Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS
The Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS (Russian: Дальний истребитель сопровождения/ Dalnij Istrebitel' Soprovozhdenya – "long-range escort fighter") was a prototype Soviet heavy fighter of World War II, envisioned to serve primarily in the escort fighter role. The service designation MiG-5 was reserved for the production version of the aircraft. Competing designs in the USSR included the Grushin Gr-1, Polikarpov TIS and Tairov Ta-3. It was intended to develop reconnaissance and bomber versions but these plans were disrupted by Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941. The project failed due to its disappointing Mikulin AM-37 engines and when a second prototype was built with M-82 radial engines its performance was mediocre. The design was cancelled in 1943 after at least two prototypes had been built.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG
- Category
- Fighters
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- First flight
- 1941-06-11
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 330 kt
- Max speed
- 330 kt
- Range
- 1,230 nm
- Service ceiling
- 35,800 ft
- Rate of climb
- 3,000 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 17,769 lb
- Empty weight
- 13,536 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 507 US gal
- Powerplant
- 2 × Mikulin AM-37 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 36.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 50.2 ft
- Height
- 11.2 ft
- Number built
- 2
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.