I’m back!! This sleek heavy fighter has a nasty surprise for any enemy that dares to attack it head-on.

Features:

• 1x 20mm cannon firing through propeller hub
• 10x .30 cal ShKAS machine guns in wings
• Custom landing gear
• Flaps

History:
Grigorovich conceived this beautiful fighter in the winter of 1935-1936. The IP-2 fighter was conceived as a single-seater monoplane with cantilever low wing and beautiful lines, which promised excellent performance. In its plan view it was similar to the British Supermarine Spitfire

The IP-2 maintained the elliptical wing introduced in the IP-1. The main difference is that in the case of the IP-2 , builders were forced to install an inverted gull-like wing in order to raise the nose from the ground in the presence of a larger diameter propeller.

The fuselage in this case maintained a construction similar to that of the IP-1, but had an elongated nose to accommodate the Klimov M-100A engine, licensed version of the Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs of 860 hp. The tail was elliptical and was of cantilever construction.

The landing gear maintained the retraction system with the wheels semi-exposed in specially designed fairings under the wings.

Another novel detail in the IP-2 was the closed cockpit for the pilot. This fighter included a powerful weapon system consisting of a 20mm ShVAK cannon located in the engine V and ten 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns located in the planes. Under-wing pylons were provided to carry up to 400 kg of bombs.

Even though a full-scale prototype was built, this airplane did not see production due to the fact that the Polikarpov I-16 was already in full-scale production and it was seen that no other fighter was needed.

Historical Gallery:

Three-view profile of the Grigorovich IP-2

Full scale mock-up of the Grigorovich IP-2 during the construction process at the beginning of 1936

M-100A engine installation in the nose of the IP-2