idc what is better or worse
just please add a new MiG-29 version, its been over a year since the last new version of the 29 was added (29G and SMT, I will not count the 29B as a seperate version to the A)
MiG-29M (9-15 or 9-41), MiG-29K or MiG-35
but please just something man
Will giving Soviet a Premium MiG-29 would solve the terrible FM problem? Lol
A mig29 with 15% more powerful engines and fbw while being Just a bit heavier than the 9.13 would be considerably better than what we have rn
Really? I didn’t know.
Is it a different engine completely or a modified version?
It gets the rd-33k which has like 10% more thrust compared to rd-33 and a considerable amount of other improvements Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29M (9-15) - what the fulcrum would have been
Sounds pretty cool thanks
Reverse psychology: Just give the US a MiG-29 premium (the FM gets changed with the release of the 90$ pack)
Dont forget that from the 29K onwards the Soviets used much sharper edges, increased aileron size and other aerodynamical changes which greatly improved flight performance
those are often overlooked but all the possible models Ive mentioned get those upgrades
quickly searched out a bit of stuff reliant on some reports of the MiG-29M (9-41) - take those with a HUGE grain of salt
MiG-29M has a 10% increase in Wing area
A 5% increase in climbrate
A 15% increase in acceleration
A 20% Increase in thrust
A max stable AOA capability increase from 25° to 35° (which is similiar to the hornets stable AOA maximum of 38°)
50% max internal fuel (and 70% increased range)
A Digital FBW
Aerodynamic stability even below 290km/h (before it was 370km/h)
infos about the mig29m from the company that export/sell russian military stuff (rosoboronexport):
is not possible to find this information anymore using “normal” ways because they removed almost everything from the site, but still, with the internet archive you can still see it and it’s from 2018, it also has some informations about mig29k and mig35.
mig29m:
mig29k:
mig35:
9000 kgf thrust per engine? damn.
thats without channel loss
Usually channel loss is within the 5-10% range (unlike what gaijin will tell you with its 20% channel loss)
so expect something inbetween 8000-8500kgf
(for example irl the MiG-29A engines have 8300kgf dry thrust, but only ~7500kgf with Channel loss)
I see, well still a pretty neat increase.
I’m sure Gaijin will just add 10% of the current MiG-29 values.
I honestly dont know how they think 20% is reasonable at all.
Going from 8300kgf to only 6800kgf just because of channelloss is absolutely insane.
and all of that because of a single chart in the flight manual - all other charts and calculations suggest the thrust to be in the 7500-7800kgf range.
It’s the Gaijin, they have no knowledge.
I would love to see a Mig-29 S variant, as the export model is operated by my home country. It would also be easy to implement, as all the necessary radar systems and weaponry are already in the game, and it shares the same FM as the normal mig-29. Would be a good 13.3 fighter.
I’ve been saying this for ages, 29S would perhaps be my favorite mig29 after the M… It’s the same simple aircraft as the regular 9.13/9.12 but with some improvements regarding its BVR capabilities and it would prolly get r73s, so finally a light mig29 with r73s for Russia.
imo the 29s are a bit too bad for 13.3
in an actual match not only the weapons kit and FM matter, but stuff like RWR, Radar and Countermeasure count do have a heavy influence too.
And in terms of avionics the 29S would be far inferior to the SMT still.
It also lacks the countermeasures to keep up with anything in the 13.3 bracket.
Personally I think all fulcrums a overBRd as hell, especially the 29A.
I get that the ER is good, but 2x ERs do not justifiy a higher BR than an aircraft with 6x Sparrows, a better FM and comically better avionics
imo every 29 could probably move down 0.3 BRs, except maybe the SMT
29S could go to 13.0 then (being a direct stepup of the 12.7 29G) and 29M (9-42) should be 13.7
I think that BR decompression would help them more(and giving the As R-73s and removing the R-27ERs), rather than moving them down and making them OP. The 29G would be way too strong at 12.7, because nothing else has great SARHs, and IRCCM missiles at that BR. It would also only be 0.3 higher than the Mig-21Bison, despite it being a huge upgrade in flight performance, and loadout.
My own hot take is that the flight performance isn’t even that bad, and my main issue comes from the terrible endurance of the 29s compared to everything else at it’s BR.