The Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01, aka Izdeliye 92 and (erroneously) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23PD, NATO reporting name Faithless, was a 1960s STOL fighter / attack aircraft, designed in the USSR, to fulfil a requirement for ground-attack and fighter aircraft able to operate from short runways.
Specifications (23-01)
Data from Soviet X-Planes[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) (excl. PVD boom)
- Wingspan: 7.72 m (25 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 40 m2 (430 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 12,020 kg (26,500 lb)
- Gross weight: 16,000 kg (35,274 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Tumansky R-27-300 afterburning turbojet engine, 76.49 kN (17,196 lbf) with afterburner
- Powerplant: 2 × Rybinsk RD-36-35 turbojet engines, 46.09 kN (10,362 lbf) thrust each lift engines for STOL operations only
Performance
- Take-off run: 180–200 m (591–656 ft) at light AUW
- Landing run: 250 m (820 ft) with brake parachute
Armament
- Missiles: displayed with dummy Vympel R-23R and R-23T missiles on two underwing pylons
Avionics
Provision for a large fire-control radar in the nose
References
- ^ Gordon, Yefim; Gunston, Bill (2000). Soviet X-Planes. Hinkley: Midland. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-1-85780-099-9.
