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Dunno, last time I heard they were working on next-gen missiles, intended to replace the R-73 and R-77, ofcourse, those will be classified for the few years to come, as those are intended for Russia's MFI/PAK-FA projects and not for export sales. The R-77 is regarded as obsolete, so any modifications for it will be for export customers only, and if no one orders the r-77T, then there won't be any to shoot ;)

Hahahaha, either they used a wide lens, or that thing slings very, very far. Ejection seat trainers can go up to 12G iirc.

So, the mig-21-93 is as good as the Gripen?...

Yaaay, then what? Or are we going to rant about 'cyberterrorism' economic impacts of attacks and all the other cliche doomsday thinking? I'd say say nothing, then those losers won't have nothing to brag about on their IRC channels or whatever they use.

Oh, even in Nazi 1.12a, with 'ARMs only on the drag queen Su-25T' scripting? I'd love to fire (H)ARMs on some other plane, and some other arms than the kh-58/25mpu.

My uncle's name is also Oleg :P

Yes, in France... As IK said, if you f*** up, you die, if you fu** up and live to tell, you're great, if you f- up and bring the plane back, you're awesome. All is depending on the circumstances of the f-up, so it's either Hell, ejection seat ride, or emergency landing, or a combination of those. The added sound effects are, well, typical for such shows. (lame) Nice clear video, just the way I remember seeing it on the evening news 8 years ago, quality wise. And, having TVC really 'helped', because the jet was able to manoeuver in the last few meters above terra firma, the downside was that one nozzle got stuck, and one engine caught fire, because of this the pilot was unable to recover. According to him, he needed a little more speed in order to save the plane, then he would have been an awesome pilot :D The K-36 got another public demonstration that day, and it had updated chute deployment sequencing. And, the vanilla K-36 series 2 (you know, from vintage mig-29s/su-27s) has better high sinkrate performance than the ACES II, and the ACES II has better performance over the NACES (MB Mk.14), the only drawback was the higher weight (105kg) and the slightly longer parachute deployment delay. BTW, I'm hooked on Weeds now, love watching it while under the influence of the main inanimate object in the series.

The Russians/CIS are concentrating on affordability for their weapon developments, one one side because of the money needed for totally new weapon platforms (which they rather stick in their own pocket), and the cost per unit also plays a role both for the customers and the manufacturers. As a sidenote, both sides are sons of bitches (I know, irony, self hatered), one side wants money and continued budget for its weapon industry and to artificially create threats, the other continues its old tradition of geopolitics and wants to expand its empire and area of influence. The laser guided S8 rounds are a good example of recent developments in this area, they ensure limited precision in close range scenarios (aka insurgent hunting), while keeping the costs down.

The wrap drive, duuuuuh.

So, what about tailhook size, which jet has the biggest? The replacement of the superbug will have a dutch made tailhook, watch out, it may contain sensei in the base. When the pilots eject the tailhook's core is ejected as well, deploying a 60cm long hash stick slung under a parachute. So when the crew lands, they can make peace with the enemy (the used catapult tubes on the Mk. 16 will be used as pipes) the old fashioned way. Oh, the world would be a freindlier place with that instead of 9mm this, armor piercing that, cluster munition thus. The drawback would be the rising prices in Morrocco and India, as those will be the main suppliers of the tailhook fillings.

engines deliver only 7440 kg at full AB, so it had to be light. damn this gear is good

Outdated? No, not really, not as 'outdated' as the F-18C, but it's not as cheap to maintain, but it can do the role of fleet defender better than the F-18C (maybe E). The thing is, we can whine and cry, but it will change nothing. The F-14 is retired, the F-18 is a very good plane as well, but it has other strengths, ok, actually not, but it does everything for less money.

And it has an emergency transport hold, and a more effective crash absorbrion comples with the pamir seats, and K-37 on the newest prototype. Oh, and it can carry 18 (2*8) Shturm/Ataka missiles versus the 12 Vikhrs on the ka-50.

I play like 4-8 hours a week, mostly when I'm either bored or had a good smoke, I tell you, my aerobatics on weed are very, very cool.

Wow, and for doing it in a mi-2: super wow, those things barely get off the ground, so doing such manoeuvers is an achievement indeed. Just like doing aerobatics with a heavy widebody jet.

Like that new Iron Maiden song: Brighter than a thousand suns

It's very normal and is applied on lots of other aircraft, the Mig-29 and su-27 series for example (except the newer mods that have canopy breakers, like the mig-29KUB). The main reason is that the catapult doesn't have enough force to shatter the canopy, and even if it did, it would require some additional breaking lines (MDC) to split it open. All this is accomplished by a 2-3m steel wire, attatched in one end to the canopy frame, and the other holds a catapult gas line. So, if that firing pin remains there, no actual ejection will happen. Exactly the same prinicpe is used on the mig-29/su-27, as they lack any kind of rocket propulsion to remove the canopy. This was done for safety reasons, because rockets can be quite unpredictable and a maintenance hazard. Also, rocket actuated canopy removal has the unpleasant side effect of ripping eihter the canopy frame, the transparency or both, so having chunks of metal and plexiglass near the pilot's head is not always desireable. On the mig-29 canopy jettison is done by firstly cutting the locks (explosive bolts) and then a gas generating cartridge inside the canopy ducts gas through like three nozzles (maybe two, forgot how many there were), so no actual superheated exhaust is expelled through those ducts. Also, the rear actuator operated in an overload mode, giving the maximum designed pressure (probably damaging the actuation system in the process). The big disadvantage of this system however is that it requires more time to operate, and at low speeds it can cause potentially fatal injury because of the little impulse of the gas generating ducts. So, that's why pilots are discouraged from ejecting below 75 km/h, bacause the canopy can fall back on their heads, or the seat can smash into it while ejecting. However, the removal of the canopy by rocket is something like 3 times faster than that of cartridge actuated gas lines because the gas travels faster, and doesn't have to go through all the ducts first. It also enables safe zero-zero ejections by adequately propelling the canopy away from the aircraft. At higher speeds the performance differences become less important as the airstream takes care of the canopy problem. So rocket actuated jettison is faster, but not safer, gas ducts are less powerful, and can't operate well at low speeds. I guess it's the difference in design philosophy, the K-36 was designed to safely eject the pilot, with a minimum of injuries allowed, Western seats are designed to safe the life of the pilot, no matter the cost, often resulting in severe injuries. Newer K-36 seats have algorythms to decide wether time of of the essence (high sinkrate, low alt) or not, and adjust the performance accordingly, to optimise the fictional performance/survivability curve.

Nobody is an idiot, only the people calling everybody n00bs are idiots.

The lights are there because the onboard laser/radar system compares its current glideslope with that one for the carrier landing pattern, so when doing an automatic approach, the light should be green most of the time, but when doing a mnaual, the LSO can see wether the plane is on, below or above glideslope. And according to that he can decide wether to bolter or not.

So, what happened, or is ED too ashamed to admit they had some kind of obvious security leak, and now their whole bandwidth has been used to send donkey porn :megalol:

The throttle on the Su-37 (and offered as an option for the su-30 mk2/3 series) is also touch sensitive. The F-16 had a reclined seat because they had to fit in a pilot, and the sidestick bacause he wouldn't be able to eject had there been a rod blocking the way. The reclined seat excuse was part of, well, 'advertising'.

Hmm, no FCS override on the sidestick?

Well, a few weeks ago it was only an empty hulk, not even a cockpit, so I guess not too old. Look at those spikes above the K-36, damn cool canopy breakers, and some device with an antenna above the rear cockpit frame. You can see all the composite parts too, no need for vague psychidelic multicolor drwaings with canards

Also from Russia, and no, no F-15. http://avia.transas.com/eng/mfd.swf

impossible, 2 seats are fantasy, and a glitch in the matrix