Milomindenbinder

Hi Azrayen, Yes, the relaxed stability of the Mirage 2000C allows it to fly at lower speeds. The Mirage IIIO had a limited HUD display - only for weapons operation. I'm really enjoying the Mirage 2000C HUD modes and have made up a special mission to master ILS and TACAN navigation to recover from missions at night and/or in bad weather. Autopilot coupled to the ILS is a great recovery aid. The 'Inverse Drag' of the delta is still there and I have created several flaming holes from looking away from the HUD for ten seconds. The HUD speed cues are a tremendous help. Re tires, nose-wheels generally have lower limits than main-wheels as TO is raise at 120 KIAS (130 KIAS Mirage IIIO) and keep it off the ground on landing to generate drag to slow - very effective. My (trivial) point is that the main-wheels of the 2000C come from the same stable as the IIIO and can take higher speeds. OBTW, the 210 KIAS takeoff is 30 Celsius, 28,000 lbs and a 7,000 foot run - scary! Can send the page of the IIIO flight manual if it is of interest. Thanks for the reply - much appreciated. Kind regards, Chris Mills / Milomindenbinder

I have more than 1,000 takeoffs and landing (same number fortunately,) in the Mirage IIIO. My Flight Manuals shows the max un-stick speed of 210 KIAS for hot and heavy takeoffs. I have never burst a tire in over 1,000 hours. In the Mirage 2000C I vget tire bursts if on the ground at 170-180 KIAS. This happens if I'm slow to rotate on a touch and go. No biggie, but you really do need to 'touch and go' to avoid tire blowouts. I think it would be realistic to raise the tire burst speed to ~200 KIAS. Thanks RAZBAM for an excellent piece of work - haven't had so much fun since I last flew the Mirage IIIO in 1975! Kind regards, Chris Mills / Flamethrower.