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MiG-3 Air defense fighter

MiG-3 Air defense fighter. First flight: 1940 © Konstantinos Panitsidis
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Test-pilot A.N. Ekatov.

In 1941 glorious aces of the Great Patriotic war A.I. Pokryshkin, S.P. Suprun, B.F. Safonov, P.S. Kutahov made their first combat flying the plane.
 

 


Three-view drawing

MiG-3 © Konstantinos Panitsidis

 

 


Technical specifications

DESIGNER OKB MiG
COUNTRY Russia
TYPE
Fighter
CREW 1
POWER-PLANT One piston engine AM-35A
Power, h.p. 1x1.350
DIMENSIONS  
Length, m 8,25
Height, m 3,50
Wing span, m 9,20
Wing area, m2 17,44
WEIGHT  
Maximum take-off, kg 3.350
Normal take-off, kg -
Empty aircraft, kg 2.699
Internal fuel, kg 463
Warload, kg 200
PERFORMANCE  
Maximum speed, km/h 640
Max speed in low height, km/h 505
Cruising speed, km/h -
Range, km 1.250
Combat range, km -
Service ceiling, m 12.000
Rate of climb, m/min 877
Maximum overload, g -
ARMAMENT 1x12,7 mm machine-guns UBS, two 7,62 mm machine-guns ShKAS. 6xRS-82 (rockets) or 2x100 kg bombs FAB-100 or FAB-50.





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