Su-15 Flagon

[GTX]

Hi folks,

I have always liked the big Sukhoi Su-15.  What if when they were playing with the Su-17 and Su-24, they also decided to do a VG version of the Su-15:



Regards,

Greg

[Henry Yeh]

It would have killed the MiG-23 program.

[ElectrikBlue]

I love the SU-15 in it's delta version, but the VG is a great idea!

Regards,

EB

[ChernayaAkula]

Looks absolutely natural on the Flagon!

[Daryl J.]

Quite frankly, when first glanced at, the thought was 'They really did that'.    Nope.

It's a great Fool the JMN whiffer, yes!



Daryl J.

[Archibald]

It would have killed the MiG-23 program.

Nobody would regret the Mig-23! Maybe the Su-15 would be a better basis for VG, being larger...

[Ed S]

Great idea.  The Flagon looks right with those wings.  It would be an easy model to do.  Wings from an Su22 added to one of the new Trumpeter Flagons.

Ed

[chrisonord]

It favours a scaled down TU-22 Backfire doesn't it.
I like all the 50's to 70's  Soviet aircraft, their chunky purposefulness is brilliant.
Chris.

[GTX]

Quite frankly, when first glanced at, the thought was 'They really did that'.    Nope.

It's a great Fool the JMN whiffer, yes!



Daryl J.

Don't worry - I had to check my references first too!

Regards,

Greg

[dy031101]

Wikiepdia speaks of a proposed version that uses the same radar and weapons as the MiG-25 called Su-15-30......

Does anyone know if the Flagon's nose and radome would need to be altered to accommodate the Smerch or the Saphir radar?

EDIT: Air Vectors site states that the Taifun series of radars (used by definitive Su-15 models) are in fact variant of the Smerch radar...... is that right?

[Arc3371]

A version I did a while back

[Sauragnmon]

I'm on my way towards getting a couple of Flagons, and I was wondering a bit about the Smerch radar variant, in one part.

One that I'm thinking about doing is the Su-19 - I just don't know exactly what's meant with the commentary in wikipedia of an Ogival wing - I looked up what an ogive is (I knew the ogival delta on the 21 Analog, wasn't sure what the Ogival meant then) and I know what an Ogive translates to, but I don't know what sort of dimensions the Ogival wings on the Su-19 would have had.  I'm thinking the Su-19 with a Smerch radar would be pretty beefy.

Alternate idea that I'm thinking of is to go for broke and do an Ogive Delta on a Flagon - tear off the tail and wings, and give it an Analog-style ogive delta wing, all the way along, sorta like a Flagon-XL.

[ElectrikBlue]

I'm on my way towards getting a couple of Flagons, and I was wondering a bit about the Smerch radar variant, in one part.

One that I'm thinking about doing is the Su-19 - I just don't know exactly what's meant with the commentary in wikipedia of an Ogival wing - I looked up what an ogive is (I knew the ogival delta on the 21 Analog, wasn't sure what the Ogival meant then) and I know what an Ogive translates to, but I don't know what sort of dimensions the Ogival wings on the Su-19 would have had.  I'm thinking the Su-19 with a Smerch radar would be pretty beefy.

Alternate idea that I'm thinking of is to go for broke and do an Ogive Delta on a Flagon - tear off the tail and wings, and give it an Analog-style ogive delta wing, all the way along, sorta like a Flagon-XL.

See here (in German): http://www.suchoj.com/ab1953/Su-19/home.shtml

EB

[Sauragnmon]

Nice, so That explains where the ogives in the wing were.  Thanks, EB!

[GTX]

Some Su-15s in other markings would be nice:

• Any Warsaw Pact
• China - no split
• Egypt
• Syria
• India
• Vietnam
• Libya

Regards,

Greg