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This electric powered model is based on the type 24 version which featured a 930 h.p. M-63 engine. The
type 24 was very similar to the type 18 except for the larger engine, a tailwheel, a revised cowl air intake,
structural modifications to the wing, a new spinner shape and a few other minor attributes.
About the I-16
The tiny I-16 was far ahead of it's time when it first appeared in 1933. It featured a retractable landing
gear (manual crank mechanism), cantilevered wing, constant speed propeller and other design innovations
that had previously never been seen in a WWII fighter.
The first mass-produced I-16 appeared in WWII in 1934 as the Type 4 with a 480 h.p engine. After only
55 units were built, the type 5 emerged with a 725 h.p. engine. Production on the type 5 continued
into early 1939 with more than 3,289 aircraft being produced. The aircraft when through additional revisions
designated as the type 10, 12, 17, 18, 24, 28, and 29. For a complete description of the various types
and their slight differences refer to
this web site.
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