Fighter Jets
Mikoyan MIG-31E Foxhound
ICAO: MG31
Overview
The MiG-27 was originally developed and produced by the Russian aircraft manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich before it was license-produced by the Indian Hindustan Aeronautics with the designation Bahadur. It is a variable-geometry ground-attack aircraft derived on the MiG-23 but improved to support air-to-ground operations.
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Specifications
Units
- Engine
- 1 × Tumansky R-29-B-300
- Engine type
- Jet
- Thrust
- 25,400 lbf · 113 kN
- Avionics
- (ECM) systems, PrNK-23K Nav/Attack System, IRST
- Wing tips
- No winglets
- Seats
- 1
- Crew
- —
- Cabin width
- —
- Cabin height
- —
- Cabin length
- —
- Exterior length
- 56 ft 1 in · 17.10 m
- Tail height
- 16 ft 5 in · 5.00 m
- Fuselage diameter
- 3 ft 3 in · 1.00 m
- Wing span
- 45 ft 10 in · 13.97 m
- Baggage volume
- —
- Gross weight
- —
- Empty weight
- —
- Max takeoff weight
- 45,600 lb · 20,700 kg
- Max landing weight
- —
- Max payload
- 8,800 lb · 4,000 kg
- Fuel capacity
- 1,930 gal · 7,300 L · 5,800 kg (Jet A)
- Max cruise speed
- 1,018 kt · 1,171 mph · 1,885 km/h
- Maximum speed
- —
- Cruise speed
- —
- Approach speed
- —
- Range
- 1,300 nm · 1,500 mi · 2,410 km
- Fuel burn
- —
- Ceiling
- 46,000 ft · 14,000 m
- Rate of climb
- 39,000 ft/min · 198 m/s
- Takeoff distance
- —
- Landing distance
- —
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Operational Context
Derived from the MiG-23, the MiG-27K was the most updated Soviet version of the MiG-27 aircraft. Approximately two hundred of this type were built. It has an external length of 17.08 meters, an external height of 2.9 meters, a tail height of 5 meters, and a fuselage diameter of 1 meter. The fully-spread wings has a span of 13.97 meters while 7.78 meters when swept. It has a wing area of 37.35 square meters when spread and 34.16 square meters when swept. It has an empty weight of 11,908 kg, a gross weight of 20,300 kg, and a maximum takeoff weight of 20,670 kg. The maximum payload is 4000 kg and the fuel capacity is 1,925 gallons.
The MiG-27K is fitted with a single Tumansky R-29-B-300 afterburning turbojet engine. It produces a dry thrust of 17,600 lbf and an afterburning thrust of 25,400 lbf. The aircraft has a maximum speed of 1,018 knots at 26,247 feet and 730 knots at sea level. It has a combat range of 420 nautical miles; 290 nautical miles if with two KH-29 missiles and three drop tanks and 121 nautical miles if with two KH-29 missiles and no external fuel. The ferry range is 1,300 nautical miles. The MiG-27K can fly up to 46,000 feet and can climb at a rate of 39,000 feet per minute.
Armaments of the MiG-27K are as follows: A single 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 rotary cannon with 260 rounds and a single 23 mm GSh-23 autocannon with 200 rounds. Four hardpoints are in the fuselage, one in the centerline, and two in the wing glove pylons with a capacity of 4,000 kg with provisions to carry combinations of S-5, S-8, S-25, and S-24 rockets, R-60M air-to-air missiles, Kh-23M, Kh-25ML, and Kh-29L/ML/T/D air-to-surface missiles, and Kh-27PS anti-radiation missiles, and KAB-500KR TV-guided bomb, KAB-500L laser-guided bombs, and up to 500 kg of other bombs.
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