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In 1940, Russian aircraft construction team of M.K.Tichonrawow designed a new attack fighter with three engines - the main one for taking off was placed in fuselage, the other two with eliptic shape were placed under wings and were designate for moving and fighting in the air with a full speed. The airplane should have been constructed in the jet scientific institution RNII in Moscow lead by A.G.Kostikow (whose name is assigned to it in many articles). On the spring of 1941 the type was approved by all Russian authorities, but when SSSR was attacked by Germany in the June 1941, all work was stopped. In the July of 1942 the airplane was approved again and in the autumn of the year Stalin himself ordered its construction (after intervention of Kostikow and K.J. Voroshilow). But on the spring of 1943 the troubles occured, when the underwing jet engines of V.S.Zuyev did not succes and there were no another suitable ones. One prototype was constructed as a glider and pulled by Petlyakow Pe-2. The airplane seemed very good, but in 1944 all the project was shut down, though.

Description
In 1940, Russian aircraft construction team of M.K.Tichonrawow designed a new attack fighter with three engines - the main one for taking off was placed in fuselage, the other two with eliptic shape were placed under wings and were designate for moving and fighting in the air with a full speed. The airplane should have been constructed in the jet scientific institution RNII in Moscow lead by A.G.Kostikow (whose name is assigned to it in many articles). On the spring of 1941 the type was approved by all Russian authorities, but when SSSR was attacked by Germany in the June 1941, all work was stopped. In the July of 1942 the airplane was approved again and in the autumn of the year Stalin himself ordered its construction (after intervention of Kostikow and K.J. Voroshilow). But on the spring of 1943 the troubles occured, when the underwing jet engines of V.S.Zuyev did not succes and there were no another suitable ones. One prototype was constructed as a glider and pulled by Petlyakow Pe-2. The airplane seemed very good, but in 1944 all the project was shut down, though.