Anonymous, 24.08.2022 17:58 Polikarpov intended this as the Soviet equivalent of the Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire and Messerschmitt Me109. However, the Soviet Government chose not to develop this fighter further and to persist with production of the I-16. As a result, the Red Air Force did not get a fighter with a modern liquid-cooled engine, comparable to foreign counterparts, until 1941. Nevertheless, the I-17 prototype was displayed prominently at the Paris Aeronautical Salon in 1936, where foreign aeronautical experts apparently were more impressed with it than the Soviets were.

sven, 09.09.2016 19:01 The huge fillet on the fuselage wing joint is likely to have caused unpleasant handling and contrary to appearances a lot of drag.

CRoW56, e-mail, 09.09.2014 23:44 This aircraft has sweet lines and looks like it would be fast and handle well. Why was it abandoned?

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