TIS MA

TIS MA

TIS MA

USSR

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
3.7	4.3	3.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Strike aircraft

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

Description

The TIS MA is a gift rank III Soviet twin-engine fighter with a battle rating of 3.7 (AB/SB) and 4.3 (RB). It was introduced during Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" in the Operation F.R.O.S.T. event.

General info

Flight performance

Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 1,660 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	511	494	8000	25.1	25.9	6.8	6.8	420
Upgraded	556	534		23.0	24.0	14.5	10.3

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear	Drogue chute
✓	✓	✓	X	X	X

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
		400	___	270	~10	~8

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 380	< 380	< 420	> 329

Compressor	Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
Setting 1	750 m	1,500 hp	1,623 hp

Survivability and armour

• 8.5 mm steel pilot seat

Armaments

Offensive armament

The TIS MA is armed with:

• A choice between two presets:
  • 2 x 37 mm NS-37 cannons, wing-mounted (75 rpg = 150 total) + 2 x 20 mm ShVAK cannons, nose-mounted (150 rpg = 300 total)
  • 2 x 45 mm NS-45 cannons, wing-mounted (50 rpg = 100 total) + 2 x 20 mm ShVAK cannons, nose-mounted (150 rpg = 300 total)

Suspended armament

The TIS MA can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• Without load
• 2 x 100 kg FAB-100 bombs (200 kg total)
• 2 x 250 kg FAB-250M43 bombs (500 kg total)
• 2 x 500 kg FAB-500 bombs (1,000 kg total)
• 8 x RS-132 rockets
• 8 x RBS-132 rockets

Defensive armament

The TIS MA is defended by:

• 1 x 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine gun, dorsal turret (200 rpg)

Usage in battles

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Controllable	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Auto control available	Controllable Auto control available	Separate	Not controllable 1 gear	Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Ludicrously powerful armament layouts with decent ammo capacities
• Both the 37 mm cannons and 45 mm cannons have high muzzle velocity are quite accurate
• Firing the guns barely slows the aircraft down
• Reasonable manoeuvrability for a twin-engined fighter bolstered by leading-edge slats
• Decent speed, but lower than most fighters it will encounter
• Acceptable acceleration for a twin-engined fighter
• All armaments centred in or near the nose, resulting in little need for convergence adjustments, except for long-distance shots
• Can mount bombs and rockets for ground-pounding
• Premium rewards

Cons:

• Slower than contemporary aircraft
• Lack of bulletproof glass makes the pilot prone to snipes, also vulnerable to head-on attacks
• Extremely prone to fires

History

The TIS A (and the improved MA) were designed to a 1938 specification for a heavy fighter - but work did not begin until 1940 due to resources being devoted to the I-180 and SPB projects.

The TIS A was an all metal monocoque monoplane with a very heavy forward facing armament of some mix of 2 x 37mm, 2 x 20mm cannon; and 2 x 12.7mm UB + 4 x 7.62mm ShKAS machine guns, or 6 x 7.62mm ShKAS machine guns - sources vary on the exact nature of armament for the prototype. The single rear gunner had 2 ShKAS machine guns - 1 mounted to fire from a dorsal position, the other mounted to shoot through a ventral hatch. It was fitted with Mikulin AM-39 engines, but these had protracted development problems - they were unreliable and vibrated above 5000m altitude.

By 1942 flight testing showed several problems, and a major redesign was conducted - radiators were moved to the wings, the machine guns in the nose were replaced by 2 x ShVAK 20mm cannon, and 2 x 45mm 11P guns were fitted in the wing roots. The gunner's 2 x ShKAS were replaced by a single 12.7mm UBT machine gun. Engine reliability was not improved, so AM-38F engines (as fitted to Il-2's) were fitted instead - and these had much lower output resulting in predictably lower performance, especially at higher altitudes due to the AM-38's single stage supercharger optimised for lower altitudes.

This configuration was renamed the TIS-MA.

Flight testing of the TIS-MA from June-September 1944 found it performed as expected with the new engines - being generally disappointing at altitude. Calculations showed much better performance if the desired AM-39's could be fitted. However fate intervened - Polikarpov died on 30 July of stomach cancer, and when the TIS-MA crashed on 15 September it spelled the end of the program - his design bureau was being shut down and none of the others could or would take it on.

Media

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See also

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USSR twin-engine fighters
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