Микоян - Гуревич, МиГ-21 [Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21] NATO Reporting Name FISHBED

[NARSES2]

They are nice 

Gun could go in the fuselage just below the cockpit or just above the leading edge of the wing ?

[dy031101]

I am thinking of a militarized Analog 144 (according to Air Vectors, some did like it enough to lobby for the development of a fighter variant) along the line of No.2 prototype......



...... but some digging around on the internet revealed that the aircraft has a number of extra fairings on the fuselage and tailfin tip.  Are these fairings all just meant for test/telemetry equipment that a fighter jet can do without?

Thanks in advance.

[Dizzyfugu]

There were AFAIK a lot of camera fairing, because a lot of different wing shapes were tested with wool tufts in flight.

IMHO the Analog lends itself to an attack variant of the MiG-21, because of the bigger wings and higher payloiad? IIRC there was such a design (I remember a pictiure of an OKB model), but it had side intakes and a sloped nose for a better field of view. Had also two smaller engines in the tail.

Just found a look at its belly:

[Dizzyfugu]

Ah, and a line drawing, called "МиГ-21ЛШ":

[PR19_Kit]

Looks like a Skyray in side view!

[Old Wombat]

Looks like a Skyray in side view!

With a MiG tail, & a space shuttle/Buran from above.

[ysi_maniac]

Two versions of MiG Drakon

Armed with 4 NR-30 guns

[ysi_maniac]

MiG-21 + AlphaJet 

[Zero-Sen]