List of records of the MiG-25

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Je-155M

The list of records of the MiG-25 contains the total of 29 world records that were set with the MiG-25 from 1965 to 1978 , including three absolute records. 14 world records remained unsurpassed. The MiG-25 is one of the most successful supersonic aircraft in terms of records .

Models and types

Six aircraft of different variants were used for the record flights:

  • Je-266 : Je-155R-1 , Je-155R-3 and Je-155P-1 : 18 records (including 13 records with the Je-155R-3 )
  • Je-266M (MiG-25RB № 601and №703): 7 records
  • Je-133 (MiG-25PU № 51) : 4 records

Pilots

The records were set by five test pilots:

Surname Records including absolute records
Alexander Wassiljewitsch Fedotow 16 2 absolute records
Pyotr Maximovich Ostapenko 6th -
Mikhail Mikhailovich Komarov 2 1 absolute record
Boris Antonovich Orlov 1 -
Svetlana Evgenevna Savitskaya 4th -

Records of the Je-266

The Je-266 was equipped with the Tumanski R-15B-300 engine, the thrust of which was 100 kN . The production version of the reconnaissance aircraft, however, was equipped with the reinforced version R-15BD-300 with a thrust of 110 kN.

date plane pilot Kind of record Values ​​achieved FAI category
March 16, 1965 Je-155R-1 A. Fedotov Speed ​​on a 1000 km circuit without payload 2319.12 km / h C-1
March 16, 1965 Je-155R-1 A. Fedotov Speed ​​on a 1000 km circuit with 1000 kg payload 2319.12 km / h C-1
March 16, 1965 Je-155R-1 A. Fedotov Speed ​​on a 1000 km circuit with a payload of 2000 kg 2319.12 km / h C-1
5th October 1967 Je-155R-3 M. Komarov Speed ​​on a 500 km circuit without payload 2981.5 km / h C-1
5th October 1967 Je-155R-3 M. Komarov Speed ​​on a circuit 2981.5 km / h C-Absolute
5th October 1967 Je-155P-1 A. Fedotov Height with 1000 kg payload 29,977 m C-1
5th October 1967 Je-155P-1 A. Fedotov Height with 2000 kg payload 29,977 m C-1
October 27, 1967 Je-155R-3 P. Ostapenko Speed ​​on a 1000 km circuit without payload 2920.67 km / h C-1
October 27, 1967 Je-155R-3 P. Ostapenko Speed ​​on a 1000 km circuit with 1000 kg payload 2920.67 km / h C-1
October 27, 1967 Je-155R-3 P. Ostapenko Speed ​​on a 1000 km circuit with a payload of 2000 kg 2920.67 km / h C-1
April 8, 1973 Je-155R-3 A. Fedotov Speed ​​on a 100 km circuit 2605.10 km / h C-1
4th June 1973 Je-155R-3 B. Orlov Climbing time to 20,000 m 2 min 49.8 s C-1
4th June 1973 Je-155R-3 P. Ostapenko Climbing time to 25,000 m 3 min 12.6 s C-1
4th June 1973 Je-155R-3 P. Ostapenko Ascent time to 30,000 m 4 min 3.86 s C-1
July 25, 1973 Je-155R-3 A. Fedotov Height with 1000 kg payload 35,230 m C-1
July 25, 1973 Je-155R-3 A. Fedotov Height with 2000 kg payload 35,230 m C-1
July 25, 1973 Je-155R-3 A. Fedotov Height without payload 36,240 m C-1
July 25, 1973 Je-155R-3 A. Fedotov Absolute height 36,240 m C-Absolute

On October 30, 1967, the Je-155P-1 crashed while attempting to set the 20,000 m climb time record. The test pilot Igor Lesnikov was killed.

Records of the Je-266M

See main article Mikoyan-Gurevich Je-155M .

date Aircraft type pilot Kind of record Values ​​achieved FAI category
17th May 1975 № 601 A. Fedotov Climbing time to 25,000 m 2 min 34.2 s C-1
17th May 1975 № 601 P. Ostapenko Ascent time to 30,000 m 3 min 9.7 s C-1
17th May 1975 № 601 A. Fedotov Climbing time to 35,000 m 4 min 11.3 s C-1
July 22, 1977 № 703 A. Fedotov Height with 1000 kg payload 37,080 m C-1
July 22, 1977 № 703 A. Fedotov Height with 2000 kg payload 37,080 m C-1
August 31, 1977 № 703 A. Fedotov Height without payload 37,650 m C-1
August 31, 1977 № 703 A. Fedotov Absolute height 37,650 m C-Absolute

Records of the JE-133 (category women)

date Aircraft type pilot Kind of record Values ​​achieved
June 22, 1975 № 51 S. Savitskaya Speed ​​over 15 km and 25 km 2683.45 km / h
August 31, 1977 № 51 S. Savitskaya Altitude 21,210 m
October 21, 1977 № 51 S. Savitskaya Speed ​​on a 500 km circuit 2466.31 km / h
April 12, 1978 № 51 S. Savitskaya Speed ​​on a 1000 km circuit 2333.00 km / h

For the records, Fedotow in 1973 and 1977 and Komarow in 1967 were awarded the de la Vaulx medal by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) . Fedotov was also awarded the golden air medal in 1974 .

Unmatched records

Three of the records of the Je-266 (speed on a 100 km circuit, speed on a 500 km circuit and speed on a 1000 km circuit with a payload of 2000 kg) and all records of the Je-266M and Je-133 remained unmatched. Due to the change in the FAI rules, however, all records with the exception of the absolute altitude record (37,650 m) have been overtaken.

Additional Services

  • The Je-266 flew slower than the production versions. The Je-155P-3 reached a speed of 2900 km / h with four Wympel-R-40 missiles and a correspondingly high air resistance, the production version, however, 3000 km / h and the Je-155M more than 3200 km / h.
  • During the record flight on August 31, 1977, the Je-266M flew at an altitude of 18 km at 3000 km / h at an angle of 48 degrees to the horizon.
  • During the climb time record, the maximum rate of climb was more than 500 m / s.
  • During the record flight on the 500 km circuit, the speed was between 2500 km / h (in a curve) and 3500 km / h (on straight sections), the g-force reached 3 g.
  • During the record flight on the 100 km circuit, the single speed was 3000 km / h with an almost continuous g-force of 3.5 to 4 g.
  • With the Je-266 and Je-266M, no speed records were set on a straight stretch between 15 and 25 km. According to the rules of the FAI for record flights, the aircraft must not exceed an altitude difference of 100 m during a flight to achieve the record speed. The MiG-25 could not meet this requirement at speeds over 3000 km / h.

Altitude record

No attempt was made with the Je-266 to surpass the altitude record of the YF-12 (24,462 m) in level flight. The reason for this was that the test and record flights of the MiG-25 were carried out at 54–55 degrees north latitude ( Zhukovsky , Moscow Oblast), while all record flights of the YF-12 and SR-71 were carried out at 34–35 degrees north latitude ( Edwards and Beil Air Force Bases ). This local difference would have corresponded to an advantage of more than 1 km flight altitude, since at an altitude of more than 20,000 m in equatorial latitudes compared to northern latitudes, the air temperature drops: Over the Russian peninsula Kola , the air temperature at this altitude is, for example, −49 ° C and the MiG-25R reached an altitude of around 20,000 m. On the other hand, Israel has a temperature of −70 ° C at this altitude, which means that a horizontal flight altitude of 24,000 m can be achieved, as the colder air has a higher density and thus increases the thrust of the engines. All flights of the SR-71 in southern latitudes were also carried out at an altitude of 25,000 m (over Vietnam or the Middle East ), flights in northern latitudes (over Kola), however, at no more than 22-23,000 m altitude.

The Je-155M, on the other hand, flew so high (the fully armed aircraft reached more than 24,200 m in level flight) that it was even able to surpass the record of the YF-12 over the city of Zhukovsky. With the first information that the Americans had received about the Je-155M, they set the new altitude record of 25,929 m with the SR-71 in 1976. Nevertheless, the attempt was made to exceed this altitude record with the Je-155M. According to the rules of the FAI, an aircraft has to exceed the previous record by at least 3% in order to set a new altitude record. Thus the altitude mark of the Je-155M was more than 26,700 m. Flying with a resulting g-force of around 1 g was practically impossible in level flight. Thanks to a flight on a particularly steep parabola and great flying skills, the test pilot was nevertheless able to set the new record. During a successful test flight, the Je-155M № 703 with test pilot A. Fastowets achieved a g-force of approx. 1 and an altitude of approximately 27,000 m over a 25 km long section. The subsequent record flight attempt had to be aborted at speeds above Mach 3 due to damage to the aircraft structure due to overheating.

Web links

Individual evidence

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