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Unfortunately i think that this is the most probable outcome (besides the su33), it’s worth to mention that unless they add the F18A instead of jumping into the C, the MiG-29K is going to be much inferior in terms of avionics and shit. Let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best.
Nah that’s not true, the only things the 29K would be worse at is dogfighting (it’s a lot heavier (especially 9-41) than the base MiG-29M) and number of missiles if F-18 (as it should) gets 10 amraams. More general flight performance and radar (even with the SMT radar and not the upgraded ones) are on the 29K side. Remember it’s slightly heavier than the SMT but has far better aerodynamics, ~10% more thrust without even considering the much better intakes and is aerodynamically unstable.
MiG-29M 9-15 or K 9-31 would simply be better additions for now thought, we can get K 9-41 and M/M2 later with better avionics.
There’s also the mig29kr which is the single seat version, there’s a chance they won’t pick the ugly one
This is the MiG-29K 9-31, it’s just a MiG-29M 9-15 of our suggestion but navalized. This would be great. They could also add this in december and the 9-15 in march since outside of a 1v1 dogfight they’d be essentially the same plane
Oh really? That’s nice, it’s a even better option then.
Yeah problem is that it was only made in 2 prototypes, even less than MiG-29M 9-15. MiG-29K 9-41 instead is in service with russia
12700 seems a bit too much thought, SMT is 11600…
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
Bruh, is this accurate? The smt is the same plane but with more weight, shouldn’t that be a reason for a report?
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
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
It’s crazy how a little modification here and there can completely change the performance of an aircraft.
My question would be, could it be better than the 9.12 in game even with added weight ?
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
I thought that maybe even with the extra weight, 9-41 could be better than base 9.12/9.13
