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[fatontherun]

Tu-128







Its the worlds biggest fighter in production.

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Role              Interceptor
Manufacturer      Tupolev
Designed by       Iosif Nezval
Introduced        1964 (or 1966)
Retired           1990 (Russia)
Status            Retired
Primary user      Soviet Air Defence Forces
Number built      198 (including 10 trainers)
Developed from    Tupolev Tu-98 bomber prototype

Variants

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Prototype of Tu-28 ('Fiddler-A')
Development test aircraft, one built. Sources differ whether its OKB designation was 98, or 128, or Tu-102. In the West, Fiddler-A was used for all the aircraft with twin ventral fins — these included a prototype and a few of initial production (perhaps two planes).
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Tu-128 (also known as Tu-28; 'Fiddler-B')
Main version, first deployed operationally in 1964 (or 1966 - sources differ). The military designation was at first Tu-28, but the existing aircraft were renamed in 1963. The full designation of entire weapon complex (aircraft, radar, missiles) was Tu-128S-4. In the Western sources, but not in Soviet, often the more precise designation of this version is mentioned as either Tu-28P or Tu-128P.
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Tu-128UT (also known as Tu-28UT)
Training version with an additional cockpit forward of the normal one, in place of a radar. 10 built and 4 converted from standard interceptors.
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Tu-128M
A 1979 modernization of almost all existing aircraft for better interception at a low altitude. Development originated in 1970. Engines and airframe was not altered. The full designation of entire weapon complex was Tu-128S-4M. It contained a new RP-SM Smerch-M radar, and new missile set: R-4RM plus R-4TM.

Specs

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General characteristics
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Crew: Two, pilot and radar operator
Length: 30.06 m (98.62 ft)
Wingspan: 17.53 m (57.51 ft)
Height: 7.15 m (23.46 ft)
Wing area: 96.94 m² (1043.45 ft²)
Empty weight: 24,500 kg (54,013 lb)
Loaded weight: 40,000 kg (88,185 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 43,000-43,700 kg (94,800-96,342 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Lyulka AL-7F-2 afterburning turbojet
Dry thrust: 72.8 kN (7425 kgf; 16370 lbf) each
Thrust with afterburner: 99.1 kN (10100 kgf; 22270 lbf) each
Maximum g-loading: 2.5 g
Maximum fuel load: est. 13,600 kg (30,000 lb)
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Performance
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Maximum speed: when armed 1,665 km/h (1,035 mph; est. 1.5 Ma) when unarmed 1,920 km/h (1,193 mph)
Range: 2,565 km when armed (1,595 mi)
Endurance: above 3 hours
Service ceiling: 15,600 m when armed (51,184 ft)  Maximum ceiling: 20,000 m (65,617 ft)
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Armament

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Hardpoints: 4
Missiles: 4 × Bisnovat R-4 air-to-air missiles (usually 2 × radar-guided R-4R and 2 × infrared-homing R-4T); other armament or tanks not used
               

[singüe]

To use this monster against somethig, it should be the B-52, or the B-58. Anyone?

[jlvdhoeck]

+1 i want one or two

[Il2 crazy fan]

I bet that this would be tough to fly !

[David Prosser]

Hi, fatontherun. I guess it was this big to accommodate weapons, electronics, and fuel. I guess it was an interceptor with plenty of loiter capability.


cheers

David Prosser

[Windman]

This monster will make a meal out of long range bombers. oh boy

[SAS~Malone]

if this becomes a habit, to dig up age old threads to simply make some comment that adds no value to the thread whatsoever, there is going to be trouble, i can assure you

[Toobone]

Hi, mates!
At 2014 read memories of this aircraft pilot, he argued that  Tu-128 was easy to fly  Max=1 without afterburner of engines and  caught up once SR-71 at the Soviet border near Kamchatka.

[SAS~GJE52]

........ and  caught up once CR-71 at the Soviet border near Kamchatka.

Russian .. ?   .... I guess you mean SR-71

The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was operated by the United States Air Force.
Top speed: 3,540 km/h

.... Top speed: 3,540 km/h ... in a Tu-128 ....    .... 

G;

[SAS~Malone]

yeah, i lol'd at that, too - only two things i can imagine happened there - either it's a complete misquote, or it was some Soviet propoganda taken to the extreme...

[Toobone]

Russian .. ?   .... I guess you mean SR-71

 .... Top speed: 3,540 km/h ... in a Tu-128 ....    ....  :

Nobody said that the SR-71 was at the maximum speed Those pilot told only about  after  radar irradiation  SR-71 (aka Blackbird) left in the neutral zone. &  Tu-128 was at maximum speed, of course. 

[Toobone]

or it was some Soviet propoganda taken to the extreme...

Don't know, the pilot wrote about this case at "Sukhoy" forum a two years ago.