Su-15 Flagon Interceptor

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Category: Sukhoi

Su-15 Flagon Interceptor. First flight: 1963 © Konstantinos Panitsidis

Photos from the personal collection of Kostas Panitsidis

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NATO reporting name: Flagon
Factory name: «T-58»
Mission: Interceptor of airborne assets of offence.
Chief designers: E.A. Ivanov, N.P. Polenov.

Single-seat fighter-interceptor equipped with two turbojet engines with an afterburner R-11F2S-300 with a total thrust of 12.400 kgf (2x6.200 kgf). The modernized Su-15TMs were equipped with R-13F2-300 (R-13-300 and R-13F-300) engines with a thrust of 6,700 kgf each. The first flight of the T-49 prototype took place in 1958, and how the Su-15 (T-58) took off for the first time in 1962. It was mass-produced by the Novosibirsk Aircraft Plant from 1966 to 1971. He was in service with the Soviet Air Defence Forces 1967 to 1993. 1300 aircraft of all versions were produced (period 1966-80). Currently, all aircraft have been withdrawn from service.

 

Su-15 "Flagon" 11th series of production © Konstantinos Panitsidis

 

Modifications:  
Su-15 (1966) Serial fighter-interceptor.
T-58L (1965-66)  Flying laboratory.
T-58VD (1966)  Based on the T-58D-1, V/STOL interceptor, with three additional   and vertically   mounted RD36-35 engines with a maximum thrust   of 800 kg each.
Su-15UT (1968)  Two-seat training aircraft based on the Su-15. This version lacks   armament and radar.
Su-15T (1969)  Aircraft equipped with R13-300 engines, with improved “Tayfun”   radar performance and improved avionics. The aircraft carried a   twin 620x180 mm nose wheel instead of a single one wheel. a total of 20 aircraft were built.
Su-15-98M (1968)  Equipped with the "Vozdux-1M" station providing the interception   of aerial targets with speeds of 500-2.500 km/h flying at heights   from 500 to 24.000 meters.
Su-15TM (1970)  Equipped with the powerful “Tayfun-M” type radar, a total of 450   aircraft were built.
Su-15Bis (1972)  Based on the Su-15TM, equipped with two R25-300 turbo engines with a maximum thrust of 7.300 kg each, the ASK-T58 avionics was installed. The aircraft successfully passed its trials, but never went into production.
Su-15 (1974-75)  Aerial refueling version, only two aircraft modified.
Su-15UM (1976)  Trainer aircraft (based on the Su-15TM) with full combat   equipment (capable of carrying 2xR-98M, 2xR-60 air-to-air   missiles and two pods UPK-23-250 with Gsh-23 cannons), but   no radar. Later attempts to install a “Tayfun-M” type radar failed,  due  to the fact that the aircraft was overweight.


 

THREE-VIEW DRAWING

Su-15 Flagon © Konstantinos Panitsidis

 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

DESIGNER
OKB Sukhoi
COUNTRY
Russia
TYPE
Interceptor
CREW
1
POWER-PLANT
Two jet engine R-11FS-300
Thrust, kgf
2x6.200
DIMENSIONS
  
Length, m
22,07
Height, m
5,00
Wing span, m
8,62
Wing area, m2
34,56
WEIGHT
  
Empty aircraft, kg
10.220
Normal take-off, kg
16.520
Maximum take-off, kg
17.094
Internal fuel, kg
6.860
- with external tank, l
1.200
PERFORMANCE
  
Maximum speed (at an altitude of 12000 m), km/h
2.230
Max speed in low height, km/h
1.300
Range, km
1.550
Combat range, km
-
Service ceiling (radar conical radome), m
18.500
Service ceiling (with an ogive shape radar radome), m
17.000
Maximum overload, g
6,5
ARMAMENT 2 medium-range guided missiles with semi-active radar and IR guidance systems R-98 or R-8M.

 

PHOTOS Su-15 Interceptor (designated in Design Bureau as T58L) Central Air Force Museum, Monino.

 

Su-15 «Flagon» Interceptor. Georgia (country), Terjola (Mkhare Imereti), 04/04/2023.

 

VIDEO

 


Su-15 «Flagon» Interceptor. Georgia (country), Terjola (Mkhare Imereti), 04/04/2023.
Video: © www.redstar.gr