What compromises does MiG-29K/KUB have that MiG-35(UB) doesnt have? Because framewise it is exactly the same. They kept the beefy landing gear, they kept the Krueger flaps, the massive barn door flaps, the overall wing and frame design etc etc. Same engine too. So it is flying exactly like K/KUB would.
the wing folding mechanism, which restricts the K/KUB to 7.5Gs. the MiG-35 will be 9G capable, since it will lack the wing-fold, which is useless for a land based fighter.
And I’d expect the landing gear to be lighter since it doesn’t have to be plonked onto an aircraft carrier. No arresting hook and its related localized strengthening either. All in all, a few hundred kgs lighter airframe is what could be expected for a de-navalized fighter.
After the presentation there is no real ambiguity about the engines or the radar. Engines will be the vanilla RD-33MK’s and the radar will be the vanilla Zhuk. This was stated during the presentation itself.
Zhuk-AMEh is supposed to be the production standard AESA radar. Not the Zhuk-M
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