Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Specifications
Role: Fighter and interceptor aircraft
Crew: 1
Origin: Soviet Union
Designer: Mikoyan-Gurevich
First flight: February 14, 1956 (Ye-2)
Service Introduction: 1959 (MiG-21F)
Status: Still in service
Produced from: 1959 (MiG-21F) to 1985 (MiG-21bis)
Number built: 11,496
POWERPLANT:
PERFORMANCE:
Crew: 1
Origin: Soviet Union
Designer: Mikoyan-Gurevich
First flight: February 14, 1956 (Ye-2)
Service Introduction: 1959 (MiG-21F)
Status: Still in service
Produced from: 1959 (MiG-21F) to 1985 (MiG-21bis)
Number built: 11,496
- USSR: 10,645
- India: 657
- Czechoslovakia: 194
POWERPLANT:
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Model: Tumansky R-25-300 afterburning turbojet.
Type: Afterburning turbojet
Number: One
Thrust:
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9,030 lbf thrust dry.
15,640 lbf with afterburner
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Length: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) excluding pitot boom
Wingspan: 7.154 m (23 ft 6 in)
Height: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 23 m2 (250 sq ft)
Airfoil: root: TsAGI S-12 (4.2%); tip: TsAGI S-12 (5%)
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Gross weight: 8,725 kg (19,235 lb) with two R-3S missiles
- 8,800 kg (19,401 lb) unprepared or metal planking runway
- 9,800 kg (21,605 lb) paved runway with standard wheels and tyres
- 10,400 kg (22,928 lb) paved runway with larger wheels and tyres
Max takeoff weight:
PERFORMANCE:
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Maximum speed:
- 2,237 kph (1,390 mph)/M2.05 at 13,000 m (42,651 ft)
- 1,300 kph (810 mph)/M1.06 at sea level
- 660 km (410 mi) clean at 11,000 m (36,089 ft)
- 604 km (375 mi) at 11,000 m (36,089 ft) with two R-3S missiles
- 793 km (493 mi) at 10,000 m (32,808 ft) with two R-3S missiles and 800 liter (210 US gal) drop-tank
Range:
Time to altitude: 17,000 m (55,774 ft) in 8 minutes 30 seconds
Thrust/weight: 0.76
Take-off run: 830 m (2,723 ft)
Landing run with SPS and brake parachute: 550 m (1,804 ft)
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Guns: 1 × internal 23 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L autocannon with 200 rounds
