the Problem of a boat seaplane. Russian military fleet

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For satisfaction of a crying need in the sea scout plane applied in winter conditions, in the end of 1916 D. P.Grigorovich has created poplavkovyj biplan Рњ-16 which flight qualities corresponded to flying boat Рњ-9. In the winter instead of floats on Рњ-16 skis were put, but also on floats it could fly up from snow and sit down on snow and ice. создание сайта-часть бизнеса.

In Russian voennojaviatsii 1914-17 the sea aircraft played large role enough, and the share of seaplanes in total amount of Russian aircraft construction was considerable that was defined by a number of the reasons.

Sea battlefields was two - Baltic and black exhausting. On Baltic sea Russian military fleet was weaker than German. The problem of protection of the right flank of Northern front of Baltic coast, gulf of Finland and approaches to Petrograd demanded widely put air reconnaissance. Therefore in a number of coast points, on islands and in Finland the groups of sea aircraft making flights for the purpose of investigation, bombing, and sometimes and in interaction with fleet have been placed.

Black sea though the Russian fleet which is here, was much stronger Turkish, remains all a place as in it the German linear cruiser ' Geben ' plied.