Polikarpov BDP-2
# Polikarpov BDP-2

Polikarpov BDP-2 was a Soviet transport glider developed by Polikarpov during World War II.

## Design

After Polikarpov's initial design for an assault glider, given the designation BDP (Boyevoi Desantnyi Planer – troops assault glider), to compete with the Antonov A-7 and Gribovskii G-11 was rejected, the design was re-surrected, in modified form, in 1942, as the BDP-2.

The BDP-2 was an all-wood high wing glider capable of carrying 20 troops and a pilot. The BDP-2 took-off on jettisonable twin wheel dollies and landed on large wooden skids either side of the fuselage.

## Specifications

Data from Aircraft of the Soviet Union : the encyclopaedia of Soviet aircraft since 1917,

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Capacity: 20 troops
* Length: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
* Wingspan: 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
* Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
* Wing area: 44.72 $m^2$ (481.4 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 1,923 kg (4,239 lb)
* Gross weight: 3,000 kg (6,614 lb)

Armament

* Guns: 7 × light infantry machine guns
