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| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Parked | 27-Dec-16 13:11 |  | | Views : 1065 | | The Mig 17 was one of the most widely produced jet A/C ever made - in excess of over 12,000 were produced. It never saw action in the Korean War. The jet engine was a Klimov VK afterburning turbojet with a thrust of 5,955 lbf, and 7,423 lbf with afterburner. The afterburning turbojet increased thrust by dumping fuel into the exhaust of the basic engine. Top speed was 711 mph. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Parked | 27-Dec-16 13:03 |  | | Views : 930 | | The purpose of the wing fence was to obstruct the span-wise airflow along the wing, to prevent the entire wing from stalling at once. The Mig 17 wing also lacked taper that the Mig 15 had. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Parked | 27-Dec-16 13:00 |  | | Views : 884 | | The wing fence was often seen on swept-wing A/C, and was located on the upper wing surface and wrapped around to the leading edge. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Parked | 27-Dec-16 12:55 |  | | Views : 769 | | The Mig 17 (advanced from the Mig 15 of the Korean War - where the Mig 15 fought the F86 Sabre), had the easily visible difference of an added "ventral fin" under the rear fuselage (the Mig 15 had none), and the Mig 17 also had an added third "wing fence" on each wing. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Parked | 27-Dec-16 12:47 |  | | Views : 786 | |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Parked | 27-Dec-16 12:46 |  | | Views : 817 | | It proved very effective into the 1960s, when pressed into subsonic dogfights over Vietnam, against much faster US planes such as the F-105 Thunderchief and F-4 Phantom, which were not as maneuverable at such lower-speed, short range engagements. |
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