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Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250

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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.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • 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