No
Not especially
1 extra datalink channel, though R-77’s have too low effective range to really effectively use a TWS datalink anyway. Most of the time its just hard-lock with the HMD.
Bit of extra power in high PRF mode, rangeMax of 120K instead of 100K, though high PRF has limited utility ingame
and 10° of extra elevation limit downwards which is handy
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I would be careful what you wish for. 29K especially is quite a bit heavier due to carrier-related strengthening.
The main benefits of MiG-35/29K would be uprated sensors and weapons fit. In terms of flight model you are probably looking at something that will fly like the SMT, rather than the 9-12 Fulcrum.
It sucks, but the best Fulcrum in terms of raw flight performance and agility should be the the early model on account of less mass. Ideally, Gaijin should fix that first before adding any future Fulcrums.
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Well, 29K, while being heavier than SMT actually has uprated engines. Another thing is that it has bigger tail surfaces with dogtooth as well as enlarged leading edge slats that cover entirety of a leading edge and an actual fly-by-wire (tho i have zero clue if it will have any effect in war thunder). So it should have different flight model from a current Fulcrum but it’s hard to say how much and if it’s gonna be better or worse.
Me personally - i want Su-35S because i am a huge Sukhoi fanboy, but i won’t be sad if we get a Fulcrum instead, any Fulcrum honestly.
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Any MiG at this point😂
Just one gaijin
The only semi viable mig-29 that could be added would be either the MiG-35 or MiG-29M
Imo the 29M 9.15 would be the best choice;
• It has better engines
• same radar as the current Yak 141 (which Is very good)
• 8 missiles
• slightly modified airframe
Only real downsides would be the very limited amount of countermeasures (around 32 iirc), the RWR (digitalized version of the Spo-15) and the Flight model (despite having Better engines, It Is stilla mig29, and Flight model Is incredibly mediocre, trash even)
Could be a pretty decent 13.7 or even 13.3 as a sidegrade or upgrade from the MiG-29 SMT
i heard that top flare dispencers of 9-12 and 9-13 were just moved under the tail for 9-15 so it should have regular 60. But we should probably discuss this in a MiG-29 thread and not here.
They’re different countermeasure banks, 2x16 banks instead of the 2x30 banks from the 9-12/13’s
@AlvisWisla sorry for moving from mk2 thread.
Surely this proves the Su34 is better than a EFT right?🤔
Obese.
;)
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The wing gap I cant belive this…
Canard angle tilted too?
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they finally tilted canards a bit up? Man, what gaijin gonna take away from us for such an effort? 20% engine thrust? R-77-1?
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They for sure gonna make the dark navy camo whiter
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Well, pylons are still there on a clean wing so i guess gaijin doesn’t want to spoil us too much
Fair point
They could and should remove the ahistorical dual R-77 pylons
Sure. As soon as they remove ahistorical flares on F-5C, ahistorical AIM-9E on F-5C, ahistorical Ho-Ri (both of them), ahistorical 9Js on German jets… and that’s what i could recall “on the go”. Will probably find even more ahistorical stuff if i really wanted to.
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I agree, the F-5C can easily be taken care of by renaming it to an F-5A, either from the US or another country and keeping its flares and AIM-9Es, Ho-Ris should at least be modified to their realistic model (like Ferdinand) and Germans should lose AIM-9Js full stop, but at least the 9J might be compatible with the 9B launchers.
The SUs on the other hand can’t physically fit the dual pylon and were never even tested with them, not even a mockup was fitted - mods recently denied a bug report on the JAS39C missing Brimstones because the manufacturer stated carriage capability if a customer wanted that ability, however since they were never tested they denied the JAS39C getting them, same should apply to the SUs which never tested the dual pylons and weren’t compatible at all.
Also Belgian F-104 has ahistorical flares and RWR which is quite BS
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Except not a single F-5 in US service carried flares. Are we really trying to be historical here or just playing favourites?
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