Inside The Cockpit - MiG-29 'Fulcrum' (9.12)
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- The MiG-29 is part of the last Soviet jet fighter developments during the Cold War. Used also by East Germany, the 9.12 model eventually became part of the re-unified German Luftwaffe in an ironic twist of fate. The MiG-29 contiuned to be developed by Russia and became the 'father' of the more recent types in use.
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I liked this one I hope you do more of these with jets in the future!
@@user-nv1xw3hd8d That's the goal ;)
@@MilitaryAviationHistory great, looking forward to it!
Greetings
I think there 2 importent Thinks to add...
The Mig29 and the Su27 were the first Jets with integreated IR Sensors (this Bubble on the Nose)
The hemet mountet aiming System
why are you аmericans so fond of insulting other country technics equipment, planes and tanks and ships, with your abuse prefix names, especially the technics equipment of the USSR. Are your military, your country - so afraid?
Both the SU-27 and MiG-29 are beautiful.
Yeah good looking planes, and SU-35 have an even better look imho. Latest SU-57 is lost some charm of hes precessors, they become bit "raptorificated".
@@MetaJamm Yeah, aerodynamic beauty is so much better than radar effective shapes. It really is a shame.
@@BeKindToBirds why you gotta be like that man?
@@RR-ti8yb nah hes right
stealth/VLO planes are all generic and boring looking
Peak 4th gen jets are just beautiful though
Flankers, fulcrums, vipers, eagles, rafale, eurofighter and gripen
All beautiful, all unique designs, and different ways taking advantage of aerodynamic physics
@@williamschlosser77 "These aircraft can't even see an f22 or a f33" -- Well, they might have some problems against an F22, but I doubt they'd have any difficulty dealing with a BMW Series 4 F33.
As a boy in Czech Republic, I've once seen 5 or 6 of these flying low in a formation, overflying our village and disappearing behind a hill. It may have been their last flight since the whole fleet of 10 has been sold to Poland in 1995.
Don't know why, but I find the MiG-29 incredibly gorgeous.
I love RUSSIAN jets, proper sex machines.
I find it outdated with less user-friendly buttons, poor RWR and lacked of MFDs. Seeing this video explains why numbers of Mig-29S being shot down due to impractical position of vital buttons for air engagement. You may compare to older F-15A where everything is less digital similar to Mig-29S. You'll find the F-15A being more practical, everything you need for air engagement is on the flight stick and throttle.
@@jayjay53313 not when a Russian uses it. I know, you know, and everyone knows that the pilots who were in MiG29 in the middle east were very poorly trained compared to the Israeli pilots.
@@deltacharlieromeo8252 Iraqi ace pilots in Mig-25 done well in spoofing enemy missiles but due to poor avionics, they can't really retaliate but escaped. Whether at hands on Russian or foreign pilots, Russian fighters before 1996, they are just not user-friendly and could cause you trouble.
@@deltacharlieromeo8252 , MiG 29 pilots are trained by Russian pilots so basically Russians are not even good trainers
I love that, in the pursuit of good performing aircraft, the designs just so happen to look so good. Doesn't matter what country or which manufacturer. The F-14 is iconic and simply satisfying to looks at. The Draken is intimidating and certainly unique, first aircraft to be able to perform a Cobra to my knowledge. The F-15 just feels fast. It can get it's wing sheared off and still be able to land. The F/A-18 stings harder than any hornet and those LEX are beautiful. The Gripen, the Typhoon and the Rafale have my vote for their canards. The Su-27 looks like it slices through the air. The F-22 looks majestic and I swear that it's doing some sort of air bending, along with the Su-57. And the MiG-29 is one of my favorites. I'm not even sure why, it looks amazing.
The Mig 29 looks slightly sinister imo. Justba real nice looking aircraft...especially for its time. Nice list my friend.
One of the sexiest looking aircraft ever made.
If nothing else, it's a thing of beauty.
I think the f15 looks a bit better
@Tonya Patrick How can you say the Su-27 is a beauty and not the Mig-29. Both have beautiful curves.
Flanker and Fulcrum, ever seen a cobra or a backslide from an F15.
@@ABrit-bt6ce those are incredibly cool moves but actually useless in battle. You dump all your speed and energy while your opponent still has all of theirs and a skillfully pilot can deal with them especially a f18 which has good low speed AOA and an f15 which was design for air superiority and dog fighting which Israelis proved it was very good at doing
I'm amazed by how your videos steadily increase in quality. I especially liked the outlines added in the cockpit explanation part.
Thank you, glad you like them!
I like that we now have the addition of sound effects..........
@@MilitaryAviationHistory It would be interesting to see a video that goes into the design philosophy of russian cockpits. I personally find the use of color, contrast, and HUD design to be much more human oriented with better accounting for human mental calculation despite the quite cramped nature of russian jets making the physical accommodations lacking.
This and the F16 were my two "pin up" aircraft for my bedroom wall as a kid in the 90s.
You know what?
*THAT REPRESENTS A VERY GOOD CHOICE*
Same here. 29 and 21 in my case
Einer der schönsten Düsenjäger überhaupt! Hatte vor 20 Jahren tatsächlich mal ne Deutsche Mig29 auf einer Airshow gesehen. War definitiv beeindruckend die Vorführung.
The outlining of the instruments is really good. Makes it very easy to see the odd bits and pieces I'd miss by myself.
The Museum in Berlin-Gatow is awesome. I never get tired of it: MiGs, Sukhois, Phantoms, etc. There's even a British Harrier there!
This is the cockpit (as shown in the video) is of the old legacy 4th generation MiG 29 of the 1980's.
Such cockpits with analog dials are not in use anymore at-least not with India which uses MiG 29 UPG in the Air-Force and MiG 29 K in the Navy.
These are first generation mig 29
Lmaooo
@@noshit6285 umaoo
@@noshit6285 he's taking about the ones mentioned in the video
Its in a museum. What do you expect??
Love to hear the phrase "... and its still flying to this day" about an aircraft thst was cutting edge in my era lol. I always was fascinated by the MiG-29. Just a beautiful plane.
I like how the they were kind enough to label the cockpit switches in English. And how artificial horizon instrument has a picture of a JU-87 Stuka, nostalgic when you’re in a dive.
In a Russian jet in German service :P
It was in German service, hence the German Luftwaffe markings on it...
Just because it's wings are curved doesnt mean thats a stuka in the artifical horizon
Also they didn't change the instrument. It was like that in the soviet and russian air force as well
The U.S. intelligence community first learned of the new Soviet aircraft from satellite photos in November 1977, about the time of the jet’s first flight. Simply by looking at the size and the shape of it, it was clear that the Soviets were developing a counterpart to our F-16 and F/A-18.
stupidity
So?
ya they thought it was one of there's started calling all the base's having them check there invertory for any missing planes.
interesting, considering the f18's first flight was after the mig29's... could've been the counter the f16, i suppose, but the first flight was only a few years after the f16's-- hardly enough time to develop an entire new aircraft
Very well made video, with excellent choice of background music.
Greetings from India. My dad is a former FULCRUM pilot. He used to command a MiG-29 airbase in North India in the 90s. As kids, we would love to stand at the tower and watch full-reheat takeoffs! 🎉
Picked up in the 90s at a Russian Airport by my Oil Service Company rep doing taxi driver duties. He spoke some English , me no Russian. Two hour conversation condensed: How is life?/could be better. How long working for us ?/ 2 years. What is your full time job with us / A Mechanic. How is the pay/not so bad . What did you do before >?// I was a Mig 29 pilot and test pilot on the look to kill technology . Best taxi ride ever and never felt so humble.
МиГ это не Микоян! МиГ - это Микоян и Гуревич
MiG - its not Mikoyan!! MiG - its Mikoyan and Gurevich
gurevich retired so they removed his name.
@@mitchrocks8432 интересная инфа. спасибо
@@mitchrocks8432 но микоян же принимал участие в проектировании уже реактивных мигов?
@@maxrusskiy2749 в какой именно? в той что я написал или в той что написал человек под поим постом?
@@Razumist второе!случайно твой ник нажал.
As an American the Mig 29 and Su 27 and Mig 25/31 are my favorite Soviet jets, the engine inlet doors and wing vents are genius.
I've been in love with the Mig-29 when I first saw it in KoKu Fan magazine 1986
Its very proportionate and looks good in every angle
Fantastic, this is so well done. Thank you very much.
The sound effects you made were a good enough reason to subscribe.
There are more opinions about aircraft than there are aircraft. The 29 has always been one of my favorites. Great episode! Thank you.
Thanks for this video, Bismarck. I have a 1/32 plastic model on its way and I can most definitely use this as reference for my build.
While the Su-27 and its variants are undoubtedly the superior and longer lasting fighter to emerge from the Soviet Union, the comparatively smaller and lighter Fulcrum still holds a spot in my heart. Has a homey appearance that the Flanker lacks.
Too bad the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the comparative lack of value in even the upgraded Fulcrums compared to the Flankers meant the Fulcrum has taken the backseat to its bigger cousin. I would say the Fulcrum never really got to prove and be brought to its fullest potential until recently. Its a shame that everyone judges Fulcrums only from its initial models, without even bothering to acknowledge the newer developments and versions that exist.
This is an episode I have been eagerly awaiting. Good work Bismarck, hopefully one of these days you can visit Russia and really go wild doing videos on past and current Russian aircraft.
Flying this beast in VR in DCS World is amazing! I like the cockpit layout and feel of the sturdiness. The trim and dampening is little weird in flight. Hoping to sit in a real Mig29 Cockpit in the future to check it out for myself.
Go for it .... you will sit in one soon
As a self appointed fighter aircraft specialist, I blame most of the MiG-29 limitations on its landing gear. Being set short, it set in motion a series of compromises that undermined the aircraft effectiveness.
First, it cut loose 2 valuable hard-points under the intakes, that could be set to carry fuel tanks, heavy missiles, heavy bombs and even targeting pods.
Second, it led to the expense of making a elaborated anti-FOD system, that in turn led to reduced fuselage fuel capacity.
Third, it imposed a limitation of AOA on take-off and landings, thus increasing runway distances.
Had they adopted Sukhoi's landing gear stance, much higher on the ground, the MiG-29 could have had much better range/payload capability.
Also, would kill MiG to lower the canopy sidelines? I now tradition is a hard thing to abandon, but man did they tried hard not to improve too much on the 21/23/25's cockpit visibility.
i think the FOD system was actually a neat and simple solution for their intended use of the plane.
They manage to stuff a targeting pod on the engine nacelle on the MiG-35, its quite a small pod though.
And yeah the FOD system while effective fudged its fuel capacity unnecessarily compared to the Flanker's mesh screen system.
And on the M/K and other modernized variants the canopy was bulged further along with the seat raised. The original Fulcrum while good on visibility, was not as good as it could be.
All good points though.
Tf, where would you hide those gears? F-16 doesn't have F-14s gears and is still considered to be ok in terms of the amount of weapons it carries
@@ГеоргийМурзич What?
Also the radar and ECM were compromised by CIA spionage even before the airplane was fielded. So ECM and contermeasures can be fittted to western aircraft in the 80s.
I love the level of detail in your videos - you've definitely done your homework - AWESOME!!!
Hoy suben de forma muy positiva tus suscriptores, Mig-29 !
There is one mistake in the video: you have stated MiG-29 had better T/W ratio, acceleration, climb rate, turn rate, G limit than F-15, F-16 and even Eurofighter... :) - this is simply false.
First lightest MiG-29A 9.12 had comparable T/W ratio to the most produced cold war F-16C block 30 GE engine and F-15C and incomparably weaker than Eurofighter which has identical mass to MiG-29 and two tons more thrust, but EF is simply more modern plane, designed specifically to defeat Su-27 and MiG-29 family planes in maneuver air combat at daily basis, that was the starting point of the EF design.
When it comes to acceleration Eurofighter is a lot better than the rest, next is F-16C block 30, then MiG-29, than F-15C (with very small difference between them except for Eurofighter).
Climb rate Eurofighter again the best by far, next MiG-29, F-16C block 30 and F-15C - all very close.
When it comes to sustained turn rate again Eurofighter is far better than the rest, next is F-16C block 30, next MiG-29 and F-15C being equal.
When it comes to G limit EF and F-16C are the best with full envelope 9G, next is F-15C with full envelope of 9G (without one small transsonic region of 8G) and MiG-29 9.12 is last with 9G only up to 0.85Ma and 7.5G above 0.85Ma. Limiting factor was structural integrity of vertical stabilisers. If you like me to send you some hard data or NATO pilot's reports flying MiG-29 and comparing them directly to F-16 and F-15 - I'll be at home after the weekend. Great channel, keep it up!
@Kirk Wolfe MiG-29 was indeed very important for Soviet Aviation.
It was the first Soviet fighter design which emphasized maneuverability since 1950 MiG-15/MiG-17 when NATO was using highly maneuverable fighters since early 1970s.
Second MiG-29 radar, having it's limitations, was able to see the targets against ground surface flying below the plane.
(And MiG-29 simply looks beautiful.)
I suggest you read the reports from the West German pilots who got to test it after unification. The MiG-29 was pretty primitive, even crude, in comparison to the latest Western designs and was very short or range but it was a lot more manoeuvrable thanks to its high T/W and lifting body design.
_"Peter “Stoini” Steiniger was a former West German fighter pilot and graduate of the prestigious Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Returning to Germany, he flew the F-4F, an export version of the legendary McDonnell Douglas Phantom, which would continue in German service until 2013. As a lieutenant in 1986, he and his fellow pilots had been shown satellite photos of a sobering new Soviet design. A scant five years after reunification, he was living a surreal twist of history: He was not only a mission-ready Fulcrum pilot, but also JG 73’s operations officer, busy coordinating exchange visits. “For example,” Steiniger says, “I would pair this young, pumped-up, and all-excited F-16 pilot with an ‘original’ NVA equivalent to go out and fight one-on-one neutral [basic fighter maneuvers]. We had hundreds of missions like this, with thousands of lessons learned in debriefings with our counterpart [in Western aircraft] hanging on our words and staring at our video tape…most of the time in astonishment.”"_
The article this comes from could not realistically be described as particularly neutral. It is, for the most part, very critical of the MiG - even down to irrelevancies like,
_"Let’s face it: Soviet jets are ugly, and MiGs are some of the worst offenders."_
So if this article, which has been reprinted in a lot of other places, could come to the conclusion that its T/W and BFM characteristics were enough to leave the average black-suiter agape, then I'm inclined to believe it's probably quite true.
yet somehow, until fairly recently the Eurofighter was still using a mechanically steered antenna for it's main radar...kinda sad to see the pinnacle of Western EU fighter design end up like this...
Also, in order for the EF to weigh the same as the MiG-29, both have to be empty :P
The EF has 50% more fuel capacity then the MiG and 30% more MTOW, the main difference are the engines which are smaller, lighter, more fuel efficient and yet more powerful. Also at least 10 years newer and using engineering porn like single crystal turbine blades and complex-shape fan blades. TWR really depends on the loadout...
@@bazej1080 it was important in more ways...its engines are the first soviet turbofan in a fighter, a considerable portion of the vertical stabilizers is made from composites and the plane employs titanium parts.
People who has flown and are qualified for the F 15, F 16C and Mig 29 said that the Mig 29 is between the F 15 and the F 16C in manoverability. Not a bad place to be. Saldy the airplane was happered by bad electronics compromised by espionage. And has a incredible short range and no air refueling capability.
Had a boss in the late 1990s who was a retired USAF colonel, with his last posting being a test pilot for captured Soviet planes, some put back together from crash sites with placards warning the left wing was bent 3 degrees down, don't pull over 5 Gs. I don't remember the exact planes. He said they were incredibly maneuverable, a dream to toss around the sky, and he could get on any American fighter's tail easy as cake. But the ergonomics were atrocious. He spent half his time scanning gauges instead of outside, they were not in any logical order, and whenever he did get on somebody's tail, actually firing weapons was a real problem at 8 Gs and he'd always lose his lock and have to start maneuvering back into position. You could tell what mixed emotions he had over them, wishing they had better ergonomics while glad they didn't.
I'm sure I've forgotten a lot of details and generalized too much from a few short conversations. But he wasn't the kind to sugar coat anything. 30 years and never got past colonel because he hated the politics of flag officers and refused to pussyfoot around them. Pretty neat guy.
One of the sexiest looking 4th-gen jets imho, with only the Flanker being even hotter.
Is the thick white line on the cockpit actually to show the sticks centred position? I always thought it was to show where to put the stick in the event of a spin, a throwback to the MiG-15 which was a little too keen on entering uncontrolled spins. Basically jam the stick against the white line and hope for the best.
Your getting very good at hosting/writing/editing these vids Bismarck! Dont know if its you all alone or have help but you guys/gals? should be proud.
No frills in the cockpit here! Very dark and spartan! A bit grim even - with an instrument panel that looks like it belongs on Noah's Ark. But I guess this is why the Soviets had a reputation for robustness and reliability/simplicity of design. I would love to see one of these with a modern avionics package!
I’ve been to the museum where the MiG-29 is at and I have to say it is a severely understaffed and under visited museum.
Can you actually enter the cockpit, like he did?
Thanks for the awesome explanation, very satisfying as this jet is one of my favorites of the previous century.
You forgot to mention about the cobra maneuver. The first aircraft to do so
first was the saab draken i think
This is my favorite jet...1 bullet to take out a f18,6 or 7 bullets for da f18 to take out a mig 29.that helmet is a beast too
Seeing the Hawks behind you, SAMs would be an interesting topic, as I feel there aren’t so many videos about them. Certainly not any with the quality your channel provides.
It would be an awesome video topic. I love HAWKS my local NG unit had them until they converted to a sustainment unit.
Great video once again. Looking forward to the next one
My father was the first person from the west who saw this plane in reality. It was well hidden in a Red Army hangar in Poland but he convinced/charmed two russian airbase soldiers to show him the plane. Must say I am a little bit proud over this achievement during the Cold War. R.I.P my beloved and brave father.
SIMPLY THE MOST BEAUTIFULL AIRCRAFT EVER
Soviets don't make many pretty planes but the 29 is very pretty. I suppose comfy seating isn't that important for whats essentially a point defence fighter not an uber long range aircraft.
the best aviation history channel on the tube, thanks chris
One of the most iconic fighter jets in the world!
My favorite modern fighter design
Awesome vid. I have had a love for the MiG-29 since I was a kid. Only time I ever got to see one was I think on 2206 at Farnborough but it was the MiG-35.
So you have traveled back in time. 2206 is long into the future you know.
Excellent video. Very informative and interesting. It's such a beautiful aeroplane.
Beautiful looking aircraft makes the F15 look like a box with wings
I waited for seemingly ages for this episode. Now it is finally here!
Very beautiful aircraft the MiG-29 , love it.
What a beautyful piece!
The Mig-29 is a beautiful masterpiece of aerodynamics. It was designed to fight in the merge, and in a close in knife fight it's as good as it gets.
Something tells me that our boi really likes the Fulcrum... Also, ”bumbling, heavy-handed bruteness”? Love the expression 😆
Fantastic video, absolutely love the 29!
Thanks a lot!
Mig29 is my first love and its will stay forever in my heart...😍😍😍😍
"Company" sounds a bit strange and decadent, being it was soviet era, comrade. Gulag for you! They were rather "bureaus".
i like how they keep it simple in the cockpit
Почитал комментарии.Все ругают МИГ. А скажите мне, есть ли еврофайтер с двигателем с отклоняемым вектором тяги?
МИГ-29А так же его не имеет. А вообще МИГ-35 слишком дорог для легкого самолета (для России) и заползает в нишу СУ-30, где последний уделывает его по всем показателям. А вот на экспорте он себя плохо показал по одной причине, его боялись и против него применяли весь спектр доступных средств ,что есть у США и НАТО в целом.
@@juryfilatov4520 "Сушка" уделывает "Мигаря"? Не смеши мои педали, МиГ-29ОВТ нагнёт "тридцатку, как шлюху в дешёвом барделе, а если пилот красавчик, в ласкуты нахуй разорвёт. Су - 35 ещё побадается , но он сука тяжёлый на вираже, он конечно же красавчик, но МиГ на то и Миг, что это другой класс машины. Если в обоих машинах будут русские ассы, то тут уж хуй знает чья возьмёт, там уж кто кого наебёт, я так скажу. А про "тридцатку" хорош пиздеть, Мигарь её схавает и рта не оботрёт. В рот надаёт и раком упрёт!!!
А есть ли миг с вектором на вооружении в российской армии? Нет.
@@КухняЗлобногоКота Так Су--27 и уделал Миг-29 в реальных боях в Африке. Эфиопия против Эритреи, лень проверять стороны, но вроде так. А так, ну кто сейчас будет воевать на виражах, в маневренном бою, в 2020г? Ну может быть, кто-то и прорвется, кого не завалят на дистанции 30-50 км, но много ли их будет?
@@domino051970 Слушай, ну танки по сути тоже не для города предназначены, а что мы видим по итогу? Реальная война обязательно предусматривает собачью свалку, ближние бои будут обязательно, это просто неотъемлемая часть войны и пусть выколят мне левый глаз, если это не так?! А вот тут, если Миг-29, да в полном фарше, да с ахуенным знающим своё дело ассом в кабине, тушите нахуй свет и успевайте раскрывать парашюты, если успеете!!!
Great video - lack of ergonomics is a huge highlight and easily seen on how they approached building fighter aircraft in that era. Only recommendation is when you noted the cockpit seemed relatively comfortable, fighter pilots tend not to think just in terms of comfort, but visibility. Your shoulders were nearly level with the canopy sill, indicating the visibility, particularly towards the lower quadrants and also over the shoulder would be poor. Another big benefit to Western fighters such as the F-16, F-15, and F/A-18.
Production quality outstanding on this one, Bis. Looking forward to more.
I've just subscribed to your channel. I don't know why I've never found your videos before, they're awesome. I study military history, and specifically I study the history of military technology. So your videos are perfect for me. Thank you for your videos.
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MiG-29 and Su-27 have different purpose. 29 is first echelon light fighter
Mig-29 is much smaller fighter, with smaller range but also smaller turn radius, etc. It was designed for frontline fighting and is most popular with countries that have small airspace. You can not even turn SU-27 in Serbian airspace for example. Su-27 s MUCH larger and was designed for longer range missions, larger areas to cover and to carry bigger load.
@@LjubomirLjubojevic 27 was planned as bacbone of VVS, it is a air superiority fighter. 29 was planned as first reaction fighter. But economic troubles moved 29 into a leading positions
@@LjubomirLjubojevic That's nonsense about the Su-27's turn rate.
Mig 29 was based on the su 27 actually, mig saw the yak competitors (yak45 and yak47) and decided to make a small variant since sukhoi were already making a bigger jet. And the su27 was heavily based on some concepts that lost the competition for the f14 and the f15 fighter, like the na-335.
Great video. Thank you for valuable content.
Love the intake ramps on this plane. Even though my desktop background is the F-117 at the USAF museum, my eyes are drawn to the MiG-29 in the background instead
its amazing to see upclose, they have one in the air and space museum in AZ
It is STILL a "powerful platform" if properly updated with modern electronics&avionics.
Artem Mikojan was an aircraft designer and one of the creators of the design agency MiG.
Anastas Mikojan was a politician with the longest career at the Soviet Union Politburo. He was involved in the negotiations on the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and a member of the Soviet delegation to try to improve relations with Tito's Yugoslavia, and played a key role in the negotiations during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Some of those who visit the monastery in Sanahin Armenia also look into the nearby Museum of the Mikojan Brothers, housed in an old school run by Mikoyan's relatives.
So, the most interesting feature and illustration of the Eastern practical design mentality to me was the boot mud scraper on the boarding ladder. I actually replayed that moment to confirm that's what I was actually seeing you use before you climbed the ladder. The other item was the support that lets you sit outside the cockpit. These are little, perhaps trivial things, but it gives insight into design considerations for the operating environment. I've never ever seen a mud scraper on a Western aircraft boarding ladder, but makes abundant sense.
*It's just that in Russia, the military has the same requirements, both for tanks and for aircraft, all fighters of the Russian army should be able to land on unpaved airfields and hide in the street in any weather conditions!*
I like this type of video and commentary. Very knowledgeable. Thank you.
The MiG-29 and the Spitfire the two most beautiful aircraft.
My favorite one in DCS and the archer missile never misses!
The MiG-29's sexy as hell. I certainly prefer the various Flanker models but I still gotta appreciate this beauty of a machine.
This plane is up there for me as far as cold war era fighters go
When in a MiG-29, one must remember that this is comparable to a Ferrari F40; not much comfort but the performance is exceptional for it's time. Arguably, even now.
Beautiful and descriptive video as always for enthusiasts!
The good old spin recovery line on the instrument panel.
Would love to see you interview guys, inc ground crew, from some of the display teams. Teams such as the Red Arrows, Thunderbirds, Swift’s etc
I came here after hearing Poland is sending their mig29 to help Ukraine 🇺🇦…👍🏼
I've been waiting for this, thank you very much!
One thing that gives me a headache when I look into these cockpits is seeing all of these dials, gauges and switches and imagining I am trying to get information during a time of duress. You put your finger an inch off and you are pressing a completely different button.
that s why the important buttons in fight are centered on/near the throttle and the stick, the rest are unly used before/after the fight, also most of the right panels would only be used at startup and power down
And training
Imagine if it was all touch screens :)
Every job looks complicated in the beginning!
DDR as any other Warsaw pact country the used the 9.12A variant, not the 9.12. The 9.12 was only used by soviet airforce. The 9.12A export version of the aircraft type MiG-29 (iz.9.12) (Fulcrum A) for the states of the Warsaw Pact with a simplified weapon system and a different type of identification system. The weapon system of this model consisted of an electro-optical aiming and navigation system type OEPrNK-29E (S-31E) and a radar aiming system type RPLK-29EA, which was built on the shooting radar type N019EA Rubín (Slot Back I). It had only two search modes, while the radar type N019 Ruby (Slot Back I) had three search modes. In addition, the export MiG-29 (iz.9.12A) (Fulcrum A) could not play the role of carrier of the tactical nuclear bomb. Serial production of this model began in 1988.
Mig29 very deadly in the right hands. Some of the best mig29 are mig29smt/M/and k top of the line mig29 is mig35
Deadly? It's been shot down by other fighters as much as its shot down.
@@akborealisdevstringerdesig3845 Those were old first generation export versions. Not SMTs or Ms. Shot down by jets that were at least a decade more modern.
I'm not a pilot,and I wonder how the pilot can handle so many system at one flight..they must be the genius one..
You should come to Bulgaria and make a video about our MiG-29s serving in NATO. The are the 9-13 series :)
Very educational, enjoyed it
I am old enough now to remember when this aircraft was just a rumour. Then the Soviets came to Farnborough and blew spectators away with maneuvers that people did not think possible. The helmet aimed infra red system got a lot of attention. The aircraft has not done well in combat, but I do not read too much onto that or the tank losses, because they were designed as just one aspect of a multi layered defence system using Soviet doctrine, but were not used that way in other conflicts. I am quite glad we never got to see it used the Soviet way. I am in no hurry for a second cold war. 2020 is a bad year? Well, to be honest, we never expected to make it this far. We expected getting nuked would happen eventually, but just hoped for the best. I still remember the feeling of relief when the Cold War ended in my early 20s.
P.S. Speaking of the cold war, I remember things getting quite busy when I was a kid in England around 1983. There was a few times late at night I would hear lots of US jets racing off much more urgently than usual and wondering if it all had kicked off. I was laying there waiting for the flash. We knew well that all those US bases near us would get hit first. I liked cycling to look at the aircraft, but I also knew those bases made us less safe, not more safe. Not how kids should grow up. We moved to NZ in 1985. It felt so much safer, because it is a nuclear free country and not a target, i.e., nobody is going to waste a nuke to kill a bunch of sheep and a few flightless birds etc. I still get a dark ominous feeling thinking about that fear we lived with. My wife was German. That place would have got hit even harder in the first few hours. NATO had installed nuclear demolition charges to bring down bridges Soviet tanks might use etc. It would have become a nuclear wasteland within hours. No wonder they partied so hard when the wall came down. I do not think we should presume that we can survive another Cold War.
Nice video. About Meg 29
MiG-29 is such a looker. I think the Su-27 (and the rest of the Flankers) look meaner and cooler, but the 29 just looks nicer imo.
That’s one awesome jet fighter.
Me who plays DCS and sees the Saber, hawk sam, mig 29, oooooOoo
I used to sailboat race against a German pilot who flew a Mig 29. He crashed his Mig in a training exercise and the Luftwaffe wouldn’t let him fly anymore. 😢
I wish you'd have talked about the HMD, possibly the most cutting edge feature to be included in the design.
here when Ghost of Kyev, :)
Top 10 things that never existed:
Toller Report.
The best piece of aviation the Russians ever had was the Fire foc. Unfortunately Clint Eastwood stole it and the parts were used to create the F -35.
Excellent video
A beautiful piece of engineering.