announced DCS MiG-29A

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Πервый Κанал = First Channel

[1stBEAST]

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[Ronin_Gaijin]

7 hours ago, 1stBEAST said:

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A 9.12A with 4 fuel tanks???

[59th_Buncsi]

2 of them are travel pods.

[Ronin_Gaijin]

21 minutes ago, 59th_Buncsi said:

2 of them are travel pods.

This is true yes. Although if memory serves me, I thought the pods were smaller. 

[cro_mig_21]

17 hours ago, Ronin_Gaijin said:

This is true yes. Although if memory serves me, I thought the pods were smaller. 

Those are actually 4 fuel pods, it was in 2003 when the MiG-29 visited USA. I imagine it needed it to make across. Maybe it was a moded design so the tanks could also be carried on the middle pylons.

This isthe travel pod, way smaller...

[Ronin_Gaijin]

10 hours ago, cro_mig_21 said:

Those are actually 4 fuel pods, it was in 2003 when the MiG-29 visited USA. I imagine it needed it to make across. Maybe it was a moded design so the tanks could also be carried on the middle pylons.

This isthe travel pod, way smaller...

The 9.12 family only had the middle pylon ready to a fuel tank. The Germans retrofitted their 9.12As to have 2 more extra wet pylons. The ones that carry the R-27s.
From 9.13 onwards those pylons were fuel tank ready from the factory.
Only the 9.15 and later had 5 wet pylons.

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Russian Air Force 9.17 9.19 or MiG-29SMT (production version)

Edited April 12, 2024 by Ronin_Gaijin

[Askerov24]

2 часа назад, Ronin_Gaijin сказал:

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That's 9-19, the serial SMT, 9-17 is prototype

[Ronin_Gaijin]

1 hour ago, Askerov24 said:

That's 9-19, the serial SMT, 9-17 is prototype

Interesting!
Gordon, Fomin, Mikheev, Yakubovich state 9.17
Only Pavlov states 9-19.
 

[F-2]

36 minutes ago, Ronin_Gaijin said:

Interesting!
Gordon, Fomin, Mikheev, Yakubovich state 9.17
Only Pavlov states 9-19.
 

As I understand it

9.17, 90s SMT, hump, upgraded N019, mfd

9.18, Economy SMT, no hump, Zhuk radar, probably mfd

9.19, what we think of as SMT, big hump, Zhuk, glass cockpit. 

[Ronin_Gaijin]

3 hours ago, F-2 said:

As I understand it

9.17, 90s SMT, hump, upgraded N019, mfd

9.18, Economy SMT, no hump, Zhuk radar, probably mfd

9.19, what we think of as SMT, big hump, Zhuk, glass cockpit. 

The 9.18 is the best of both words

[Seaeagle]

3 hours ago, F-2 said:

As I understand it

9.17, 90s SMT, hump, upgraded N019, mfd

9.18, Economy SMT, no hump, Zhuk radar, probably mfd

9.19, what we think of as SMT, big hump, Zhuk, glass cockpit. 

Correct.

In the late 90íes MIG offered the SMT as "SMT-1" and SMT-2" with the N019MP and Zhuk-ME respectively as the only difference. I don't know if the N019MP is still an option in this day and age, but given that SMT is really an upgrade package for the "baseline" MiG-29, it might be still be available as a cheaper solution(than Zhuk-ME). The "glass cockpit" was always part of the upgrade even with the 9-17 prototype.

4 minutes ago, Ronin_Gaijin said:

The 9.18 is the best of both words

It certainly looks a lot better than the 9.19 anyway. 

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Cuban MIG-29 armed 4 x R-73, 2 x R-60MK

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