Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS
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 DIS prototype T with AM-37 engines |
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| Type | Escort fighter |
| Manufacturer | Mikoyan-Gurevich |
| Maiden flight | 1941 |
| Status | Cancelled in 1942 |
| Primary user | Soviet Air Force |
The Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS (Russian: Дальний истребитель сопровождения - "long-range escort fighter") was a prototype Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was also intended to develop reconnaissance and bomber versions, but these plans never materialised. The MiG DIS was a sleek, twin-engined, twin-tailed machine of mixed construction. Only two examples were built.
The first, developed under the bureau designation T, was powered by Mikulin AM-37 engines. It first flew in late 1941 and performed well in flight tests. The second machine, the IT, had Shvetsov M-82F engines and was completed in October the following year but did not complete flight testing before the project was cancelled. Despite the promise shown by the type, the NKAP felt that the aircraft's capabities and performance were too similar to those of the Petlyakov Pe-2, which was already in production.
The service designation MiG-5 had been reserved for this aircraft but in the end was never used. The same designation is sometimes erroneously applied to the Mikoyan-Gurevich I-211, a completely unrelated prototype aircraft based on the MiG-3.
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[edit] Specifications (T)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 10.87 m (35 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 15.10 m (49 ft 6 in)
- Height: 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 38.9 m² (419 ft²)
- Empty weight: 5,446 kg (12,006 lb)
- Loaded weight: 7,605 kg (16,731 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 8,000 kg (17,600 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× Mikulin AM-37 V-12 engines, 1,045 kW (1,400 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 610 km/h (378 mph)
- Range: 2,280 km (1,415 mi)
- Service ceiling 10,900 m (35,760 ft)
- Rate of climb: 15.2 m/s (2,980 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 196 kg/m² (40 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.27 kW/kg (0.17 hp/lb)
Armament
- 1x 23 mm VYa cannons, 200-300 rounds
- 2x 12.7 mm BS machine guns, 300-600 rounds/gun
- 4x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns, 1,000-1,500 rounds/gun
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[edit] Bibliography
- Gordon, Yefim. Mikoyan's Piston-Engined Fighters (Red Star Volume 13). Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd., 20038. ISBN 1-85780-160-1.
- Gordon, Yefim and Khazanov, Dmitri. Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Volume One: Single-Engined Fighters. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd., 1998. ISBN 1-85780-083-4.
- Green, William and Swanborough, Gordon. WW2 Aircraft Fact Files: Soviet Air Force Fighters, Part 1. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1977. ISBN 0-354-01026-3.
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