, and its lower wing, mostly a mount for the wing struts, was cut back on the I-4Z and removed on the I-4bis, which became a parasol monoplane. It was powered by a nine-cylinder radial engine and armed with two machine guns. The type served in the Soviet air force from 1928 to 1933, 369 were built, and some flew as parasite fighters carried by the TB-1 bomber.
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The Tupolev I-4 was a Soviet sesquiplane single-seat fighter.
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The aircraft was in Soviet service from 1928-1933.
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The Tupolev I-4 was a Soviet sesquiplane single-seat fighter.
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1 × Shvetsov M-22 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Operational history, units built
A total of 369 were built.
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