| General Information | ||
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| Type | E-2 | E-2A |
| Function | Interceptor prototype | |
| Year | 1955 | 1956 |
| Crew | 1 | |
| Powerplant | ||
| Type | 1*AM-9 | 1*AM-11 (RD-11) |
| Thrust (dry) | 2600kg | 3800 |
| Thrust (a.b.) | 3250kg | 5100 |
| Size | ||
| Length | 13.5m | 13.23m |
| Wingspan | 8.5m | 8.5m |
| Wing area | ?m2 | 21.3m2 |
| Weights and loads | ||
| Empty | ? | 4349kg |
| Loaded | 6000 | 6250kg |
| Wing Load (kg/m2) | 280 | 295 |
| Thrust -to- Weight | 0.43 / 0.54 | 0.61 / 0.82 |
| Speed (km/h) | ||
| at 0m | ? | ? |
| Maximum | ? | 1900 |
| Landing | ? | ? |
| Maneuverability | ||
| Turn time | ?sec | ?sec |
| Roll (m) | ||
| Landing | ? | ? |
| Takeoff | ? | ? |
| Range | ||
| Practical | ?km | 2000km |
| Ceiling (m) | ||
| Service | ? | 18000 |
| Climb | ||
| 10000m | ?min | 1.3min |
| Payload | ||
| Fuel | ? | 1890l |
| Armament | ||
| Gun Type | 2*30mm NR-30 | |
| Position | ventral | |
| Ammo | ? | |
| Salvo (kg/sec) | 13 | |
Ye-2 (E-2) and Ye-2A (E-2A) fighter prototypes, A.I.Mikoyan/M.I.Gurevich 'Faceplate'
Within the Mach 2 fighter development program, the original Ye-1 was re-engined with more powerful AM-9B and became Ye-2. The airframe was modifies accordingly.
Its wing and tailplane had 57° sweep, S-12 4.2% thickness airfoil was utilized to obtain stable but versatile platform for flight test in uncharted envelope of speeds. Conservative layout of the E-2 resembled earlier SM-12 prototypes. Aircraft was assembled at GAZ-155 by late 1954, and earl next year pre-flight trials started.
First flight took place on February 14, 1955 (bureau test-pilot Georgiy Mossolov). First trials revealed no advantages of ether delta or swept wing (E-4) prototype, and one more prototype of each layout was ordered. E-2A and E-5 (swept wing and delta, accordingly) had even more powerful AM-11 (RD-11).
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E-2A took off on March 22, 1956, piloted by test-pilot G.A.Sedov. In addition to the new engine, it received a single fence on each wing upper surface. Performance improved substantially compared to E-2, and pre-production series of five planes was built. Those five appeared for the short time (on the experimental stage) under the designations MiG-23 and "product 63".
The fuselage of the E-2/E-2A was very similar to that of the early MiG-21. On June 24 1956 new jet made first public appearance at Tushino airshow - much to the surprise of Western observers. NATO thought that this aircraft was in service as the MiG-21 and assigned the name 'Faceplate'.
Trials of E-2/2A and their delta-winged siblings generated considerable data. Finally, the E-5 showed better qualities and was therefore selected for mass production.
On-board equipment included ASP-5N; SRD-1; RSIU-4; answerer BARIY-M; ARK-5; MRP-48P; SIRENA-2.
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E-2 3D drawing used for background on this page, courtesy of |
| Predecessors | Modifications | |
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 SM-12 |
Ye-1 |
Ye-50 (?) |
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