Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: ?????? ? ??????? ???-17) (NATO reporting
name: Fresco) (China:Shenyang J-5) (Poland: PZL-Mielec Lim-5) is a high-subsonic
fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air
forces in many variants. It is an advanced development of the very similar
appearing MiG-15 of the Korean War.

The MiG-17 first saw combat in 1958 over the Straits of Taiwan and was used as
an effective threat against supersonic fighters of the United States in the
Vietnam War. It was also briefly known as the "Type 38, by U.S. Air Force
designation prior to the development of NATO codes.

While the MiG-15bis introduced swept wings to air combat over Korea, the
Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau had already begun work on its replacement in 1949
(originally the MiG-15bis45) in order to fix any problems found with the MiG-15
in combat. The result was one of the most successful transonic fighters
introduced before the advent of true supersonic types such as the
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 and North American F-100 Super Sabre. The design would
ultimately still prove effective into the 1960s when pressed into subsonic
dogfights over Vietnam against much faster planes which were not optimized for
maneuvering in such slower speed, short-range engagements.

Though the MiG-17 still strongly resembles its forebear, it had an entirely new
thinner and more highly swept wing and tailplane for speeds approaching Mach 1.
While the F-86 introduced the "all-flying" tailplane which helped
controllability near the speed of sound, this would not be adopted on MiGs until
the fully supersonic MiG-19. The wing had a "sickle sweep" compound shape with a
45° angle like the U.S. F-100 Super Sabre near the fuselage (and tailplane), and
a 42° angle for the outboard part of the wings.[6] The stiffer wing resisted the
tendency to bend its wingtips and lose aerodynamic symmetry unexpectedly at high
speeds and wing loads.[3] Like its forebear, the MiG-17 inherited the major
design deficit which could cause the fuel tanks develop to under-pressure if
more than half the fuel had been used, which could easily lead to tank
implosions, crushing the main fuselage of the aircraft mid-fight, with almost
always fatal results. Roughly 30% of the fatal accidents of Soviet MiG-17 were
attributed to this problem.


Role
Fighter aircraft

National origin
Soviet Union

Manufacturer
Mikoyan-Gurevich

First flight
14 January 1950

Introduction
October 1952

Status
Limited service

Primary users
Soviet Air Force
PLA Air Force
Polish Air Force
Vietnam People's Air Force

Number built
11,060

Developed from
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Variants
PZL-Mielec Lim-6
Shenyang J-5

MiG-17s were designed to intercept straight-and-level-flying enemy bombers, not
for air-to-air combat (dogfighting) with other fighters.[10] This subsonic (.93
Mach) fighter was effective against slower (.6-.8 Mach), heavily loaded U.S.
fighter-bombers, as well as the mainstay American strategic bombers during the
MiG-17's development cycle (such as the Boeing B-50 Superfortress or Convair
B-36 Peacemaker, which were both still powered by piston engines). It was not
however able to intercept the new generation of British jet bombers such as the
Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor, which could both fly higher. Even if the
target had sufficient warning and time to shed weight and drag by dropping
external ordnance and accelerate to supersonic escape speeds, doing so would
have inherently forced the enemy aircraft to abort its bombing mission. However,
the USAF's introduction of strategic bombers capable of supersonic dash speeds
such as the Convair B-58 Hustler and General Dynamics FB-111 rendered the MiG-17
obsolete in front-line PVO service, and they were supplanted by supersonic
interceptors such as the MiG-21 and MiG-23.

MiG-17s were not available for the Korean War, but saw combat for the first time
over the Straits of Taiwan when the Communist PRC MiG-17s clashed with the
Republic of China (ROC, Nationalist China) F-86 Sabres in 1958.

In 1958, MiG-17s downed a US reconnaissance Lockheed C-130 Hercules over
Armenia, with 17 casualties.

Specifications (MiG-17F)

General characteristics
Crew: One
Length: 11.26 m (36 ft 11½ in)
Wingspan: 9.63 m (31 ft 7 in)
Height: 3.80 m (12 ft 5½ in)
Wing area: 22.6 m² (243.3 ft²)
Empty weight: 3,919 kg[47] (8,640 lb)
Loaded weight: 5,350 kg (11,770 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 6,069 kg (13,375 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Klimov VK-1F afterburning turbojet Dry thrust: 26.5 kN (5,955
lbf)
Thrust with afterburner: 33.8 kN (7,423 lbf)


Performance
Maximum speed: 1,145 km/h (618 knots, 711 mph) at 3,000 m (10,000 ft)
Range: 2,060 km (1,111 nmi, 1,280 mi) with drop tanks
Service ceiling: 16,600 m (54,450 ft)
Rate of climb: 65 m/s (12,800 ft/min)
Wing loading: 237 kg/m² (48 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.63

Armament

1x 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon (40 rounds total)
2x 23 mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total)
Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of external stores on two pylons, including 100 kg (220
lb) and 250 kg (550 lb) bombs, unguided rockets or external fuel tanks.
(some versions equipped with 3x NR-23 cannons and 4x K-13 missiles




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