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By: - 9th April 2014 at 21:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I can't imagine it being a comfy ride...
By: - 9th April 2014 at 21:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I can't imagine it being a comfy ride...
Why not?
Fairly high wing loading would mean a pretty comfortable ride.
By: - 9th April 2014 at 22:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I believe there is a photo of the mock-up (or perhaps drawing?) in Gordon's Aerofax book on the MiG-25/MiG-31. I don't have my copy with me right now as I'm TDY, but perhaps someone else can confirm?
By: - 9th April 2014 at 22:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
My Aerofax is out on loan - but I remember it being in there - meanwhile a Google of 'MiG-25 bizjet' finds it.....
Ken
By: - 10th April 2014 at 00:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I'd venture to guess a modern biz-jet offers a comfier ride than a super-fast relic from the Cold War.
By: - 10th April 2014 at 04:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The MiG-31 has plenty of extra airframes to convert. Putin should have a pair for his personal trips to check on his gas ventures.
By: - 10th April 2014 at 08:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
FWIW, I took these photos os a poster at the Gelendzhik Hydro Aviation show in 2008.
They show a rocket bizjet called the 'Fanstream' - looks like its based on the Sukhoi Su-34...
I have no further info.........
Ken
By: - 10th April 2014 at 08:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
PS....
I just did a search for 'SPS Fanstream' (as on the poster) - in Cyrillic (СПС ФАНСТРИМ) - and found this .....
http://engine.aviaport.ru/issues/52/page32.html
Ken
By: - 14th April 2014 at 15:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I do hope the SPS Fanstream makes it into production. I can't get over the fact that it is based on the Su-34 (one of my favorite attack aircraft).
By: - 15th April 2014 at 15:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Doesn't the Su-34 already have some sort of mini-galley already? Seems like a cool idea albeit crazy...I'd sure like to see it get built though.
By: - 16th April 2014 at 07:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
My Aerofax is out on loan - but I remember it being in there - meanwhile a Google of 'MiG-25 bizjet' finds it.....
Ken
The biggest issue to me is the insanely improper fore-aft CG compared to the C/L.
The only way to lift the nose would be to apply so much angle on the horizontal stabilizers that they would also function as air brakes!
That thing needs both canards larger than the horizontal stabilizers mounted just forward of the passenger windows and for the leading edge of the wing to be moved forward to about where the lerx starts now just to fly controllably.
By: - 16th April 2014 at 09:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Doesn't the Su-34 already have some sort of mini-galley already?
Urban myth - that has been disproved.
Ken
By: - 16th April 2014 at 21:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The biggest issue to me is the insanely improper fore-aft CG compared to the C/L.The only way to lift the nose would be to apply so much angle on the horizontal stabilizers that they would also function as air brakes!
That thing needs both canards larger than the horizontal stabilizers mounted just forward of the passenger windows and for the leading edge of the wing to be moved forward to about where the lerx starts now just to fly controllably.
See the frwd section as a big empty tube. No weight compared to the original.
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Also, interestingly, the extended wing tip makes the MiG looking even more closely to the mighty Vigilente
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By: - 18th April 2014 at 15:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
4 jet engines and a rocket motor...where's all that fuel supposed to go? Can't see it having much of a range.
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By: Mcteed - 9th April 2014 at 19:53
It seems like an expensive and uncomfortable way to fly. But it sounds more fun than flying on a Concorde. https://medium.com/war-is-boring/26ad41ba71