Coiler12
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2 years ago Addendum: Though the text did not specify cannons, drawings like this depict it with a pair of front-firing cannons. Make of that what you will:
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Coiler12
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2 years ago Addendum: Though the text did not specify cannons, drawings like this depict it with a pair of front-firing cannons. Make of that what you will:
DB Selector
Both
Baseline
No response
Hypothetical
Yes
Name
Korchagin Kor.SVVP-70
Country
Soviet Union
Service
Naval Aviation
In Commission
1977-
Number in Service
No response
Length (m)
14.7
Wingspan (m)
13
Height (m)
3.4
Empty Weight (kg)
7400
Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW) (kg)
11600
Payload Weight (kg)
1200
Crew
2
Propulsion
2x AL-25 Turbojet
Rate of Climb (ft/min)
No response
Service Ceiling (ft)
36000
Military/Afterburner Speed (kt)
350
Cruise Speed (kt)
270
Supercruise
No
Ferry Range (nm)
1300
Endurance (min)
290
Takeoff / Landing Distance (m)
0/Vertical
Fuel Capacity (kg)
3000
Sensors
Unknown. Depicted with a belly radome in official art and would have had rough-weather flight capabilities. -Generic Surface Search Radar 48nm (DB3K sensor 6583) as initial placeholder at least.
Mounts
No fixed weapons mounts
Loadout Options
1000kg internal bay, dimensions 5mx2mx1.5m
So loadouts could include:
-10x Trooper -Cargo (presumably droppable) 1 ton -2x FAB-500 or similar weight bomb -4xFAB-250 or similar weight bomb 10xOFAB-100 or similar weight bomb -2x ASW torpedo (likely AT-1M) -1x ASW torpedo + RGB-NM-1 sonobouys -Sonobouys alone -Search and Rescue -Maritime Surveillance
Comms/Datalinks
UHF Radio VHF Radio HF Radio Sonobouy datalink.
Aircraft Codes
Night Navigation (Ferry, Air-to-Air, Air-to-Surface Missiles), Bombsight - Advanced Computing
Comments
Combat range listed at 900nm Supposedly would operate as a seaplane whenever the weather called for it, but could probably be just a vertical plane for the sake of DB simplicity.
Sources
https://en.topwar.ru/20402-eksperimentalnyy-samolet-s-vertikalnym-vzletom-i-posadkoy-kor-70.html http://www.airwar.ru/enc/xplane/kor70.html (in Russian) https://www.testpilot.ru/russia/bartini/svvp/svvp70_e.htm https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/okb-korchagin-kor-70-proposed-yak-38-alternative.348/