Sukhoi T-4/T-4M/T-4MS bombers

[athpilot]

Wow, just wow! Thanx for sharing.

 

[Archibald]

and last one

Breath-taking artwork, as always.

I readily second that opinion !

 

[flateric]

via Andrey Khomich

Как выглядит самолёт Т-4 «Сотка» внутри. Показываю уникальные фотографии

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Отклоняемый нос самолёта Т-4 «Сотка»: зачем нужен и как устроен

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Почему отвалился нос у знаменитого самолёта Т-4 «Сотка»?

Разбираемся, как и почему это произошло

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Как сейчас выглядит кабина легендарного самолёта Т-4 «Сотка»

Я продолжаю свою серию статей про самолёт Т-4 «изделие 100». Я уже рассказал про историю с отвалившимся в 1994 году носовым обтекателем и показал внутренность мотогондолы самолёта. Сегодня речь пойдёт о самом интересном ‒ о кабине экипажа. Экипаж самолёта Т-4 помещался в кабине, разделённой на...

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Кто и когда разграбил кабину легендарного самолёта Т-4 «Сотка»?

Как и обещал ранее, я обращаюсь к вопросу, кто и когда разукомплектовал кабину Т-4, представленного в монинском музее ВВС. Напомню, сейчас кабина самолёта выглядит так: По сети давно гуляет версия, что Т-4 передали в музей с полностью комплектной кабиной, но в 1990-е годы некие злоумышленники её...

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qGufJ5KkZM

 

[PlanesPictures]

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[ly112358]

Hi! T-4 design in 1966.

From Bing cache of this lost page：https://www.suchoj.com/ab1953/T-4+(K-2)/images/T-4_(K-2)_02.jpg

 

[emile1211]

It seems that the undercarrige occupied most of inlet space, according to the photo given, how does the engine work I wonder?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1281770512989945858

View: https://twitter.com/DnKornev/status/1281770512989945858/photo/1

 

[Sarastro]

The internal layout of the T-4 engine section can be seen in the attached pictures. I'm not an aeronautical engineer, but as a layman this layout reminds me very much of the layout used a few years earlier on the NAA XB-70...
The pictures are from: "Ударно-разведытельный самолёт Т-4" by Ильдар Бедретдинов

 

[Forest Green]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB2E3_wbVoU&t=470s

 

[Forest Green]

It seems that the undercarrige occupied most of inlet space, according to the photo given, how does the engine work I wonder?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1281770512989945858

View: https://twitter.com/DnKornev/status/1281770512989945858/photo/1

Kh-30? Not Kh-45?

 

[Phantom Fanatic]

Here’s another video on the T-4MS.

View: https://youtu.be/R80KVgTkHwU?si=xRGoNokG8e55-xFj

 

[Antonio]

Kh-30? Not Kh-45?

Kh-45 was the T-4MS weapon. I have found no designation for the T-4's missile at Soviet Secret Projects by Buttler&Gordon. So Kh-30 could be the right one.

 

[Antonio]

The Kh-30 missile

Х-30 - Испытатели

Система К-30, крылатые ракеты Х-30

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[overscan (PaulMM)]

X-30

In 1961, the P.O. Sukhoi Design Bureau proposed a project for the K-30 strike aircraft missile system with missiles of various types. In a letter from the Chairman of the GKAT P.V. Dementiev dated January 27, 1962 to the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers D.F. Ustinov, containing the PSM project, it was indicated that the K-30 system should have included the T-4 carrier and the Kh-30 and X -31. The flight range of the KR X-30 was set to 400-500 km, and the X-31 - 1500-2000 km.

The main developers were appointed: - the T-4 aircraft and for the K-30 system as a whole - OKB-51 (P.O. Sukhoi), - the engine - OKB-117 (S.P. Izotov) and OKB-165 (A.M. Lyulka); - KR X-30 - OKB-51, - KR X-31 and aviation ballistic missile (ABM) KhB-32 - plant named after. Lavochkin (M.M. Pashinin). Under the leadership of N.S. Chernyakov, the Sukhoi Design Bureau was developing two versions of the X-30 anti-ship missiles with different tails. A model was made on a scale of 1:12.5, which was blown in the TsAGI T-113 wind tunnel.

To carry out its combat mission, the X-30 missile had to have high speed and the ability to operate autonomously over a long period of flight. From this it was clear that the rocket’s speed should be at least 3000 km/h, and it should have an inertial navigation system on board, as well as be able to independently select a target.

Work on the X-30 rocket was carried out until 1963, after which work on it was closed. On July 2, 1963, P.O. Sukhoi sent P.V. Dementyev the results of the OKB’s studies on the X-34 ADB. The reserves for the X-30 missile were used in the development of the X-33 missile, which was started in the same 1963.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Two very rare pictures of the T-4’s cockpit from a historical video. What are the two levels behind the throttle levers for?

Combined response:

Oh yes probably. I’m guessing those would be flaps and trim?

Unlikely to be flaps, that would have a flat handle, not a round one. Helps for moving controls without looking when flaps feel like a flap and gear feels like a wheel.

The internal layout of the T-4 engine section can be seen in the attached pictures. I'm not an aeronautical engineer, but as a layman this layout reminds me very much of the layout used a few years earlier on the NAA XB-70...
The pictures are from: "Ударно-разведытельный самолёт Т-4" by Ильдар БедретдиновView attachment 686745View attachment 686746

I'd lean towards convergent evolution, not deliberate copying. Russian engineers are good.

 

[MadRat]

T-4MS seems like it would be amplifying the already serious design challenges.