The Soviet Fighter That Couldn’t Shoot Its Guns | The MiG-9 Story

The story of the first Soviet jet fighter - the MiG-9.

Chapters:
00:00 - The Parade Fighter
02:11 - The first
06:13 - This is fine ...
11:35 - Butterfly
15:51 - Serving the USSR
21:56 - Pioneer

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[alucardvigilatedismas]

The Soviet Uniom wouldn't be the Soviet Union if the leadership did not find this fine

[Jim-drec]

"This is fine." Said the air force leadership. Every time I smiled. Fantastic work and writing!

[JackManiaky]

I'm baffled that "sticking a gun in the middle of an engine intake" was seen as a "good idea".

[CrazyFikus]

20:00
"For example, when in January 1948 one of the MiG s factory engineers, Alexander Abramzon, visited the 3rd Guards Aviation Regiment, he found to his surprise that among all the MiG-9s received by the unit 2 months prior, only one aircraft had flown, and that only once. Meanwhile the rest of the fighters were sitting untouched in the open field under rain and snow, so their engines had even started to rust.
The reason for this, as he later learned, was that the regiment had only 30% of the required technician staff and even those available were sitting in barracks doing nothing due to the lack of boots."

This isn't incompetence, this is _advanced_ incompetence.

[anzaca]

12:53 The gun propellant gas ungestion problem is why the MiG-15 and the fighters that succeeded it all had their guns mounted below and behind the intake.

[InspectorGadget]

Sending your best engineers to the gulag for the failure of government planning is the most Soviet thing I can think of.

[PaperSkiesAviation]

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[thatonedaniel]

While some may get off on a fact, that this jet couldn't really shoot its main thing, I find it super weird, that this jet didn't have fuel indicator. With jet engines, the fuel indicator is one of the most important instruments in the cockpit, as these engines burn through fuel like crazy

[legoeasycompany]

I enjoyed seeing it once but I always enjoy seeing your videos again. I also love the fact you the Mig-9 got the glory of the first jet fighter in flight for the USSR because of connections. Helps who you know right?

[randomdeadpool]

I discovered this channel a few weeks ago, already one of my favorites, I watched most of the older videos as well and I'm aware of "...the soviet union wouldn't be the soviet union..." quote/joke, I love it!

[WindowsR]

What’s interesting is that the Soviet aim for parading these aircraft even faking it was to impress and scare the west. But that also caused the development in the west to become accelerated and standards to be pushed even higher, which then surpassed the Soviet equivalent… famously like the F-15’s development cycle

[ThePilotever]

Cool. I knew about the Mig-9 as whenever I flew it in IL-2 1946 the starboard engine would always explode. Thought it was a glitch all this time lol

[Bkjgghyheuling]

Two videos in two weeks? Oh paper skies you’re really spoiling us!

[ZGryphon]

"Wait, won't that just ingest all the muzzle gases from the cannon and flame out its own engines if it fires? ... Yes, yes it will. All righty then! This is fine."

[donaldwrissler]

Well done video. The aerodynamic issues with the Mig9 were matched with powerplant issues. They used a copy of the BMW003 built in a Bmw factory moved to Russia, but they did'nt have the technical documentation . Their inexperience with jet technology and metallurgy was a stumbling block for quite some time. They did get a leg up when Rolls-Royce sold them Nene engines that helped make the Mig-15 a success. So many planes have been at the mercy of good/bad powerplants.

[RS_Mogli]

Didn't know about the original 57mm gun, that is absolutly crazy. Very informative video, thanks!

[jeffbrinkerhoff]

Re: Ukranian accent, the narrator speaks with better diction and clarity than many of my US-born neighbors.

[AnalogCaliga]

Ever since this and your previous video on Soviet TopGun program you've quickly become one of my favorite aviation Youtubers. The footage you use, your narration, and subtle music is truly a pleasure to watch, keep it up man!

[oliversmith]

The clips from the vintage Soviet MiG-9 movie scenes and many still photos brings wonderful visual live to this excellent lecture.

[CakePrincessCelestia]

Without having watched the video yet, I do remember this issue very well from Il-2 '46, especially with the I-300 prototype sporting the massive 57mm cannon. I was one of the three virtual pilots on the entire planet who managed to be successful with that thing without constantly losing the engines simply because I fricken knew to throttle back before firing that thing. Much more modern planes had similar issues BTW. Just recently got the Mirage F1 for DCS and learnt that it has a throttle back automatic going when firing the DEFAs for the same reason. And the F-14A does the same by the way.

Fun fact: The RD-20 basically is a BMW 003.