Hi! Very beautiful Su-17.
"The plan of experimental aircraft at 1948 on the Sukhoi Design Bureau provided one more task:
To design and build an experimental fighter with swept wings 50 degree, and with the following
data:
• Maximum speed at an altitude of 10,000 m - M = 1
• The crew - 1 person.
• To provide space for 2 x 37mm-caliber guns.
The aircraft built in 2 copies and take flight data in the first instance in September 1949
In early July, Air Marshal KA Vershinin approved TTT for new aircraft, according to which it was
intended to:
• Achievements in steady level flight Mach number of unity, and studies of the flight
at a speed corresponding to Ma = 1;
• Mining structure Hermetic discharged the cab;
• Development of prototype front-line fighter high speeds.
By the schematic design of the aircraft, the designation "P" or Su-17 began in the month of June.
Creating an airplane with swept wings 50 degree was very difficult, primarily related to the issues
of sustainability, manageability, structural strength.
A certain complexity in the design process is detachable nose of the fuselage with a cabin at emergency condition,
which had no analogues in the domestic aircraft.
The construction of the prototype was completed in late July 1949.
High speed taxi test were conducted several times in summer of 1949.
But the flight test was not performed perhaps mainly by the political reason.
Wingspan, m 9.95
Length m 15.25
Height, m
Wing area, m2 27.50
Weight, kg
empty aircraft 5932
maximum take-off 7890
engine's type 1 TRD TR-3
Thrust, kgf 1 x 4600
Maximum speed km / h 1209
Cruising speed, km / h 980
Practical range, km 1080
Combat range, km 855
The maximum rate of climb, m / min 2273
Practical ceiling, m 15000
Crew 1
Armament: two 37-mm guns N-37 (with ammunition - 80 rounds) "
In addition,
"Combined pilot rescue system in emergency situations included detachable foreward fuselage and ejection seat. This bailout was possible from free-falling detachable foreward fuselage overload 5-6cf and without separation of the detachable foreward fuselage with an overload to 18d. "
"The second ( "alternate") Su-17 at the time of liquidation of the OKB had readiness around 30%. "
. The Russian caption of this picture says: "RK 2M-62 aircraft armoring layout". But in Russian, the word "bronirovanie" means not only "armoring", but also "booking/reservation" (for example, of tickets or hotel place). So the program translated the caption in such a ridiculous way
