r-33 has 4g target overload… so it’s pretty terrible… (rvv-bd brochure, rvv-bd is 8g, 8/2 is 4)
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Just wanted to say thanks to those who found the 15G figure for the R-40 missiles. That Iraqi MiG-25 manual was not available at the time I first made this thread on the old forum.
I’m still around from time to time, checking all of my threads.
Sometimes that is a meaningless stat if we’re trying to figure out said missile’s maneuverability or ability to hit the target. Like the Phoenix, it’s most likely advised to any pilot operating with R-33 missiles to fire only when their target is pulling 4G because R-33s need to correct their path flight upon launch and fly high/loft. Firing them in dogfight scenarios wouldn’t be ideal. But their actual maneuverability in the air when tracking their targets is good.
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Guys, can we all agree that the MiG-25/31 will be fast, shoot big missiles, and be lots of fun? I want these added more than any other plane now that we have the 106.
mig-31 is the only one that has a semblance of a chance of being fun. mig-25 is just gonna be hot garbo, literally just a worse mig-23mld
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its time release the flagon
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Updated engines too, post says, anything more specific on those?
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can you explain this ? 8 r60m ?
Thechnically, there were triple pylons for R-60s. But they weren’t as reliable as double pylons so they weren’t used widespread. But iirc there is nothing that prohibits usage of double/triple pylons on any station, apart from weight or space restrictions
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maybe they use 2 bcz of the limited space, but still 8 r60m is a lot more good than 4 as we excpected or better than 12 missile
Well, id still take R-40 because of the sheer velocity of that thing. And the fact that you don’t have HMD to help with close range missile shots on this boat of a plane
oh yeah for sure, 2 sarh missile and 2 r60m and 1 ir r40 is the perfect loadout
Isn’t this the MiG-31i
Mig-31i? Never heard of thag
Unified platform for launching near orbit satellites, ballistic missiles as well as Kinzhal platform. You can say that it’s modernised 31K with expanded functionality
I made this.
crazy to think that such old idea created in the wrong time can be so useful in the current era 50 years later,
yes i am talking about the drone warfare in the current world, i cant stand the military using aim9x and aim120 for a simple drone
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