Title: Polikarpov I-16 Type 5 Post by: marluc on September 27, 2011, 02:18:47 PM Pictures of I-16 Type 5 "red 7" with 11 ribs or "early" wing,the second pair with an experimental wire arrangement: (http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z27/marluc_foto/polikarpov/I-16/I-16Typ5_red7_11ribs-1.jpg) (http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z27/marluc_foto/polikarpov/I-16/I-16Typ5_red7_11ribs_2.jpg) Both images were extracted from the book Red Star Volume 3,Polikarpov?s I-16 Fighter,by Yefim Gordon and Keith Dexter.Greetings. Martin Title: Re: Polikarpov I-16 Type 5 Post by: Massimo Tessitori on September 27, 2011, 02:34:24 PM Hi Martin,
you're right, I have the book but didn't remember these images. Regards Massimo Title: Re: Polikarpov I-16 Type 5 Post by: learstang on September 27, 2011, 08:55:35 PM You were correct, Massimo. That apparatus did look too flimsy for the Zveno trapeze attachment.
Regards, Jason |