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Yet another great finding Kusch. I didn't know the '311' also has glass cockpit, I thought only the '312' had it. Do I hear Alfa comming in?...;)

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I'd like to see the Pastel display personally.

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I'd like to see the Pastel display personally.

 

Meaby this (Su-27SM example)

 

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Or this:

 

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That's an odd looking display!

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OT, moved to another thread.

"See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89.

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Sensational...

 

Thank you Kusch! :)

 

I have been searching for a photo like this...

 

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....for nearly 10 years!

 

Cheers,

- JJ.

JJ

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Yet another great finding Kusch.

 

A great find is an understatement! :) .

 

I didn't know the '311' also has glass cockpit, I thought only the '312' had it. Do I hear Alfa comming in?...;)

 

Well Tito I always suspected that both the "311" and "312" had that cockpit layout :) .

 

I think the misconception regarding the cockpit for the "311" may be down to reports that the "311"(unlike the "312") didn't have the full systems suite installed for initial trials......leading someone to incorrectly conclude that it "properly" had a cockpit layout similar to the "baseline" MiG-29.

 

But, as you know, the MiG-29K is based on the MiG-29M airframe for which the above cockpit is the original one, so it wouldn't make any sense for it to have been fitted with a cockpit like that of a 9-12 :) .

 

- JJ.

JJ

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Well Tito I always suspected that both the "311" and "312" had that cockpit layout :) .

 

I think the misconception regarding the cockpit for the "311" may be down to reports that the "311"(unlike the "312") didn't have the full systems suite installed for initial trials......leading someone to incorrectly conclude that it "properly" had a cockpit layout similar to the "baseline" MiG-29.

 

But, as you know, the MiG-29K is based on the MiG-29M airframe for which the above cockpit is the original one, so it wouldn't make any sense for it to have been fitted with a cockpit like that of a 9-12 :) .

 

- JJ.

 

You have a point Jens, I just haven't actualy gone to deep into this. I'm interested whether the 311 is airworthy. It has much more naval experience on Kuz than the 312 but only the second prototype is shown on airshows and is known to take part in different weapon and system tests. From these pictures we see some upgrade of the 312 is going on, while the 311 seems to be unused. I suppose the 312 takes major part in the indian MiG-29K developement but it sounds trange when they have two prototypes of the same airframe they use only one. May be there's a good reason why the 311 doesn't fly(or may be it flies but we just don't know that), I would like to know more about this.

"See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89.

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What exactly do these lights at the nose gear do?

 

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They also show AOA like the AOA indicators at the HUD?

 

I believe these are glideslope signals for the LSO, like the ones on the left side of the HUD. If he sees red light, then he knows you're bellow glideslope, green on the line and yellow above the glideslope. Speaking about this, I haven't seen such lights on the Su-33 actualy.

"See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89.

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I believe these are glideslope signals for the LSO, like the ones on the left side of the HUD. If he sees red light, then he knows you're bellow glideslope, green on the line and yellow above the glideslope. Speaking about this, I haven't seen such lights on the Su-33 actualy.

 

Maybe they are just for testing. LSO's screen is black and white anyway.

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I believe these are glideslope signals for the LSO, like the ones on the left side of the HUD. If he sees red light, then he knows you're bellow glideslope, green on the line and yellow above the glideslope. Speaking about this, I haven't seen such lights on the Su-33 actualy.

The Su-33 also has them.

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Maybe they are just for testing. LSO's screen is black and white anyway.

 

I mean for visual spotting, you know, the guys with the phones on the left of the landing area.

"See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89.

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You have a point Jens, I just haven't actualy gone to deep into this. I'm interested whether the 311 is airworthy. It has much more naval experience on Kuz than the 312 but only the second prototype is shown on airshows and is known to take part in different weapon and system tests. From these pictures we see some upgrade of the 312 is going on, while the 311 seems to be unused. I suppose the 312 takes major part in the indian MiG-29K developement but it sounds trange when they have two prototypes of the same airframe they use only one. May be there's a good reason why the 311 doesn't fly(or may be it flies but we just don't know that), I would like to know more about this.

 

Yeah that is a good question Tito - I haven't seen any pictures of the 311 flying recently either, while there are lots(including videos) of the 312 flight displays :) .

 

I wonder if the 312 has the new digital fly-by-wire control system installed - I suppose it would have to if test flying it should make much sense in connection with the development of the new 9-41 version for India.

 

As you can see the 312 has been re-fitted with a newer "SMT-style" cockpit, while the 311 retains the old one, so perhaps it also retains the original analogue FBW system. But it doesn't explain why the 311 doesn't seems to be used for tests.......maybe MIG feel they only need one prototype for the purpose :hmm: .

 

- JJ.

JJ

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