NY3D Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 I have always wondered why the Mig-29 is the only aircraft that has closing doors and louvers on the intakes.I read that was intended to protect the engines from F.O.D. (forein object damage...excuse my spelling)If this is true then why was'nt this feature implemented on other aircrafts like the SU-27 and others.Strange,as far as I know the mig29 is the only aircraft with this feature.(I could be wrong though.).Thanx for the input.
EricJ Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 The Sukhoi's have a wire mesh instead of the solid doors that the Mig-29 has. If I remember correctly, later versions of the -29 have the same wire grill as it saves on weight. Homepage | Discord | Linktree | YouTube 'Nearly everyone felt the need to express their views on all wars to me, starting with mine. I found myself thinking, “I ate the crap sandwich, you didn’t, so please don’t tell me how it tastes.”' - CPT Cole, US Army
Kuky Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Yeah, the doors are designed for that purpose only... while taking off and landing on rough and unprepared conventional airfields for which the MiG-29 was designed for... engines get air supplied from those "ribs" looking intakes on top of fuselage. PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
MBot Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Just a wild guess here. Since the Su-27 was a PVO interceptor it was expected to operate from well equiped soviet airbases. While the MiG-29 is a VVS fighter that might need to operate from improved strips in germany, so it needed FOD prevention.
F l a n k e r Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Here it is the grid: it is raised pivoted at the bottom. PS: here when lowered (you can look at the compressor of the engine and three Pivot (EDIT, sorry I mean Pitot...) tubes for the variable geometry intakes):
NY3D Posted February 1, 2007 Author Posted February 1, 2007 THANX Learn something evryday.Nice photos,I hope the person that took these shots doesnt get too close...he he:D thanx for the info guys.
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