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Role | Transport glider
Type of aircraft
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National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Polikarpov |
First flight | 1941 |
Number built | 2 |
Variants | Polikarpov MP |
Polikarpov BDP-2 was a Soviet transport glider developed by Polikarpov during World War II.
After Polikarpov's initial design for an assault glider, given the designation BDP (Boyevoi Desantnyi Planer – troops assault glider), to compete with the Antonov A-7 and Gribovskii G-11 was rejected, the design was re-surrected, in modified form, in 1942, as the BDP-2.[1]
The BDP-2 was an all-wood high wing glider capable of carrying 20 troops and a pilot. The BDP-2 took-off on jettisonable twin wheel dollies and landed on large wooden skids either side of the fuselage.[1]
Data from Aircraft of the Soviet Union : the encyclopaedia of Soviet aircraft since 1917,[1]
General characteristics
Armament
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Soviet miscellaneous aircraft designations, 1923–1940
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Autogyro (A) |
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Arctic aircraft (ARK) |
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Cruiser flying boat (MK) |
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1 Unknown/not assigned |