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Airborne2001
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- Jun 17, 2024
With the interest in the I-185 here, I think I can also introduce to this topic Polikarpovs planned further developments.:
The I-187 and I-188. The former was going to use the M-71(F?), and the latter would've used the M-90. They both had an interesting movable ducts, which could've closed itself like with the I-16, but instead would've blended into the cowling and the spinner. An armament of 4x20mm cannons was planned. This shows that, even in the face of everything he went through, Polikarpov wasn't willing to give up on his plans. What truly put the final nail in the coffin of the fighters that began with the I-5 was his passing in 1944.
The I-187 and I-188. The former was going to use the M-71(F?), and the latter would've used the M-90. They both had an interesting movable ducts, which could've closed itself like with the I-16, but instead would've blended into the cowling and the spinner. An armament of 4x20mm cannons was planned. This shows that, even in the face of everything he went through, Polikarpov wasn't willing to give up on his plans. What truly put the final nail in the coffin of the fighters that began with the I-5 was his passing in 1944.
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