MiG-29 "Fulcrum"

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The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: МиГ-29) (NATO reporting name "Fulcrum") is a fighter aircraft designed for the air superiority role in the Soviet Union. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service in 1983 and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other nations.Because it was developed from the same basic parameters laid out by TsAGI for the original PFI, the MiG-29 is aerodynamically broadly similar to the Sukhoi Su-27, but with some notable differences. It is built largely out of aluminum with some composite materials. It has a mid-mounted swept wing with blended leading-edge root extensions (LERXs) swept at around 40°. There are swept tailplanes and two vertical fins, mounted on booms outboard of the engines. Automatic slats are mounted on the leading edges of the wings; they are four-segment on early models and five-segment on some later variants. On the trailing edge, there are maneuvering flaps and wingtip ailerons.

The MiG-29 has hydraulic controls and a SAU-451 three-axis autopilot but, unlike the Su-27, does not have a fly-by-wire control system. Nonetheless, it is very agile, with excellent instantaneous and sustained turn performance, high alpha capability, and a general resistance to spins. The airframe is stressed for 9-g (88 m/s²) maneuvers. The controls have "soft" limiters to prevent the pilot from exceeding the g and alpha limits, but these can be disabled manually. In joint USAF-Luftwaffe exercises, the downgraded MiG-29 9-12A that the Luftwaffe fielded defeated the F-16 Fighting Falcon in close-range combat almost every time using its highly practical infra-red search and track (IRST) sensor and helmet-mounted sight, together with the Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 'Archer') missile.The MiG-29 has two widely spaced Klimov RD-33 turbofan engines

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: March 8, 2007 at 7:22 pm
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Video Comments:
Warrantti (October 8, 2008 at 7:14 pm)
Eussians build most beutiful fighters in the world but look at your runway!. My god that runway looks horribly. Why cant you build it properly?
7paco (October 4, 2008 at 4:49 pm)
Can u idiots stop arguing about imaginary wars and enjoy this sexy piece of engineering - both russians and americans have developed some awesome aircraft and the mig-29 is no exception
emirilyasov (September 23, 2008 at 1:27 pm)
not su-37, and it costs like 5 su-37s usa economy cant afford many of em.
benhokke (September 17, 2008 at 9:06 pm)
yeah whatever and usa is building worldwide military bases and and u try to blame russia?
benhokke (September 17, 2008 at 9:04 pm)
wrong.
kozmon0t (September 13, 2008 at 4:26 pm)
bbll416 you realy make our country look bad with ignorant rants like that. I don't fly militar jets but spend hundreds of hours on accurate simulators, I know the US has gambled on a turkey with the f-22. It's no fighter, it's a stealth missle platform. Just like the '60's they're throwing money at BVR combat, and it won't work any better this time. Stealth and LRAAM are expensive, countermeasures are cheap. One f-22 costs several mig-29's and it can't beat even one in close combat.
parabaz5720 (September 30, 2008 at 12:28 am)
Well said kozmon0t because theres no need to be biased.
otester (October 1, 2008 at 5:21 pm)
F-22 is the best at the moment, nothing comes close, not even the Eurofighter.

PAK-FA (2009 trials) should be interesting though, just remember comparing 4/4.5th gen. to 5th gen. is retarded.
hardcoretyp123 (September 12, 2008 at 8:11 pm)
fuck america
eldrad9999 (September 12, 2008 at 5:23 pm)
So its ok for USA to stick anti missles in poland,but not ok for Russia to land jets in cuba...Welcome to Americanism.