The Il-102 was a ‘private venture’ design from Ilyushin – to try and make a jet-powered version of their most famous design – the Il-2 ‘Shturmovik’

It was a re-hash of a previous attempt – the Il-40 ‘Brawny’………….

Both were outmoded concepts – with rear gun turrets and internal bomb bays.

The much better Sukhoi T8 (also a ‘private venture’) won the day and has evolved into the potent Su-25 Frogfoot.

I don’t have any drawings to hand – but I made a model of an Il-102 – to go with my Il-40 ‘Brawny’….

The whole Il-40 build is at :- http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/models_pages/modl_il-40.html

Ken

Ken,

Very impressive build! I still haven’t ventured into resin. Fun subject matter ‘though.

James

How about having one of your very own?!?!

http://www.prideaircraft.com/su25.htm

And you do have a Commie fighter for your avatar…. 😉

…can’t help that… just one of the better airshow shots I’ve taken 😉

Hooray for the ‘Clunk’ at least she did get exported! And , if my memory serves me correctly was the first all-weather interceptor in NATO service.

Arrow technology in the ’25?? you never know, the place was full of spies. Even a couple years ago there was still a politico south of the border calling us ‘Soviet Canuckistan’… ahhh, small minds

Hi, can you say how you can tell ? Thanks.

on this one shot, the easiest clue it that the ‘vapor cone’ only appears to be on one wing… if the aircraft were indeed near-sonic (like the Super Hornet) the entire rear of the aircraft would be inside that ‘cone’, meaning the vertical tail surfaces would be in shadow.

Hope that helps

I say it looks more like another cancelled design, that does for Canadians what the TSR2 does for the British.

I’m in agreement with you there BIGVERN… still a case of apples and oranges but the similarity between the F-108 and the CF-105 Arrow is striking (more so than the TSR.2) The Arrow was amazing, but I’ve grown to get over it. Its still an amazing story – up there with TSR.2 national pride and having the rug pulled out from under you. Still, some nice bits and pieces at the Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa – Nose section, and outer wing panels being the largest.

Might be neat the check the development dates onthe 108… the Arrow technology went all over the place after ’59… engineering into the Gemini and Apollo space programs… The Iroquois engine went to the UK and the progeny went into Concorde… but please, no debates on the Arrow… thats been done to death.