Sukhoi SU-15 Flagon-F

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Sukhoi SU-15 'Flagon-F' - created with Abacus Flight Simulator Design Studio v2.24


Project FSDS design view.






	The model carries AA-3 'Advanced Anab' and AA-8 'Aphid' missiles under the wings
Developed to replace the Su-11 'Fishpot-C' interceptor during the 1960s, the Sukhoi Su-15 first appeared as a scaled-up version of the Su-9/Su-11 family but powered by two engines and utilizing twin side inlets. These design changes freed up space in the new solid nose for a large radar, and powerful engines were installed to insure the Su-15 would fly considerably faster than any known Western aircraft of the time. The first production 'Flagon-A' models featured a mid-mounted cropped delta wing, swept tail surfaces, and a large bubble canopy placed aft well of the conical nose. Later models introduced a "kinked-delta" wing planform of greater span and a more aerodynamic ogival nose. In addition, the electronics, engines, and armaments were continually upgraded so that the Su-15 remained a formidable high-speed interceptor through the 1980s. Some later models have been reported as the Su-21, but apparently this designation was never applied to any members of the Su-15 family. The Su-15 guarded Soviet airspace throughout much of the Cold War, though it was never exported to Soviet allies. Surely the most notable, albeit infamous, event the aircraft was involved in occurred in 1983 when an Su-15TM 'Flagon-F' shot down a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 mistaking it for a reconnaissance RC-135 aircraft. About 700 Su-15s remained in service by the mid-1980s, but these were gradually retired and replaced by the MiG-31 and Su-27 by about 1993. DIMENSIONS: Length 70.25 ft (21.41 m) Wingspan ('Flagon-A') 28.24 ft (8.62 m) ('Flagon-F') 30.67 ft (9.34 m) Height 16.50 ft (5.00 m) Wing Area 394 ft2 (36.6 m2) Canard Area not applicable WEIGHTS: Empty weight: ('Flagon-A') approx. 25,000 lb (11,340 kg) ('Flagon-F') approx. 27,000 lb (12,245 kg) Typical Load: unknown Max Takeoff : ('Flagon-A') approx. 35,275 lb (16,000 kg) ('Flagon-F') approx. 40,000 lb (18,145 kg) Fuel Capacity internal: unknown external: unknown Max Payload: unknown PROPULSION: Powerplant two Tumanskii R-13F2-300 afterburning turbojets - Thrust 31,460 lb (139.95 kN) PERFORMANCE: Max Level Speed at altitude: 1,385 mph (2,230 km/h) at 36,090 ft (11,000 m), Mach 2.1. at sea level: unknown Initial Climb Rate: 45,000 ft (13,730 m) / min Service Ceiling : 60,700 ft (18,500 m) Range: typical: 780 nm (1,450 km) ferry: ,080 nm (2,000 km) g-Limits: unknown ARMAMENT: Cannons: none carried internally Waepons Stations: six external hardpoints Air-to-Air Missiles: typically two R-98M/AA-3 Anab and two R-60/AA-8 Aphid Air-to-Surface Missiles: none Bombs: none Other: Sh-23L twin-barrel gun p23-mm GSh-23L twin-barrel gun pods ods

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