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Su-9 Fishpot
The Su-9 was a big and heavy Interceptor that was powered by the 9 ton thrust AL7.
This engine was a gas guzler but gave the plane mach 2.0 speed and climb rate of 30 k feet per min. The first examples carried the alkeli IR missile which was more a rocket than a real missile. Later versions carried 4 Atoll missiles which was the russian sidewinder copy.
The type was produced in a relatively smal numbers and was never exported out of the USSR.
Also it never fired in anger !
It was phased out of service as more modern Interceptors came into service.
Tbe model is hobby model 102 and was decreased to 1:48 from 1:33.
Yair
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