11600 isn’t the 9.17 variant? The 9.13 weighs 11200 but is considerably more agile than the SMT we have ingame which is the 9.19 if i’m not mistaken, would 400 more kg make that huge difference? Btw do you have the 9.12? I want to know how does it compare to the 9.13 since it weighs 10900.
9-13 should be 11000, but I need to check again. 11600 is the weight the 9.19 has in game… given that it is the weight of the 9.17 according to most sources I think the 9.19 weight in game is incorrect since it was supposed to be a middle ground between 9.17 and 9.18, but I can’t prove that.
9.12 in game feels identical to the 9.13, difference is only noticeable in dogfights.
SMT has higher drag compared to the 9.12 and 9.13, weight is not the only reason it feels bad
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Bruh, is this accurate? The smt is the same plane but with more weight, shouldn’t that be a reason for a report?
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fuel probe, big spine on the back all increase drag. With mass it’s also not only a consideration of how much but how it is distributed. There’s a chance the SMT center of mass Is further forward than the normal MiG-29 in game
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thx for the explanation
Now that I think about it I could look into where the SMT has the center of mass in game…
it seems in game center of mass for 9.12 and 9.19 are in the same position… so all difference is weight and drag
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It’s crazy how a little modification here and there can completely change the performance of an aircraft.
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My question would be, could it be better than the 9.12 in game even with added weight ?
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I don’t think so but i guess it would be better than the SMT, 12.7 ton is just too much. I think better than the 9.12 in terms of performance would be only the 9.15 and late ones like the modern M/M2 and the mig-35.
if they don’t add the 9.15 the version i’ll be looking forward to would be the S which is the 9.13 with bits of improvement regarding avionics and max fuel + the ability of carrying r77s and r73s (ik the 9.13 can carry r73s but gaijin won’t add it).
There’s a decent chance that weight figure is wrong imho, there’s no way the thing weights as much as an F-15 lol.
Keep in mind the thing needs to take off from carriers without catapult, so low speed acceleration needs to be at least as good as that of the base MiG-29
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I thought that maybe even with the extra weight, 9-41 could be better than base 9.12/9.13
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A MiG-29SM(9.13SM) would be a good option for you…
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would this change sep considerably?
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How was this chart computed?
At dogfighting speeds unlikely
I have no idea. The programme seems to be taking data from the game
Need to know how the chart was made first… also I don’t know how the game code works with supersonic speeds, at subsonic speeds MiG-29 always seemed fine when using the manual’s polars