Tuesday, September 26, 2023
MACH 5 RUSSIAN MIG 41 TO FLY THIS YEAR
Here is some tech news for tech geeks. I have previously mentioned the new Russian MIG 41 supersonic fighter. That it was supposed to fly by 2025 (first flight). Here is an update. The Russians have announced that the MIG 41 will fly by this year end. Two years ahead of schedule. It will be a hypersonic fighter capable of flying at Mach 5 or five times the speed of sound.
Mach 5 is about 3836 mph or 6173 km/hr. For perspective at Mach 5 the flight time from Singapore to Melbourne (3770 miles or 6,066 km) will be under one hour. Normal flight time is 7.5 hours.
It is possible that the MIG41 will be capable of supercruise which means being able to maintain hypersonic speed without using afterburners. Afterburners not only triple or quadruple fuel consumption but they also damage the engine.
The MIG41 will be a game changer. At Mach 5 and flying at near space not only will this plane outrun other jet fighters but it can also outrun many air to air and surface to air missiles. It will be difficult to shoot down this plane.
In comparison the American F22 Stealth fighter (no more in service) had a top speed of just below Mach 2 (1500 mph). The F22 had a very high cost together with huge breakdown and maintenance issues. As the video says at higher machs, the stealth coatings (rubberised radar absorbent coatings) suffered damage thus limiting higher speeds.
The latest American stealth fighter the F35 is also suffering similar problems. The US$100 million F35 has an even slower top speed not exceeding Mach 1.6 or 1,200 mph. Even old Russian supersonic bombers like the 42 year old TU160 fly at over Mach 2.0 and can easily outrun the F35.
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