Ikarus IK-5 twin engined heavy fighter

Hi,

also I quot from the site;
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/ik5.html
and translation;
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=ar&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.airwar.ru/main.html&sl=ru&tl=en

Yap, this craft was being developed as Yugoslav response to Me-110. Royal Yugoslav air force wanted to pair him with Ik-3, just like the Germans had Me-109 and 110.


I won't put pictures directly, but on ex yu military forum they have a 3D view of Ik-5.
http://www.mycity-military.com/Avijacija-i-PVO/G-4-i-J-22-3-view.html#670514

Note that the lower picture in that post is not Ik-5 but a light bomber prototype called Orkan (orkan - cyclone,hurricane,tornado or typhoon, pick your translation favorite ;D). Unlike IK-5, Orkan was built and tested. Although it did crash once, it was repaired and flown again.

It wasn't the only "heavy" fighter project, the other one was Rogožarski R-313. You can find picture of it in this thread about yugoslav military aviation (1918-1941):
http://www.mycity-military.com/Vojna-istorija/Jugoslovenska-vazduhoplovna-industrija-do-WWII.html

english translation:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mycity-military.com%2FVojna-istorija%2FJugoslovenska-vazduhoplovna-industrija-do-WWII.html&sl=sr&tl=en

btw. I'm sure you'll be happy to know that Ik-3 will be rebuilt as a part of old planes squadron
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rts.rs%2Fpage%2Fstories%2Fsr%2Fstory%2F125%2FDru%C5%A1tvo%2F59037%2FEskadrila%2Bstarih%2Bvazduhoplova.html&sl=sr&tl=en

Found this on imageshack, different 3D-view of Ik-5

Re: Ikarus Orkan

Tnx bigvlada for info
More - from Yugoslavian "Aero magazine" september 1999
and http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/2008/06/01/ikarus-orkan/

IK-5 cutaway

Orkan additional info

Some additional photos of the Orkan, including one made during the construction.