Lavochkin La-200

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name = La-200
type = Interceptor aircraft
manufacturer = Lavochkin

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first flight = 16 September 1949
status = Project cancelled
primary user = Soviet Air ForceThe Lavochkin La-200 was a Soviet all-weather interceptor aircraft which first flew in 1949. It remained a prototype.

The design used two turbojet engines arranged one behind the other in the fuselage due to their big diameter, with the exhaust pipe of the forward engine located below the wings.

The Soviet government ordered Lavochkin bureau in 1947, as well as Sukhoi and MiG, to build an interceptor fighter, fitted with a radar. A result were three similar aircraft: Lavochkin's "200", Mikoyan-Gurevich I-320 and Su-15. The first prototype of "200" (it had no official La designation) flew on 16 September 1949. It was fitted initially with Toriy radar, with central cover in an air intake. Tests came out well, but the radar was not reliable, so it was decided to fit "200" with a new radar Korshun. In January 1951 the prototype was modified, with Korshun radar in a cover in an upper part of the air intake, and smaller improvements. It underwent state trials with a satisfactory result (the maximum speed was 1070 km/h), and it was recommended for a production. However, the Korshun radar has not been perfected, and consideration was given to fitting the plane with the similar Izumrud radar. It was not proceeded, because in 1951 Stalin decided not to produce point-defense interceptors and produce surface-to-air missiles and area-defence interceptors instead.

As a result, the La-200 did not enter production, and Yakovlev was given an order for a new long-range area defence interceptor, with the new Sokol radar. The Lavochkin bureau tried, however, to modify La-200 to meet new requirements. The prototype was converted to aircraft "200B". It received a new nose, with a big Sokol radar cover, and three small pocket-like air intakes. This increased the weight of the aircraft and it's performance declined. The modified prototype "200B" flew on 6 July 1952. Only in 1953 it was fitted with radar. It was next used as a test aircraft in Sokol radar development. Finally, further development of La-200 was canceled, and the tSokol radar was fitted to the new Yakovlev Yak-25.

Operators

;USSR
*Soviet Air Force

pecifications (La-200B)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= jet
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crew= Two
capacity=
length main= 17.33 m
length alt= 56 ft 10 in
span main= 12.96 m
span alt= 42 ft 6 in
height main=
height alt=
area main= 40 m²
area alt= 431 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 8,810 kg
empty weight alt= 19,382 lb
loaded weight main= 11,560 kg
loaded weight alt= 25,432 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main= 16,244 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 35,737 lb
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engine (jet)= Klimov VK-1A
type of jet= turbojets
number of jets=2
thrust main= 30.7 kN
thrust alt= 6,820 lbf
thrust original=
afterburning thrust main=
afterburning thrust alt=

max speed main= 1,030 km/h
max speed alt= 558 knots, 642 mph
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
range main= 960 km
range alt= 518 nm, 599 miles
ceiling main= 14,125 m
ceiling alt= 46,330 ft
climb rate main= 1,429 m/min
climb rate alt= 4,687 ft/min
loading main= 289 kg/m²
loading alt= 59 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=2.6 N/kg
power/mass main=
power/mass alt=
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armament=
* 3 × 37 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-37 cannon
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References

* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fighter/la200.html Ugolok Neba] (also photos and drawings) ru icon

ee also

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similar aircraft=
I-320 -
Su-15 -
Yak-25 -
F3D Skyknight -
F-89 Scorpion
sequence=
La-176 -
La-180 -
La-190 -La-200 -
La-250
lists=
* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
* List of fighter aircraft
see also=