Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01

The Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01, aka Izdeliye 92 and (erroneously) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23PD, NATO reporting name Faithless, was a 1960s STOL fighter / attack aircraft, designed in the USSR, to fulfil a requirement for ground-attack and fighter aircraft able to operate from short runways.

Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01
a 2-view of the 23-01
Role	Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01
National origin	USSR
Manufacturer	OKB Mikoyan-Gurevich
Designer	V A Mikoyan (project manager)
First flight	3 April 1967
Developed from	Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-31 / Izdeliye 92

Specifications (23-01)

Data from Soviet X-Planes^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) (excl. PVD boom)
• Wingspan: 7.72 m (25 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 40 m² (430 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 12,020 kg (26,500 lb)
• Gross weight: 16,000 kg (35,274 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Tumansky R-27-300 afterburning turbojet engine, 76.49 kN (17,196 lbf) with afterburner
• Powerplant: 2 × Rybinsk RD-36-35 turbojet engines, 46.09 kN (10,362 lbf) thrust each lift engines for STOL operations only

Performance

• Take-off run: 180–200 m (591–656 ft) at light AUW
• Landing run: 250 m (820 ft) with brake parachute

Armament

• Missiles: displayed with dummy Vympel R-23R and R-23T missiles on two underwing pylons

Avionics
Provision for a large fire-control radar in the nose

References

1. Gordon, Yefim; Gunston, Bill (2000). Soviet X-Planes. Hinkley: Midland. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-1-85780-099-9.