You are probably going to have fun with this aircraft. Two guided missiles, two cannon, and 50 unguided rockets in the nose are equipped on this plane. Enjoy!
History:
In December 1954 the MAP (Ministry of Aviation Industry) requested studies of a new fighter, called P (Perekhvatchik, interceptor). Studies embraced single- and two-seat aircraft armed with every combination of guns, rockets, and missiles, and with nine types of afterburning turbojet. On 19th January 1955 the Council of Ministers ordered from Sukhoi prototypes of the P-1 powered by a single AL-9 and the P-2 powered by two VK-11 engines. Mockups were reviewed in late 1955, and the construction of the P-1 was authorized, the P-2 being abandoned in early 1956. OKB-51’s factory constructed the single P-1 from August 1956. At late stage it was recognized that the chosen engine would not be ready in time, and the aircraft was redesigned for an engine of rather less thrust in order to get it airborne. The large fuselage was exceptionally complex. In the nose was the single dish antenna of the Pantera (panther) search and fire-control radar, with the multi-function instrumental boom projecting from the tip. With this Sukhoi gave up trying to put the air inlet in the nose, and the radome formed the entire nose of the aircraft. Next game the bay housing the radar’s pressurized container, around which was the main armament. After many changes this comprised five bays, each closed by a rapid-action door, each housing ten ARS-57 57mm spin-stabilized rockets. Upon automatic command by the fire-control system, the rockets were either rippled in rapid sequence or fired in a single salvo, the doors quickly hingeing inwards from the front and the rocket gases being discharged through doors at the rear immediately ahead of Frame 8 (the front pressure bulkhead of the cockpit). Two 30mm NR-30 cannon were fitted under the nose (one on each side of the bottom rocket compartment). It was taken to the OKB’s flight-test station on 10th June 1957, and was flown there by Nikolai Korovushkin on 12th July 1957. He was joined by Eduard Elyan, and Factory Testing was completed on 22nd September 1958. The intended engine never did become available, and Sukhoi failed to obtain an alternative (the R-15B-300 went instead to the T-37). The P-1 was transferred to the experimental category and finally abandoned.
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 35.4ft (10.8m)
- Length 52.2ft (15.9m)
- Height 13.0ft (4.0m)
- Empty Weight 11,387lbs (5,165kg)
- Loaded Weight 20,087lbs (9,111kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.678
- Wing Loading 59.0lbs/ft2 (287.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 340.7ft2 (31.7m2)
- Drag Points 2918
Parts
- Number of Parts 95
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 668