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MiG-29 thrust vectoring demonstration

published by kulpims

1 week 2 days ago • 2972 views

tags: russian, jet, fighter, airplane, plane, aircraft, acrobatics

A super-manouevrable variant, MiG-29M OVT, with three-dimensional thrust-vectoring engine nozzles was successfully demonstrated at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2006. The nozzle has three hydraulic actuators mounted around the engine to deflect the thrust. The aircraft is being offered to potential customers as the MiG-35.

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Fucking mind-blowing. The F22 can have all the technology in the world and may be as combat efficient as it wants, but it'll never ever ever be as agile as the russian planes and it'll never be anywhere near as pretty either.

written by jubuttib

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I concur.

written by sillma | 1 week 2 days ago | CH

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+ you get like 10 MiGs for the price of one F-22

written by kulpims

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^That's because one F-22 could take out 10 migs. lol.
If you think there is an airforce in the world that is even remotely competitive with the US, you are delusional.

Well, Iranian "experts" might agree with you, but that's about it.

written by Doc_M

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That was so beautiful. I love how the smoke curls away from the tailplanes so symmetrically, and that they can turn it on and off. Also, I love the decoration of the aircraft. The large red star on the top gives it a comic book appeal. And those maneuvers. They didn't even bother with the Herbst Maneuver. That's kid stuff for this grown up OVT.

written by Pooterius

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Projected unit cost for 2007 of an F-22 was $135 million.
(http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-22-cost.htm)

Cost per unit of MiG35 is about $80 million based on India's contract to purchase 126 for $10 billion.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mig-35.htm

written by twiddles

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>> ^Doc_M:
^That's because one F-22 could take out 10 migs. lol.
If you think there is an airforce in the world that is even remotely competitive with the US, you are delusional.

Well, Iranian "experts" might agree with you, but that's about it.

well, most of iranian air force is comprised of old pre-1980's F-14's, anyway. but i agree, F-22's electronics and weapons systems are too awesome for any competitor. you have to admire the russian engineering skillz, though

written by kulpims

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So? The Russians can pucker the assholes on their planes as well as their pilots. Big whoop.

ps. (after multiple downvotes) Comon guys/gals! I was being facetious!

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Actually the combat performance between F-22 and Mig-92 has never been put to test. In fact the F-22 hasn't been fielded in a combat role yet.

The Russians have also developed covert ECM systems for their fleet only that is not for export markets. Having seen their new ECM systems like the Shrota on their T-90s I would be apprehensive about declaring their combat inferiority just yet.

Futhermore the Mig-29 is a spec system meant for combat with the F-16 and the F/A-18 Hornet not the F-22 Raptor.

Possibly the Mig-35 or Su-47 is the plane for that role. I will actually maybe know tomorrow, its the 60th anniversary of Russia's V day and the first time in many decades a full military parade will be taking place, will probably get to see alot of tech.

written by Farhad2000

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Lack of upvote for the camera work -- By zooming in so close, tracking with the aircraft, and continually changing camera angles, any sense of this fighter traveling through space is lost. We get a bit of a directional cue from the smoke trails, but I'd be much happier watching the plane from further away with a steady camera or one moving independently of the craft so we can actually see it move through the sky.

Coincidentally, it's the same thing that's wrong with some action scenes.

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sigh. look ma, no proof! some people sure like to talk out of total ignorance. if you are going to say that any nation's technology is guaranteed to best another's in battle, you should show some proof. i wouldn't say the us or the russians would best the other, because it's clear enough that they're both working within the same approximate generation of aircraft technology. it's naive to assume that one country has a weapon that cannot be countered in any way by the rest of the world. if there is ever a real possibility of that, you can expect a real possibility of nuclear war to follow it. whoever said one f22 would best 10 mig35s is probably wiping his ass with red white and blue toilet paper.

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The Mig-29: The World's Most Expensive Lawndart.

written by StukaFox

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See... I knew some government was responsible for all these UFO sightings.

written by complacentnation

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Where's my Variable Fighter?

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I am kind of sad now, earlier i wrote a long comment hit summit then went back to work, apparently it didn't summit... =(

Any way, I was gonna say "thurst-vectoring" nozzles are installed on F-22 as well. And on paper the Raptor suppose to be really agile as well, and is able to pull off most of the maneuvers, ie: the "Pugachev's Cobra". The reason the Su-27 Flanker and Mig-29 family is so agile is bc of the unstable Delta wing config, along with unstable large frame.

And Farhad that is the Mig-35 you are looking at. It is not the counter to F-22 at all, it's suppose to be the alternative of Euro-fighter 2000. Now the Su-37 is suppose to be the cheaper counter maesure to F-22 it is one of the 1st planes to have Thrust vector engine, as well as ultra long range front and rare mount radar for detecting stealth aircraft also some radar cross section reduction. But the plane is still too expensive for the Russians and so far no other countries are willing to shell out the money for it. There are also prototypes of the Mikoyan Project 1.44 and the Su-47(It is kind of a dropped project like the YF-23 Black widow) also Sukhoi PAK FA which is the Sukhoi's answer to F-22 and F-35, they are what to be considered of Russian 5th Gen fighters that's on par with F-22 and F-35.

written by JTZ

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Farhad's right, the MiG-29 is aimed more at F-16/FA-18 planes. It costs a bit more than either, but it'll tear the wings off either one in a dogfight.

Question is, which gets the first look/first kill? That's purely a function of classified electronics, so who knows.

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Ok, looks nice. But what is it good for? I believe there are no real dogfights anymore nowadays. And you cant outmaneuver a missile, even with that.

Speaking of which, it has been clarified before, that the cobra maneuver is extremely dangerous in combat.

And why the hell do they have a big soviet star painted on the plane???

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>> ^NetRunner:
Farhad's right, the MiG-29 is aimed more at F-16/FA-18 planes. It costs a bit more than either, but it'll tear the wings off either one in a dogfight.

Question is, which gets the first look/first kill? That's purely a function of classified electronics, so who knows.

http://aeroweb.lucia.it/rap/RAFAQ/Buzzards.html

written by coolhund

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A roommate maintains the 22s currently in service, and was privy to some of their last war games statistics. Basically they were the first to arrive to the sortie and left after launching their payloads without suffering any losses.

It might not be the most cost effective from a pure equipment standpoint, but when you include the costs of training the human resources involved, I'd pay a premium for the 22 over "10 MiGs" any day.

written by EnemyCombatant

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*spacy

written by MarineGunrock

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Adding video to channels (Spacy) - requested by MarineGunrock.

written by siftbot

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Was it an unaired episode of "Pimp my ride" ?

written by Bakalex

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F-16s had this in the early 1990s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt3neRLquDI

Turning too suddenly still sacrifices your air intake.

written by jwray

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This way the russians can look pretty when they get a missle up the tail pipe from an F-22 going 10 times the speed of sound, 50 miles away.

Awesome. What a bunch of crap.

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