| Manufacturer |
Saunders-Roe |
Tupolev |
| Description |
The Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess was a British flying boat aircraft developed and built by Saunders-Roe at their Cowes facility on the Isle of Wight. |
The Tupolev Tu-85 (; USAF/DoD reporting name: "Type 31", NATO reporting name: Barge) was a Soviet prototype strategic bomber based on the Tu-4, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. |
| First Flight |
1952-08-22 |
1951-01-09 |
| Designer |
Saunders-Roe |
Tupolev |
| Type |
Flying boat airliner |
Heavy/Strategic bomber |
| Length (m) |
45.1104 |
39.306 |
| Height (m) |
16.764 |
11.358 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
11 |
| Max Seating |
105 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
611.1595 |
638 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
579.3638 |
|
| Min Speed (km/h) |
181.4958 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
11887.2 |
11700 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
9.652 |
17 |
| Armament |
|
10 × 23 mm Nudelman NR-23 cannon, two each in five turrets; 5000 kg |
| Capacity Description |
105 passengers in tourist and first class cabins / 137000 lb disposable load |
|
| Endurance (h) |
15 |
|
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
Soviet Union |
| Number Built |
1 |
2 |
| Powerplant Description |
4 × Bristol Coupled-Proteus 610 turboprop, 3728 kW (5000 hp) each |
4 × Dobrynin VD-4K 24-cylinder liquid-cooled, turbo-compound, six-bank, inline radial engines, 3207 kW (4300 hp) each |
| Status |
|
Cancelled |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders-Roe_Princess |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-85 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
66.7512 |
55.96 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
466.2804 |
273.6 |
| Flat Wing Aspect Ratio |
|
11.745 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Bristol Proteus |
Dobrynin VD-4K |
| Number of Engines |
4 |
4 |