Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8
{{Short description|Soviet fighter prototype}}
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8 was a supersonic jet fighter developed in the Soviet Union, intended to replace the MiG-21 (originally named MiG-23). Only two prototypes were built in 1960–61. The original MiG-21's air intakes were moved under the fuselage, freeing up the nose where a larger and more powerful radar, able to deliver longer range air-to-air missiles, could be built in. Canards were built to both sides of the nose, in front of the cockpit, (the horizontal stabilizers of MiG-21 were left at their original position).
The two prototypes flew in 1962. On 11 September 1962, the Tumansky R-21F-300 engine, also under development, exploded in midair at a speed of Mach 2.15.
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Test pilot Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov, then one of the leading Soviet test pilots, was severely injured by debris from the compressor and had to eject at Mach 1.78.
Due to unsolved technical problems, the aircraft's development was abandoned; some parts were used on the MiG-23, including R-23 missiles and their associated Sapfir-23 radar.
Specifications
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|ref=MiG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft DesignBelyakov and Marmain 1994, pp. 318–319.
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Tumansky R-21
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|eng1 kn=46.05
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|eng1 kn-ab=70.55
|max speed kmh=1386
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|missiles= 2 × K-13 air-to-air missiles (planned)
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See also
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|related=
|similar aircraft=
- Convair F-106X
- Dassault Milan
- Dassault Mirage IIIF/F1
- Douglas F5D
- English Electric Lightning F3/F6
- Grumman F11F-1F
- McDonnell Douglas F-4C
- Northrop F-5
- Saab Draken J 35F
- Sukhoi P-1
- Sukhoi Su-11
- Sukhoi T-49
- Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III
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References
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- {{cite book |last1=Belyakov |first1=R.A|last2=Marmain|first2=J.|title= MiG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design |year=1994 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury, UK |isbn=1-85310-488-4 }}
- {{cite book |last=Gunston |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Gunston |title= The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995 |year=1995 |publisher=Osprey |location=London |isbn=1-85532-405-9 }}
External links
{{commons category|Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8}}
- {{cite web | url = http://airwar.ru/enc/xplane/e8.html | script-title=ru:Е-8 | access-date = 2008-08-09 | publisher = Ugolok neba aircraft encyclopedia | language = ru }}
- {{cite web | url = http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/mikoyan/e/8/e8.htm | script-title=ru:Е-8 (МиГ-21М, МиГ-23) | access-date = 2009-05-02 | publisher = www.testpilot.ru/ | language = ru }}
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{{Mikoyan aircraft}}
Category:1960s Soviet fighter aircraft
Category:Abandoned military aircraft projects of the Soviet Union
Category:Single-engined jet aircraft