History

The Mikoyan I-270 was an experimental rocket powered interceptor developed in the USSR immediately after World War II. The concept was not successful and only two aeroplanes of this type were made.

The Russians experimented with a rocket powered interceptor during World War II but it was not successful.

Despite this, in 1945 Russian authorities issued a requirement for another rocket powered interceptor, perhaps inspired by the Messerchmitt Me263 that had been captured from the Germans at the end of the war.

Two prototypes of the Mikoyan I-270 were ordered and it seems that both were damaged during testing and not repaired.

By the late 1940s interested had turned to from manned rocket powered interceptors to surface air missiles which would do the same job much more efficiently.

This model represents the second prototype.

AModel 1/72 kit. Completed in January 2002.

Work Bench Notes

Data

MODEL: Mikoyan I-270

ROLE: Experimental aircraft

TIME PERIOD: 1942-1947

ENGINES: one Dushkin-Glushko RD-2 bi-fuel liquid rocket motor of 14.22kN thrust

WING SPAN: 7.75m

LENGTH: 8.91m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 4,121kg

MAXIMUM SPEED: 1,000km/h

CREW: 1

ARMAMENT: two 23mm NS-23 cannon and eight RS-82 rockets.

SCALE: 1/72

KIT:

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