The IL-4 stops pretty damen quick, on landing.
The other factor, regarding the engine speed not immediately matching throttle setting, is the fly wheel effect of the propellor.
The PO-2 is the most mass produced aircraft in history. So far just over 190,000 have been built and it is still being made. It was originally designed as a crop sprayer, communications aircraft and trainer, back in the 1920's
In WW2 they were flown mainly by women on night time anti-personel and material patrols over German, Romanian and Hungarian lines. Nicknamed the "Sewing Machine", the aircraft would cut its engine, swoop down on unsuspecting trroops and drop either bombs or grenades by hand or from racks.
Because of this danger, German troops in the open were reluctant to risk camp fires for fear of attracting the "Night Witches". Even lighting a cigarette was risky.
The Germans nicknamed the women pilots "The NIght Witches".
The top speed of a PO-2 is 88 MPH.
The Luftwaffe also used the aircraft for observation, communications, bombing and other duties on the Eastern Front.
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