“ At the start of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, Republican forces pleaded for fighter aircraft. After receiving payment in gold, Joseph Stalin dispatched around 475[10] I-16 Type 5s and Type 6s. The first I-16s appeared in Spanish skies in November 1936.[11] The Polikarpov monoplanes had their baptism of fire on 13 November 1936, when twelve I-16s intercepted a Nationalist bombing raid on Madrid. ”
-Wikipedia, Polikarpov I-16

-By far my best build yet, I finally got around to doing something with the undercarriage of the plane by making it a different color. While time consuming, it wasn’t too hard.

-With two machine guns and two cannons, this I-16 is a mediocre dogfighter in terms of firepower to stay historically accurate.

-There isn’t anything real special for takeoff or landing, but just don’t preform any tight maneuvers under 110 mph.