Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum - History, Design, Performance & Dissection

They also seem to have a lowered top speed, going from the 1500 km/h at sea level for the mig-29m 9.15 to 1400 km/h

My dream mig-29

Mig-29ovt/156 ultimate fictional mashup - 10 missiles with the mock up wingtip r73s for 8 r77s and 2 r73s total air to air loadout, Zhuk ae radar that was proposed for it and the full proposed 120 cm suite.
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Would be greatest mig 29 possible really

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from a different angle

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close-up on TVC nozzles from the same expo

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considering that this is where L-150 antennas are placed on MiG-29M/K - welcome back, SPO-15

Am I blind/shizo, or different MiG-35s have different wings?

If you mean different airframes that were named “MiG-35” troughout the different airshows/competitions? Yes, they have. But current iteration of MiG-35 has the naval wing with bigger flaps and a ridge where it suppose to fold (but from my undersanding actual folding mechanism is removed), as well as 2-piece leading edge slats.
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you can see the differences between regular and naval wing on these 2 pictures.

Hmm, both 155 and 156 airframes have small round bits on the wingtips that look very similar to L-150 antennas on later MiGs or at least mounting points for them. MiG-35 made from 154 airframe also has them.

155 was also used for guided A2G weapons tests, most notably Kh-31A (probably that’s why most of 155 photos have it with some sort of A2G ordnance equipped).

156 was used for fire control system tests and the only one with 8 R-77s equipped on photos.

it is mentioned that the later prototypes featured the L-150 according to some sources


well, this photo you posted looks to be very early one (you can see fake air intakes painted over for the sake of secrecy), and it already has black dots where L-150 antennas would be.

Every single 9.15 airframe (from 151 to 156) pretty much had almost full kit in them, apart from maybe countermeasures dispencers. 151 only differs in terms of engines and cockpit (initially it also didn’t had fire control system but it was installed later) and 156 has different cockpit layout. 154 also used for EW suite test so it might’ve had CM dispencers installed as well.

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29M is actually not much heavier compared to 9.13. Although i have a feeling that some dimensions feel off.

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was able to order a copy of the 2019 edition of yefim gordons mig-29 book today
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MiG-29KU model cursed

the brother of the f16xl, mig29 delta wing
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Well, there was a MiG-29 proposal with canards at least. Frontline attacker.

It looks… familiar

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also the cursed MiGs from RA2

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i gotta see the plane in ac7, they look so cool plus they are fully modern like the f16xl with aim120

Chimera?

it’s so peak

Spoiler

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