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The Mikoyan-Gurevich I-320 was a prototype Soviet long-range all-weather jet Interceptor of the late 1940s-early 1950s. Only two were made, with no production following. ==Design and development== In January 1948, the Soviet Union issued a specification for a long-range, all-weather Interceptor, capable of intercepting hostile aircraft far from the attacker's targets by day and night.〔Belyakov and Marmain 1994, pp. 154–155.〕〔Gunston 1995, pp. 191–192.〕 The specification resulted in designs from several design bureaux, including Mikoyan-Gurevich, who proposed the ''Izdeliya R'' ("Article R")〔Green and Swanborough 1994, p. 392.〕 or I-320, Lavochkin (the La-200) and Sukhoi (the Su-15).〔 The Mikoyan-Gurevich design, was like the other two competing aircraft, a twin-engined swept-wing aircraft, with the fuselage housing the engines in tandem, with one at the bottom of the forward fuselage and the second in the rear fuselage. The engines were fed from an inlet in the nose, which split into three ducts, the first feeding the forward engine and the other two passing around the cockpit to feed the rear engine. The crew of two (aircraft commander and radar operator, who were provided with dual controls) sat on individual ejector seats in a side-by-side, unpressurised cockpit.〔〔Belyakov and Marmain 1994, p. 155.〕 The wings, which were of similar layout to those of the smaller MiG-15 day fighter,〔 were swept at an angle of 35 degrees,〔''Air Enthusiast'' March 1973, p. 140.〕 and were fitted with large wing fences.〔Belyakov and Marmain 1994, p. 157.〕 Air intercept radar, at first ''Toryii'' and later the much improved ''Korshun'', was fitted in a radome in the upper lip of the air intake.〔〔 The first prototype, designated R-1, was powered by two thrust Klimov RD-45Fs, unlicensed copies of the British Rolls-Royce Nene engine, and was armed with two Nudelman N-37 cannon, positioned on either side of the air intake. It made its maiden flight on 16 April 1949.〔Belyakov and Marmain 1994, p. 159.〕 A second prototype, R-2, which differed in having more powerful () Klimov VK-1 engines, a third N-37 cannon and an improved windscreen and canopy followed in November 1949.〔 R-2 was badly damaged when a cannon shell exploded, and the aircraft was rebuilt, with the wings modified, adding a third fence, flying again as the R-03 on 30 March 1950.〔Belyakov and Marmain 1994, pp. 161, 163.〕 No production followed, as the specification to which the I-320 was built was superseded by a later requirement that led to the production of the Yakovlev Yak-25. The two prototypes continued in use by the MiG design bureau as testbeds for the development of avionics.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mikoyan-Gurevich I-320」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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