Su-5: 500mph Soviet prototype fighter

[claidemore]

Found this interesting plane while web browsing this morn.

Intended as a temporary counter to the Me262, it was quite a bit faster than the Ta152. It reached 495 mph at low alt, and was projected to reach 503mph at alt. Typical soviet armament of one NS23 and two 12.7 UBs.

Sukhoi Company (JSC) - Airplanes - Museum - Su-5
Sukhoi Su-5 (I-107) - experimental interceptor

 

[Chocks away!]

The picture you posted is actually a Mig-13.

Notable are the little ajustable doors on the booster nozzle!

 

[drgondog]

By far the ugliest WWII fighter I have ever seen..

 

[Venganza]

By far the ugliest WWII fighter I have ever seen..

Went like a bat out of Hell, though! The top speed, with the turbine running may have been as high as 513mph. The Mig-13 was also known as the I-250. The piston engine ran the compressor for the small turbine engine in the tail, like the Caproni-Campini plane of 1940. This plane went into small-scale production (10-50 examples) and it may have gone into service, but Russian sources differ over this. It was too late for the Great Patriotic War (WWII). Below is a picture of the Su-5, which was very similar and designed to the same requirement. Not exactly any great beauty, either.

Venganza

 

[Graeme]

(From Air international July 1976)

 

[Venganza]

Great job, Graeme! Thank you from a Soviet aviation buff.

Venganza

 

[claidemore]

The picture you posted is actually a Mig-13.

Notable are the little ajustable doors on the booster nozzle!

Oops, yer right. I had a little trouble attaching the Su5 photo and ended up putting the I-250 in by mistake. Fortunately Vengaza has posted the correct photo. Glad to see another Soviet aviation buff.

I wonder, do we have an "Ugliest fighter of WWII" thread?

Actually, in a side view, the Su-5 ain't all that bad. Sorta. lol And check out the top view profile, the laminar flow wing outline looks vaugely familiar.

 

[Graeme]

Sukhoi's original design which eventually led to the Su-5. Looks a little less "cigar shaped"...

 

[Thorlifter]

In the 3 way drawing Graeme posted, the front of it looks like a fat P51-B. Very interesting find, Claidemore.

 

[Venganza]

Sukhoi's original design which eventually led to the Su-5. Looks a little less "cigar shaped"...

I kind of looks like a LaGG-3 on steroids.

Venganza

 

[beaupower32]

The wings in the top view remind me of the P-40. Just the way it looks. But yes also the front end looks like the P-51B in a weird way.