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Sukhoi Su-9 (1946)

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Description

We built a sukhoi su-9 (1946) not German, but a Soviet aircraft.

JET Swallow

OPERATION EXPLANATION

Throttle:Engine start
VTOL:Flap

JET Swallow

Weapon

N-37 37mm autocannon ×1

JET Swallow

NS-23 23mm autocannons ×2

JET Swallow

HISTORY

The Sukhoi Su-9 or ??????? K (Russian: Aircraft K); (USAF/DoD designation: Type 8), was an early jet fighter built in the Soviet Union shortly after World War II. The design began in 1944 and was intended to use Soviet-designed turbojet engines. The design was heavily influenced by captured German jet fighters and it was subsequently redesigned to use a Soviet copy of a German turbojet. The Su-9 was slower than competing Soviet aircraft and it was cancelled as a result. A modified version with different engines and a revised wing became the Su-11 (Samolyet KL), but this did not enter production either. The Su-13 (Samolyet KT) was a proposal to re-engine the aircraft with Soviet copies of the Rolls-Royce Derwent turbojet as well as to modify it for night fighting, but neither proposal was accepted.

JET Swallow

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 36.6ft (11.2m)
  • Length 34.1ft (10.4m)
  • Height 13.5ft (4.1m)
  • Empty Weight 8,376lbs (3,799kg)
  • Loaded Weight 12,985lbs (5,889kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.115
  • Wing Loading 14.6lbs/ft2 (71.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 887.0ft2 (82.4m2)
  • Drag Points 4765

Parts

  • Number of Parts 250
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 1,082