Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum - History, Design, Performance & Dissection (Part 2)

I believe that, under the current game balance, the biggest issue with the J-15T is simply having too few countermeasures (without considering missiles), while the MiG-29’s main problems are engine thrust and flight model.

Yeah… but i dont have access to Pl12A so cant say for sure on that one in particular

Nuclear engines are here to stay
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/RwHZXLZONVbq

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Just rename the engines to RBMK reactor 1 and 2

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In some ways I’m glad it’s there, makes the aircraft much more competitive ;)

Huh, interesting. As well as 0% intake loss (at least according to statcard, i haven’t looked at thrust curves in-game)

well do we dont know the emergency thrust value in static thurst? has to be up in the 9900kgf area

the study from Samara University gives 9700kgf for RD-33 as the max afterburner thrust

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Does anyone know how much thrust the aircraft can produce at like 109% or less, when it’s not overheating ?


statshark gives this at 109% throttle
at the lowest point of a graph it’s 18000 kgf, so 9000 per engine at 109%

Alright then, pretty nice

I tested the aircraft mostly in duels since it’s what I’m the best at by far…

It holds its own against Blk 50/ 27SM without any issues and wins

It feels pretty competitive and Flight performance is pretty nice from what I tried. Doesn’t bleed as much speed as the 29M in some area and feels better overall

That’s nice to hear. Duels at this br are a rare thing in randoms, but it is very satisfying to slap someone with a gun from time to time.

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now gaijin give me a MiG-35 with less weight than the KR and keep the same special engine mode

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Technically it should i think, MK is a naval engine after all

MiG-29K skin library is getting filled on WT Live.
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this is clearly a 9.31
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I’m a duelist at first xD so that’s why, if you get into duels at those br, it will probably be at the end of the match

I do think the aircraft is great overall if it stays that way

Engines overheating are gonna be something tho xD although it doesn’t overheat much at high alt

clearly. You can even see 941 number on the airframe, which means that this is 9.31, unlike 311 and 312 numbers

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From my tests you can run 110% above 4km on most maps without problems

if only it kept 8 R-77s and R-27s it would be even better

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I tend to agree for the load out…

But planes like F-16 blk50 (which is a pretty nice plane, it’s a rocket) only have 6 missiles.

29Kr technically is better on that part !

My only issues is that 27SM is undertiered as hell, should be 14.0