Is this a Polikarpov fighter

[Franklee]

what is the type of this fighter? Is there someone knows it?

 

[Airborne2001]

It kind of looks similar to the I-17 and I-18 designs.

 

[Antonio]

Where did you find it?. Source citation is always a must for researchers.

As Airborne2001 says, it shares a family resemblance with Polikarpov ultimate monoplane designs like ITP but I can tell more.

A whatif creation is also possible because the engine doesn’t look Soviet. At first sight it looks Merlin engined...

 

[Archibald]

Having crafted that kind of hybrid contraptions in my past, I would say this looks like a fan-made MS Paint work. Or maybe I'm completely wrong.

 

[igor-mich]

This is fake

 

[Hood]

Yes I would say its fake, looks like someone has mashed a LaGG-3 and a MiG-3 together.

 

[Antonio]

In fact, MiG-3 was an improved MiG-1 which, in turn, was originated as I-200 at Polikarpov OKB.

 

[hesham]

In fact, MiG-3 was an improved MiG-1 which, in turn, was originated as I-200 at Polikarpov OKB.

But it's far away from MiG or Polikarpov ?.

 

[Justo Miranda]

FAKE (Very well done, by the way)

 

[Apophenia]

Yep, this is a what-if. It is a retouched I-17 with a Yak cowling and belly radiator. Not sure about the prop and spinner (the latter seems a little too curvaceous to be from a MiG-3).

Going by actual late Polikarpov developments, it is probably safe to say that any I-17 update would have lost those enormous I-16-esque wing and tailplane fairings.

 

[iverson]

In fact, MiG-3 was an improved MiG-1 which, in turn, was originated as I-200 at Polikarpov OKB.

Yes, just as Ilyushin took over derivatives of the I-17. It's also worth noting that all of the Soviet design teams relied on the same, centralized, aerodynamic research facilities. So similar ideas and configurations are hardly surprising.

 

[Franklee]

Where did you find it?. Source citation is always a must for researchers.

As Airborne2001 says, it shares a family resemblance with Polikarpov ultimate monoplane designs like ITP but I can tell more.

A whatif creation is also possible because the engine doesn’t look Soviet. At first sight it looks Merlin engined...

Sorry , I can't give more information about it . I just recently stumbled across it on the Internet, but there is no more information given by the website. And as you said, it indeed looks like a combination of Spitfire and Polikarpov designs, such as I-17. It really might be a fan-made work, like others said.

 

[asiscan]

Yes I would say its fake, looks like someone has mashed a LaGG-3 and a MiG-3 together.

agreed.