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| During 1961, the MiG OKB initiated work on an
upgraded fighter based on the basic MiG-21PF airframe
and referred to contemporaneously as the MiG-23.
Assigned the OKB designation Ye-8, it featured a bifurcated
ventral air intake for the R-21F engine, which, developed
by N Metskhvarishvili, was rated at 4500kg and 7000kg with afterburning.
A variable-incidence canard spanning 2.60m was fitted - this having been earlier tested by a
Ye-6T - and it was proposed to install Sapfir 21 radar to
accompany an armament of two K-13 AAMs. The first of
two prototypes, the Ye-8/1, was flown on 17 April 1962,
followed on 29 June by the Ye-8/2. On 11 September, the
R-21F engine of the Ye-8/1 exploded at Mach=1.7 at
10000m. It was subsequently ascertained
that the sixth compressor stage fan had penetrated the
engine casing and had then continued on to destroy the
starboard aileron. At this time, the Ye-8/2 had effected
13 flights, but the programme was abandoned.
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 8200 kg | 18078 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 7.15 m | 23 ft 5 in |
| Length | 14.90 m | 49 ft 11 in |
| Wing area | 23.13 m2 | 248.97 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 2230 km/h | 1386 mph |
| Ceiling | 20000 m | 65600 ft |
 | A three-view drawing (1675 x 1070) |
| Nikos J. Farsaris, 08.01.2009 03:53 In my comment the engine is -ostensibly - wrong R-21 is the correct designation reply | | Nikos J. Farsaris, 08.01.2009 03:48 This was the predeccessor of F-16! (Xenostrike is correct it was a modification of MiG-21 with Saphire radar, and R-13 engine)
It was an modification - one of many - that eventually led to MiG-23 /27 family reply |
| Xenostrike 06, e-mail, 09.08.2008 13:58 Well I like this MiG-21 Mod, hmm much more capable than regular MiG-21's, the Ye-8 designed with Sapfeer Radar , greater detection range than regular MiG-21's reply | | Mixofall, e-mail, 05.06.2008 00:14 It looks like a combination of an F-16,EU Typhoon, and Mig-21. reply | |
| | SukhoiFlanker, 08.05.2008 16:53 It looks kind of like the Eurofighter Typhoon to me. reply | | Russian Phoenix, e-mail, 13.10.2007 10:16 This modification of MiG-21 is really similar on F-16... More truly, F-16 is similar on Ye-8 :). reply |
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