The MiG-8 Utka, Russian for duck, was a small Soviet experimental aircraft that the Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau designed and built in wood and fabric in 1945 to test a canard layout, a small forward wing, together with swept wings. The idea promised a clear rear fuselage for a future jet exhaust, so the testbed was powered by a single Shvetsov M-11 five-cylinder radial engine driving a pusher propeller. It was also the first Mikoyan design to use a tricycle undercarriage. It was modified to try various fins and wingtips, served as a testbed for the swept wing of the MiG-15, and then flew for years as a communications and utility aircraft for the bureau, a favourite of its test pilots for gentle slow-speed handling.
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the aircraft was designed and built in 1945 to test the novel canard configuration
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Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov M-11FM 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp)
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