Why are MiGs and Sukhois production types in odd numbers?

• SMAPLionHeart

  30 Jan 06, 23:54

  SU-33 , SU-35 , SU-30 , SU-27 , SU-25
  MIG-25 , MIG-27 , MIG-29 , MIG - 31?
  
  
• Shotgun

  31 Jan 06, 02:10

  You forgot the Su-24...
• fkh

  31 Jan 06, 08:32

  Is 30 (In Su 30) an odd or even number ???
  
  There is Su 22 in early 90s..
  
  
• tankee1981

  31 Jan 06, 11:55

  I think its just happens that prototypes with odd numeration succeed and entered production as compared to even-nunmbered ones so most of the Soviet/Russian aircraft are designated as such.
• Ponders

  31 Jan 06, 12:59

  Originally posted by tankee1981:

  I think its just happens that prototypes with odd numeration succeed and entered production as compared to even-nunmbered ones so most of the Soviet/Russian aircraft are designated as such.

  Yes, to make it clearer...
  
  when they are in the prototype stage, there should be a few competing models with the even number. But the odd number one is chosen instead.
  
  A similar example would be the YF-22 and YF-23.
  
  Soon F-22 will be in service and F-23 forgotten.
• Shotgun

  31 Jan 06, 13:16

  Oh yeah, theres the Su-30MkI, Su-34 also. the 34 is like a twin seater strike version of the Su-27.
• |-|05|

  31 Jan 06, 19:53

  There's the SU-32 naval strike aircraft
• Sg2006

  31 Jan 06, 19:59

  Su not follow the law, however Mig seems in odd number
• duotiga83

  31 Jan 06, 20:24

  Originally posted by |-|05|:

  There's the SU-32 naval strike aircraft

  correction....is su-33
• Delta 5

  31 Jan 06, 21:04

  Originally posted by duotiga83:

  correction....is su-33

  There's 2 kinds actually... The widely known Su-33 is a navalized Su-27P 'Flanker'... Only a small number (24) were built and they serve on board the sole Russian aircraft carrier in service today.
  
  The Su-32FN on the other hand is a variant of the Su-34 'Fullback' which is optimized for strike against naval targets such as enemy surface fleets. The Su-34 is in turn a strike aircraft derived from the Su-27P. The production run of the Su-34 to date has also been small (10) for the Russian Air Force with no known exports. The sole Su-32FN exists as a test aircraft.
• |-|05|

  31 Jan 06, 22:12

  Originally posted by Delta 5:

  There's 2 kinds actually... The widely known Su-33 is a navalized Su-27P 'Flanker'... Only a small number (24) were built and they serve on board the sole Russian aircraft carrier in service today.
  
  The Su-32FN on the other hand is a variant of the Su-34 'Fullback' which is optimized for strike against naval targets such as enemy surface fleets. The Su-34 is in turn a strike aircraft derived from the Su-27P. The production run of the Su-34 to date has also been small (10) for the Russian Air Force with no known exports. The sole Su-32FN exists as a test aircraft.

  It's the one with a side by side cockpit arrangement aint it?(The Su-32 i mean)
• baer

  31 Jan 06, 22:55

  russian aircraft numbering system is simply:
  
  odd numbers - fighters
  even numbers all others
  
  Mikoyan-Gurevich
  MiG-9 = "Fargo"
  MiG-15 = "Fagot"
  MiG-15U = "Midget"
  MiG-17 = "Fresco"
  MiG-19 = "Farmer"
  MiG-21 = "Fishbed"
  MiG-21U = "Mongol"
  MiG-23/27 = "Flogger"
  MiG-23-01 = "Faithless"
  MiG-25 = "Foxbat"
  MiG-29/30/33 = "Fulcrum"
  MiG-31 = "Foxhound"
  Ye-2A = "Faceplate"
  Ye-152A = "Flipper"
  
  Sukhoi
  Su-7/17/20/22 = "Fitter"
  Su-7U = "Moujik"
  Su-9/11 = "Fishpot"
  Su-11U = "Maiden"
  Su-15 = "Flagon"
  Su-24 = "Fencer"
  Su-25/28 = "Frogfoot"
  Su-27/30/33/34/35 = "Flanker"
  
  Fencer was a ground attack
  
  check out http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~agretch/RAFAQ.html
• Shotgun

  31 Jan 06, 23:04

  All the F names, "Fulcrum", "Foxbat", "Flanker" are all NATO code names assigned to that aircraft. I don't think the Russians informed NATO, "Hey, we have this new MiG-29, i've already thought of a name for u guys to refer to it as.. Fulcrum? Good ya? Nonono... Fodka will not do..."
• Delta 5

  31 Jan 06, 23:46

  Originally posted by |-|05|:

  It's the one with a side by side cockpit arrangement aint it?(The Su-32 i mean)

  Yes side by side arrangement... Similar to the American F-111
• Gedanken

  1 Feb 06, 07:55

  Pretty much what baer said: odd numbers were for fighters and attack aircraft and even numbers were for other types. However, this rule was a very loose one. As observed, some Sukhois have even numbers and transport aircraft like the AN225 are odd-numbered.
  
  Note also that the nomenclature differs from the American system. Since the 60's the US system follows a sequential order with no mention of the manufacturer in the designation. The Warsaw Pact system, however, indicates the manufacturer and allows for number repeats, e.g. MiG-15 and Su-15.