Is there any particular reason to doubt the data at Wikipedia, taken from Gordon, Y. & Komissarov, D. (2009). OKB Mikoyan. Hinkley: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-307-5.
Mig-15bis
General characteristics
Crew: 1 or 2
Length: 10.08 m (33 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 10.08 m (33 ft 1 in)
Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 20.6 m2 (222 sq ft)
Airfoil: TsAGI S-10 / TsAGI SR-3
Empty weight: 3,630 kg (8,003 lb)
Gross weight: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 6,105 kg (13,459 lb)
Fuel capacity: 1,420 l (312.4 imp gal; 375.1 US gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Klimov VK-1 centrifugal flow turbojet, 26.5 kN (6,000 lbf) thrust
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,059 km/h (658 mph; 572 kn) at sea level
1,033 km/h (558 kn; 642 mph) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
992 km/h (536 kn; 616 mph) at 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
Cruising speed: 850 km/h (528 mph; 459 kn)
Range: 1,240 km (771 mi; 670 nmi)
Service ceiling: 15,500 m (50,853 ft)
Rate of climb: 51.2 m/s (10,080 ft/min) at sea level
36.2 m/s (7,130 ft/min) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
21 m/s (4,100 ft/min) at 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
Time to altitude: 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 2 minutes
10,000 m (33,000 ft) in 5.2 minutes
Wing loading: 240.8 kg/m2 (49.3 lb/sq ft)
Thrust/weight: 0.00534 kN/kg (0.544 lbf/lb)
Armament
2x NR-23 23 mm (0.906 in) cannon in the lower left fuselage (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total)
1x Nudelman N-37 37 mm (1.457 in) cannon in the lower right fuselage (40 rounds total)
2x 100 kg (220 lb) bombs, drop tanks, or unguided rockets on 2 underwing hardpoints.
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