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The Kalinin K-7 (Russian: Калинин К-7) was a heavy experimental aircraft designed and tested in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. It was of unusual configuration, with twin booms and large underwing pods housing fixed landing gear and machine gun turrets.
It was designed by the Russian WW1 pilot Konstantin Kalinin who changed his profession to aircraft designer and led the aviation design bureau in Kharkov. He designed the K-7 with the huge wingspan of 53 meters and a wing area of 454 square meters which is greater even than that of the B-52 (370 square meters).
Konstantin Alekseevich Kalinin (Russian: Калинин Константин Алексеевич; born 17 December (29) 1889 in Warsaw, Russian Empire; died 1938 or 21 April 1940 in Voronezh) was a World War I aviator and Soviet aircraft designer. He was born to a Russian family in Warsaw.
11 kwi 2023 · The K-7 was the creation of Soviet aviator and aircraft designer Konstantin Kalinin. Kalinin had served as a pilot with the Russian Air Force during the First World War before becoming a pilot for the communist Bolshevik faction at the height of the Russian Civil War.
9 gru 2020 · Sporting a twin-boom fuselage and conspicuous underwing pods, Konstantin Kalinin designed the K-7 experimental aircraft in the early 1930s. Construction on the first (and only) example began in Kharkiv in 1931. Today, this location represents Ukraine 's second-largest city.
9 mar 2012 · Designed by Konstantin Kalinin and built between 1931 and 1933, the K7 was one of a kind. During its first test flight, the super-plane exhibited serious in-flight instability. The plane’s...
K-7 was a heavy seven-engine bomber of the two-beam scheme, one of the largest aircraft of its time, was created in 1933. In the center wing of the thick wing there were fuel tanks and a load...
