its big, its fast, its Soviet! MiG-25 Foxbat
General infoCrew: One
Length: 19.75 m (64 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 14.01 m (45 ft 11.5 in)
Height: 6.10 m (20 ft 0.25 in)
Wing area: 61.40 m² (660.93 ft²)
Empty weight: 20,000 kg (44,080 lb)
Loaded weight: 36,720 kg (80,952 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Tumansky R-15B-300 afterburning turbojets
Dry thrust: 73.5 kN (16,524 lbf) each
Thrust with afterburner: 100.1 kN (22,494 lbf) each
The powerfull tumansky engine on a docking station
PerformanceMaximum speed:
High altitude: Mach 3.2 (3,470 km/h, 2,170 mph); Mach 2.83 (3,200 km/h, 1,920 mph) continuous engine limit
Low altitude: 1,200 km/h (648 knots, 746 mph) at altitude
Range: 1,730 km (935 nmi, 1,075 mi)with internal fuel
Ferry range: 2,575 km(1,390 nmi)
Service ceiling: 20,700 m (67,915 ft) with four missiles; over 24,400 m (80,000 ft) for RB models
Rate of climb: 208 m/s (40,950 ft/min)
Wing loading: 598 kg/m² (122.5 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.41
Time to altitude: 8.9 min to 20,000 m (65,615 ft)
Ordinance2x radar-guided R-40R (AA-6 "Acrid") air-to-air missiles, and
2x infrared-guided R-40T missiles
AvionicsRP-25 Smerch radar
A RV-UM or a RV-4 radar altimeter
A MiG-25P cockpit
a true soviet cold war warrior and in my eyes, a very needed plane
ps: i like going fast and this plane makes the cut quite well