Airworthy I-16!
 

Great news and great pics!! Thanks.
Love the Rata.

Cheers

seen one flying a couple of years ago at Duxford, helluva kewl thing, but the torque must be immense with such short wings!

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infact this is all i can see
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me too

Looks like livejournal is down again.

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More here http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/gelionsk/album/116816/

And here: http://englishrussia.com/2011/07/20/...ms-its-models/

I love the 'Mosca' (fly) in that camouflage-less silver looking!

Thanks a lot for the heads-up.

Engadin.

Nice pics. Funny enough, it's much easier to get an I-16 (or I-15, or I-153) flying then, let's say, any Yaks or German warbirds, due to the wide availability of M-62 (ASh-62) engines... Must be fun to fly :).

Yeah, well actually it's Chinese versions of the M-62 and similar that are easy to find, which are renown for two things: burning oil like mofos and being as reliable as Gary Glitter in a primary school..

The I-16 is pretty rudimental, and more than fun I would define flying with it challenging: manual landing gear operation, very short fuselage, massive torque to compensate with tiny wings, not particularly keen on spins.. yeah, doesn't sound like too much fun, but it's surely interesting to see in the air, the small size of it makes it look even faster than what it actually is.