Nikita NB-160 Durva

Nikita NB-160 Durva
Role	Heavy Bomber
National origin	Tennai
Manufacturer	Nikita Aircraft
Designer	Kapishan Mishaani
First flight	February 1934
Introduction	July 1935
Retired	1955
Status	Retired
Primary user	Royal Tennaiite Air Force
Produced	1935-1950

The Nikita NB-160 Durva was a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the Royal Tennaiite Air Force.

Specifications (NB-160 A1)

General characteristics

• Crew: 10 ( Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier/nose gunner, flight engineer/top turret gunner, radio operator, waist gunners (2), ball turret gunner, tail gunner)
• Length: 35 m (114 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 43 m (141 ft 1 in)
• Height: 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 161.3 m² (1,736 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 14,500 kg (31,967 lb)
• Gross weight: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 47,600 kg (104,940 lb) 42840
• Powerplant: 4 × Kamala TU-1710 V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engines 1,115 PS (820 kW; 1,100 hp)
• Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed propellers

Performance

• Maximum speed: 402 km/h (250 mph; 217 kn) at 7,000 m (22,966 ft)
• Cruise speed: 322 km/h (200 mph; 174 kn)
• Stall speed: 105 km/h (65 mph; 57 kn)
• Range: 8,047 km (5,000 mi; 4,345 nmi)
• Combat range: 4,828 km (3,000 mi; 2,607 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 7,315 m (23,999 ft)
• Rate of climb: 24 m/s (4,700 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 6,000 m (19,685 ft) in 5 minutes 12 seconds

Armament

• Guns:
  

• 4 × 12.72 mm (0.501 in) Basu HV 82 machine guns in fuselage sides
• 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) Basu FG 20-20 cannon in lower fuselage

• 4× M10 three-tube 4.5 in (112 mm) Hornet 7 rocket launchers; or:
  • Inner hardpoints:
    • 2× 2,000 lb (907 kg) bombs or drop tanks; or
    • 2× 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs or drop tanks, plus either
      • 4× 500 lb (227 kg) bombs or
      • 4× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs; or
    • 6× 500 lb (227 kg) bombs; or
    • 6× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs
  • Outer hardpoints:
    • 10× 5 in (127 mm) HVARs (High Velocity Aircraft Rockets); or
    • 2× 500 lb (227 kg) bombs; or
    • 2× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs