Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8 Utka | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Experimental airplane |
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| First flight: |
November 19, 1945 |
| Production time: |
1945 |
| Number of pieces: |
1 |
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The Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-8 Utka ( German duck , Russian Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-8 Утка ) was a Soviet test aircraft.
development
It was designed in a duck construction and had a wing swept by 20 ° with a wedge-shaped horizontal stabilizer at the bow. The rudder was initially at the ends of the main wing, but was later moved to the center.
The design group consisted of students from the Zhukovsky Academy under the direction of G. A. Tokayev and examined the stability and controllability of swept wing-equipped aircraft at low speeds with this type, together with employees of the ZAGI .
The model was built in 1945 in OKB-155 and tested by Alexander Schukow and Alexej Grintschik from the end of the year until 1947. The knowledge gained during the tests about the behavior of swept wing aircraft on landing was incorporated into the design of the successful MiG-15 . After the tests were completed, the aircraft served as a liaison aircraft for Mikoyan-Gurevich for a while. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the prototype.
The MiG-8 was a strutted shoulder wing aircraft in wood construction with fabric covering. The single-wheel nose landing gear was rigid, with the main wheels having aerodynamic panels.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 2 |
| length | 7.10 m |
| span | 9.50 m (front wing 3.50 m) |
| height | 2.45 m |
| Wing area | 15 m² |
| Track width of the main landing gear | 2.5 m |
| Empty mass | 642 kg |
| Takeoff mass | maximum 1,150 kg |
| drive | air-cooled 5-cylinder radial engine M-11F with pressure screw |
| Starting power | 80 kW (109 PS) |
| Top speed | 205 km / h |
| Range | 500 km |
See also
literature
- Rudolf Höfling: MiG aircraft since 1939 . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-03335-1 .
- Wilfried Bergholz: Russia's great aircraft manufacturer. Jakowlew, Mikojan / Gurewitsch, Suchoj. The complete type book . Aviatic, Oberhaching 2002, ISBN 3-925505-73-3 .
- Karl-Heinz Eyermann : MiG aircraft . Transpress, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00193-0 .