Ye-GV

Two Tip 74 airframes, the Ye-6V/1 and Ye-6V/2, were modified to assess various positions for the tail chute container, to test several types of chutes, and to make jet-assisted takeoffs with solid propellant rockets. The Ye-6V had two tail chute canisters, one on the left side of the ventral fin and the other at the base of the tail fin. The latter posi­tion was retained on all MiG-2 Is starting with the PFM Both Ye-6V prototypes were also tested with wheel-ski compound gear Fedotov demonstrated jet-assisted takeoffs in the Ye-6V/2 at the Tushino air show on 9 July 1961.