Modelsvit 72029 I-75 Advanced soviet interceptor prototype

The I-75 (or: MiG I-75) is an experimental Soviet fighter aircraft from the Cold War period. The prototype flight took place in 1958. The machine never entered mass production. The propulsion was provided by a Liulka AL-7 F-1 turbojet engine with a thrust of 61.6 kN. The machine was 18.3 meters long with a wingspan of 9.98 meters. The maximum speed was around Mach 1.7. It was assumed that the plane would be armed with two K-8 air-to-air missiles (AA-3 Anab), but no permanent on-board armament was planned. The I-75 plane was developed by the Mikoyan-Guriewicz plant for the needs of the Soviet military aviation, which in the late 1950s sought to obtain a new interceptor with the highest possible flight speed and climb. It was also assumed that the new machine would be primarily intended to counter American strategic bombers trying to penetrate the airspace of the USSR. However, the I-75 aircraft lost the competition with the Su-9, or rather its prototype - the T-43 machine. It was found that both machines have comparable performance, but the Su-9 can enter production much faster.