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The Sukhoi Su-5 or I-107 was a Soviet mixed-power (propeller and motorjet) prototype fighter aircraft built toward the end of World War II.

Su-5 (I-107)
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Sukhoi
Designer	Pavel Sukhoi
First flight	6 April 1945
Status	Cancelled
Number built	1

Development

The appearance of the German turbojet-powered Messerschmitt Me 262 near the end of World War II prompted the Soviet Union to develop faster fighter aircraft. Since the USSR lacked a production-ready turbojet engine, development efforts were directed toward mixed-power aircraft utilizing a conventional piston engine-driven propeller for the majority of propulsion with a small rocket or jet engine for bursts of speed.[1]

The Su-5 (initially I-107) and the conceptually similar Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 were designed in 1944. The aircraft first flew on 6 April 1945 and underwent limited flight testing. It was subsequently fitted with a laminar flow wing and attained 793 km/h (428 kn, 493 mph) at 4,350 m (14,270 ft) with the motorjet functioning.[2] On 15 June 1945, the Klimov VK-107A piston engine was damaged beyond repair in flight. Following acquisition of another VK-107A, flight testing continued until 18 October when the engine reached the end of its service life. No further VK-107As could be procured and the project was canceled.[3]

The Su-5 was a conventional monoplane of all-metal construction. The VRDK (Russian: Воздушно-Реактивный Двигатель Компрессорный) motorjet in the rear of the fuselage was powered by a driveshaft from the VK-107 piston engine and could provide an additional 100 km/h (54 kn, 62 mph) of speed for three minutes.[1]

Specifications (Su-5)

Data from Istoriia konstruktskii samoletov v SSSR, 1938–1950,[1] The Great Book of Fighters,[2] OKB Sukhoi[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 8.51 m (27 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 10.56 m (34 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 17 m² (180 sq ft)
• Airfoil: root: TsAGI 1B10 (16.5%) ; tip: NACA 23011[5]
• Empty weight: 2,954 kg (6,512 lb)
• Gross weight: 3,804 kg (8,386 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Klimov VK-107A V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,230 kW (1,650 hp) at 8,300 m (27,231 ft)
• Powerplant: 1 × VRDK main-engine driven thermojet booster, 2.9 kN (650 lbf) thrust for 10 minutes (Воздушно-Реактивный Двигатель Компрессорный - Vozdushno-Reaktivny Dvigatel Kompressornyi – air reaction compressor jet)
• Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 793 km/h (493 mph, 428 kn) at 4,350 m (14,272 ft)

810 km/h (500 mph; 440 kn) at 7,800 m (25,591 ft)

• Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 12,050 m (39,530 ft)
• Time to altitude: 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 5 minutes 42 seconds

Armament

• Guns:
  

• 1 × 23 mm (0.91 in) Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannon with 100 rounds
• 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Berezin UB machine guns with 200 rpg

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250

References

На других языках

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[de] Suchoi Su-5

Die Suchoi Su-5 (russisch Сухой Су-5, auch I-107) wurde vom sowjetischen Flugzeugkonstrukteur Pawel Suchoi entworfen und diente als Experimentalflugzeug. Es wurden nur zwei Exemplare gebaut.

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- [en] Sukhoi Su-5

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[fr] Soukhoï Su-5

Le Soukhoï I-107, aussi nommé Su-5, est un prototype d’avion de chasse soviétique équipé d’un moteur à hélice classique et d'un motoréacteur.

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[it] Sukhoi Su-5

Il Sukhoi Su-5 fu un aereo da caccia monoposto sovietico, in duralluminio e monomotore ad elica, progettato dall'ufficio tecnico di Pavel Osipovič Suchoj negli anni quaranta.

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[ru] Су-5

Су-5 — советский экспериментальный истребитель-перехватчик с комбинированной силовой установкой, состоявшей из поршневого двигателя Владимира Климова ВК-107А с четырёхлопастным винтом и мотокомпрессорного ВРДК Константина Холщевникова. Самолет создан в ОКБ Павла Сухого в 1944 году и проходил испытания до 1946 года.

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