Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250
AG 1 for jet. The Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 (a.k.a. Samolet N) was a Soviet fighter aircraft developed as part of a crash program in 1944 to develop a high-performance fighter to counter German turbojet-powered aircraft such as the Messerschmitt Me-262. The Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau decided to focus on a design that used something more mature than the jet engine, which was still at an experimental stage in the Soviet Union, and chose a mixed-power solution with the VRDK (Vozdushno-Reaktivny Dvigatel Kompressornyi – air reaction compressor jet) motorjet powered by the Klimov VK-107 V12 engine. While quite successful when it worked, with a maximum speed of 820 km/h (510 mph) being reached during trials, production problems with the VRDK fatally delayed the program and it was canceled in 1948 as obsolete.
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 28.0ft (8.5m)
- Length 22.7ft (6.9m)
- Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 3,395lbs (1,540kg)
- Loaded Weight 7,449lbs (3,379kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.452
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.134
- Wing Loading 41.0lbs/ft2 (199.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 181.9ft2 (16.9m2)
- Drag Points 1811
Parts
- Number of Parts 95
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 351