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# tp091 Tupolev-489 six engines 1948 bomber project

11 and 3/4 inches wing span hand made model of 1948 Tupolev-489 project bomber.
The need to be able to deliver a nuclear weapon to the North America prompted some more studies for a successor to the Tu-4, powered either by piston or jet engines.The initial designs were given numbers in the 480-series, the first being Project-485 on which work started summer of 1948.Variants were considered with 4 or 6 engines, either ASh-2TK or M-251TK (VD-3TK) power units, and they were to be armed with guided bombs or cruise missiles up to 15,432 lb (7000 kg) in weight.Ten or twelve crew would be carried, a Kobalt radar was fitted, maximum range was 3,729 miles (6000 km) and ceilling 49,213 ft (15000 km).
The work progressed onto Project-489, a derivative of the `485` initiated in mid-1948.
Comparative studies were made, jointly between Tupolev OKB and TSAGI, of 6 and 8 engines designs for a long-range strategic bomber, the objective being to find the optimum size, wing area and powerplant arrangement. The Tu-489 never progressed beyond paper studies and few models made at Tupolev bureau.
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This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 October, 2005.