Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3

General Characteristics

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, was a Soviet single engined fighter from World War Two, with over 3,400 being built. Designed to operate at high altitude, it suffered large losses when operating at low level, where most aerial combat on the eastern front occurred.

• Crew: 1
• Length: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
• Height: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 17.44 m² (187.7 sq ft)
• Airfoil: root:Clark YH (14%) ; tip Clark YH (8%)
• Empty weight: 2,699 kg (5,950 lb)
• Gross weight: 3,355 kg (7,397 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Mikulin AM-35A V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 993 kW (1,332 hp)
• Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 505 km/h (314 mph, 273 kn) at sea level

640 km/h (400 mph; 350 kn) at 7,800 m (25,591 ft)

• Combat range: 820 km (510 mi, 440 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,000 ft)
• Time to altitude: 8,000 m (26,247 ft) in 10 minutes 17 seconds
• Wing loading: 155 kg/m² (32 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.30 kW/kg (0.18 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns:

• 1 × 12.7 mm Berezin UBS machine gun
• 2 × 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns in the cowl
• (later models would feature additional 2 x UBK machine guns underwing, one per wing)

• Rockets: 6 × RS-82 rockets

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 Revell 1/72 Scale Model