Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29M (9-15) - what the fulcrum would have been

The old R-77-1 in the files had a 2 stage motor.

But when they added it to the live build, they changed it to a bit longer burning 1 stage motor like the R-77’s. There’s also some extra thrust that accounts for the extra weight, so they still accelerate about the same.

R-77 - 6 second single stage motor, 129.94 ms² acceleration

R-77-1 - 7 second single stage motor, 128.16 ms² acceleration

so the russian air force never used the normal R77? might aswell replace the R77 in game with the R77-1 then

but that would be rUsSiAn bIaS

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apparently lol, Su-27sm radar is to dogshit to take advantage of the missiles ability to compete in the bvr arnea, SMT has a decent radar but 6 missiles max will hurt it in bvr, su 34 can be a much stronger plane if it gets the R77-1 with its good radar set and can take good advantage of them

What I have info so R-77 entered service in 1994 and R-77-1 in 2011 (development began in 2003).

If you want historical accuracy then Russian aircraft should be restricted to R-27, because that’s still what’s used the majority of the time.

Wouldn’t be restricted to R-27’s, would have the choice of R-77’s and/or R-27’s. Which is how it is ingame. Its what the custom loadout system is for.

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It would also have the r73, because that is what they used the majority of the time

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Well, yes it did enter service, but was limited in numbers due to the low funding that Vympel had at the time

Ive been backtracking the forums abit - so dont be surprised you get a reply for something this long in the past.

But afaik only the MiG-29M 9.61s are equipped with MAWS.
That MAWS was later taken as a modular upgrade on the MiG-35

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From Yefim Gordon’s “Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum”
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Seems that the 29M (9.15) did in fact have a MAWS

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thanks for the info, although im surprised they managed to fit a Mak-F into a MiG-29 airframe lmao

How many cms does the 2005 version of this plane get

According to this it uses 2x BVP-60-26 flare dispensers wich hold 30 CMs each.
We already have those flares pods in Warthunder (or at least similiar ones) on the MiG-29SMT with 60x Additional countermeasures (single pop)

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Is this the same one Egypt used as well as MiG-29M2?

No, that’s the 2005 mig 29m, which has a better rwr and is lighter. The mig 29m in this suggestion is the late 80s/early 90s rework of the plane.

Ah, is this the one called MiG-33 sometimes?

Yeah

Did egypt only buy twin seat MiG-29Ms? I can never find any picture of an egyptian single seat MiG-29M (2005) or specifications other than that of the M2

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