S.S.S.R.-Eh.39. glider tow |
Updated on October 27, 2013
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Drawing by Tapani Tuomanen
This R-5 S.S.S.R. Eh-39 is equipped with a glider towing device.
Here we see a cable passing behind the cockpits. During the tugginng, it passes aside the tail. | ||
The cable is connected to the landing gear toot on both sides. A second cable goes from this hook to the towing winch under the fuselage. The cable forms a loop that is connected to the device. The winch is moved (retracted?) by a mechanism moved by a small four blades propeller. Seems that the towing cable passes through the rectangular opening into the fuselage to the pulley on the back. |
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Below: the tail is protected from the towing cable by two oblique cable wires. A small propeller (electric generator?) is installed on the right lower wing. |
Right: connecting a pulley. It's not clear if all these photos are relative to the same kind of towing device, or alternative ones. |
Images from Armada n.22, Polikarpov R-5 and R-Z of Maslov