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Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseThe MiG-1 fighters were designed in response to the requirement of Jan 1939. Initially named I-200, the design focused on keeping the weight low, profile minimal, and the max speed high. In Nov 1939, Nikolai Polikarpov's original design was given to Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, who took the credit for the design when the prototype flew on 5 Apr 1940. The first I-200 fighters entered service in the fall of 1940. Pilots commented that they were fast but difficult to maneuver, which led to a modified design that entered production on 29 Oct 1940; the modified design also boasted a larger fuel tank which provided a longer range. On 9 Dec 1940, a new naming convention took effect, which formally christened them with the new name of MiG-1.

SPECIFICATIONS

MiG-1

Machinery	One Mikulin AM-35A liquid-cooled V-12 engine rated at 1,350 hp
Armament	1x12.7mm BS machine gun, 2x7.62mm ShKAS machine guns
Crew	1
Span	10.20 m
Length	8.16 m
Height	2.62 m
Wing Area	17.50 m²
Weight, Empty	2,602 kg
Weight, Loaded	3,099 kg
Weight, Maximum	3,319 kg
Speed, Maximum	657 km/h
Rate of Climb	16.80 m/s
Service Ceiling	12,000 m
Range, Normal	580 km

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1.  BILL says:
5 Mar 2009 05:25:25 PM

Aircraft could be the one of three prototypes of the Mig-1 which entered flight testing in 1940 without armament. That's all the information that I have.

2.  Bill says:
26 Apr 2011 07:46:11 PM

Photograph of the third prototype of the
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-200 later changed to the
Mig-1 in December 1940.
Production aircrft were armed with 2x7.62mm
ShKAS machine guns and 1x12.7mm UBS machine gun, all located in the nose.
The Mig-1 entered service with the (VVS) or Soviet Air Force in 1941 most were lost in combat, during the German Invasion of the USSR, Operation Barbarossa June 22,1941.
Number built 100 plus the 3 prototypes the survivors were retired in 1944.