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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-8 «Утка») was a Soviet experimental aircraft of 1945. Nicknamed Utka ("duck"), from the similar name for a duck in French, canard, for a fixed-wing aircraft with a smaller surface forwards and a main lifting surface aftwards on the fuselage, it was a propeller-driven design of an unusual canard configuration, powered by a Shvetsov M-11 five cylinder radial engine, with a pusher propeller.
The aircraft was used as a testbed in developing the swept wing of the MiG-15, and afterwards continued to fly as communications/utility aircraft for the OKB.
Being made of wood and fabric, it was very light and reportedly a favorite among MiG OKB test pilots for its docile, slow-speed handling characteristics.
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General characteristics
- Crew: Pilot, three passengers
- Length: 7 m (22 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Height: 2.48 m (8 ft 1-1/2 in)
- Wing area: 15.00 sq m (161.46 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 746 kg (1,644 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1090 kg (2,403 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Shvetsov M-11 radial engine, 75 kW (100 hp)
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