Images from "Mikoyan's piston-engined fighters" of Gordon
and Dexter
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The aircraft differs from early type MiG-3 for:
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the length was still 8,15 m (as one can deduct from the fact that the last
exhaust stack is overposed to the rear side plate);
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the canopy conformation was different; an one-piece windshield, the predisposition
for a rightward rotating shield, a short rear part;
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there are 7 ventilation slots on each side (as on I-200 No. 02 and 04,
instead than 6 as on early series MiG-3);
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some bulges and intakes over the nose were absent, and a small air intake
under the nose was smaller;
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the radio device, absent in photos, was installed later, as the radio mast;
they were identical to that of MiG-3;
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the underwing removable panels for guns pods ammo were absent;
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the aircraft was unmarked, and painted with a dark gloss color (possibly
the same green as the I-15bis);
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the water radiator fairing and main landing gear were different from MiG-3;
they had smaller wheels, different doors shape, and foldable wheel flaps
as on I-16, instead of the wheel doors as on MiG-3;
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the intakes for side oil cooler tunnels had a different shape than those
of MiG-3; they were identical to those of I-200 No.02;
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the supercharger intakes at the wingroots had shorter lips, particularly
the upper ones;
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metallic outer wing panels (it is the only member of the family to have
this);
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the aircraft was unmarked, and painted with a dark gloss color (possibly
the same green as the I-15bis) with silver undersurfaces.
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