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Sukhoi 9 Fishpot

9,837 HelloX  3.6 years ago

Hello everyone, I’m back with my first build since I hit gold, thanks for that milestone everyone. HellouUnt

Some wiki stuff for that Russian fish boi:

The Su-9's fuselage and tail surfaces resembled those of the Su-7, but unlike the swept wing of that aircraft, the "Fishpot" used a 53° delta wing with conventional slab tailplanes. It shared Sukhoi features like the rear-fuselage air brakes as well as the Su-7's Lyulka AL-7 turbojet engine and nose intake. The translating shock cone contains the radar set.

The Su-9 was developed from earlier work on a developmental aircraft designated T-3, to which the Su-9 was very nearly identical. Internally at Sukhoi, the Su-9 was known as the T-43.

The delta wing of the Su-9 was adopted because of its lower drag in the supersonic flight regime. Its greater volume also allowed a very modest increase in fuel capacity compared to the Su-7. The Su-9 was capable of Mach 1.8 at altitude, or about Mach 1.14 with missiles. Its fuel fraction remained minimal, however, and operational radius was limited. Furthermore, rotation speeds were even higher than the Su-7, which was already high at 360 km/h (225 mph). Unlike the Su-7, which had very heavy controls but docile handling characteristics, the "Fishpot" had light and responsive controls, but was very unforgiving of pilot error.

Controls-
VTOL-flaps
Everything else is normal

Goodbye, happy hunting!

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 25.3ft (7.7m)
  • Length 55.4ft (16.9m)
  • Height 15.3ft (4.7m)
  • Empty Weight 7,641lbs (3,466kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,866lbs (6,289kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 7.293
  • Wing Loading 11.2lbs/ft2 (54.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,236.2ft2 (114.8m2)
  • Drag Points 4907

Parts

  • Number of Parts 244
  • Control Surfaces 1
  • Performance Cost 1,064
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    9,837 HelloX

    Thank you! @PapaWii

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    60.4k PapaKernels

    Underrated af

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    9,837 HelloX

    Thanks mate! @Fdbrocks

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    396 Fdbrocks

    @MiiWini congrats on gold!

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    106k Hedero

    Oh ok @RandomUser09

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    9,837 HelloX

    Correct @Hedero

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    19.8k RandomUser09

    @Hedero yes.

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    106k Hedero

    Asteroid made the gear? @MiiWini

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    9,409 Tookan

    @Hedero
    Sobiet enjinering

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    9,409 Tookan

    @MiiWini
    The tag

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    9,837 HelloX

    Asteroidbook345 @Hedero

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    106k Hedero

    Why are the wheels so thin? The landing gear looks weak and unstable with super thin wheels like that.

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    9,837 HelloX

    What? @iniMiiW

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    9,409 Tookan

    @MiiWini
    Looks like it didn't work

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    9,837 HelloX

    @inimiiwii

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