The Shenyang BA-5 was a target drone developed in the People's Republic of China, from Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis fighters withdrawn from manned use at the end of their service life.

Guidance and control equipment was installed in the cockpit in lieu of the ejection seat, with the BA-5 being used for the training of fighter pilots and surface-to-air missile crews.

Operators

 People's Republic of China

• People's Liberation Army Air Force

Specifications (MiG-15bis/BA-5)

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General characteristics

• Crew: 0
• Length: 10.11 m (33 ft 2 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: 5,015 kg (11,056 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: 1,076 km/h (669 mph, 581 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)

• Maximum speed: Mach 0.87
• Cruise speed: 850 km/h (530 mph, 460 kn)
• Range: 1,240 km (770 mi, 670 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 15,500 m (50,900 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)

Avionics
Remote control / Radio command guidance equipment

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• QF-4
• QF-16

Related lists

• List of UAVs
• List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China

References