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January 1, 2012 at 9:30 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2368481

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Thanks, i’ll have a diet coke please.;) (lol)

Not sure i’m getting your F/A-18 question, you’re talking about F-18L or something else, i’m sure i read somewhere about some countries, Canada or Australia , can’t remember , having a “lightened” F/A-18 , don’t remember the details exactly from the top of my head . Anyway this is a subject for another topic. 🙂

I`m talking the chicken-egg science. “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” 😀 F-18L? ok, I`ll try to google it…:confused:

January 1, 2012 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2368485

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Where’s the IFR then? And for who is it, India ? Why would they suddenly not want the IFR anymore ? Russian Navy ? Why wouldnt they want the IFR? And where are the zig-zags on the nose cone ?;)

a theory, do all carrier based double-seaters intended to train pilots for carrier landings need IFR? Does russian Su-25UTG have a IFR probe for instance? Those zig-zags on nose cone are hardly visible from that distance I think or it could be they are not present.

January 1, 2012 at 9:10 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2368486

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Well you could say the same about F/A-18 for instance.:rolleyes: I’m sure this been done to death before, maximum commonality (thus lowering price , avoiding redesigning and re-testing parts etc.)plus aparently advantage for storing the aircraft (wings folded takes less space) beefed gear useful for STOL performance etc.

Well, there is one catch with that theory of yours. Have you ever seen a F/A-18 without the wing folding mechanism and beefed-up landing gears?? :rolleyes: Anyway, I`d agree with you if there was no Mig-35, but when speaking of Mig-29KUB a modification of land based version, I can hardly think the same way. What do you need to redesign, retest, recertificate? Hopefully, we will know answers soon and if you`re right I buy you a drink.;)

January 1, 2012 at 8:16 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2368498

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Anyone noticed wing folding mechanism and beefed-up landing gears for carrier ops. Why would Syrians want to buy a new Mig-29KUB with a wing folding mechanism anyway?

December 31, 2011 at 5:54 pm in reply to: Azerbaijan Air Force #2368580

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Before the delivery, the Azeri MiG-29s were upgraded to basic standard MiG-29MU1. That includes N019M1 radar updated by Phazotron Ukraine but without the Belrussian MFD installed in the cockpit.

any chance to get this picture bigger?

December 31, 2011 at 5:51 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2368581

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They have it for the S-5, S-8, and S-13 rockets:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugroza

Not certain at all how widespread it is. Plus, it needs a laser designator, so it would require either designator pods (which are in marginal use, if at all) or someone on the ground to laze the targets.

Huh, I admit this has surprised me, guided rockets launched from the B-8 pod.:eek:

December 31, 2011 at 5:44 pm in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #14 #2368582

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I was under the impression that 18 red was the former 1008, not 1006.
Two other Armenian single-seaters seen are 83 red and 85 red, which using the same logic would be the former 8073 and 8075.
Andy Marden

Check this out guys, which one is it? 😎 Compare camouflage on a/c fins, especially the brown color area.

December 28, 2011 at 6:14 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2300180

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I actually think the Grey doesn’t look as bad in the most recent photoreport, it just looks funky when contrasting with the underside blue and the cockpit and nose colors.

Thinking about the Su-34 camouflage, the blue underside is less visible than grey when flying up in the sky and the dark grey upperside is less visible from the top when parking on the ramp, it blends with the surrounding concrete better than blue, just my two-cent worth opinion

December 27, 2011 at 10:57 pm in reply to: Pak-Fa Thread episode 19 #2300400

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’52’ grounds ’51’- by cannibalising its fin 😮

welcome to Russia…..:D:D:D

December 27, 2011 at 10:46 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2300401

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it might be a new prototype of mig-35.Or a modernised variant of mig-29 based in 29k

What is the new thing behind the MLG, seems to be protruding from left intake??…I think a modernized Mig-29KUB, it does not need arresting hook right now, does it?

December 26, 2011 at 11:29 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2300583

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It will be interesting to learn how the direct mechanical link for spinning up the engines has been replaced – conventional pneumatic start or electrical, à la F-35?

Are you aware of changes being made to the engine Al-31F itself, gearbox section and aggregates when thinking of changing to pneumatic or electric starting??? 😮 😀

December 26, 2011 at 10:29 am in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2300788

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Hmmm. Most of the Russian forums I checked out indicated it was APU, unfortauntly I don’t have anything else to go on Martinez, sorry. Thanks for pics and explanation btw, always welcome.
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Ok, fair enough, we need better pictures, but it is obviously that some things have changed on the upgraded Su-34.

1. disappearance of the two GTDE-117 gas-turbine engine exhausts on both fuselage sides.
2. appearance of new auxiliary intakes on the same place denoting either increased cooling or intakes for air consuming aggregate like the APU.
3. the tail boom is fitted with an aggregate having oil filling neck and fuel filter, drainage under the cooling grid judging from symbols painted near the place. Whether it is a second APU to generate on-board AC electric power only I do not know, but the stainless steel grid installed on the top end of tail boom might denote its exhaust.

Anyway, somehow disappointing when they fitted APU inside the tail boom instead of radar, avionics, weapon systems, …etc, do not you think?

check pictures below…

December 25, 2011 at 1:14 am in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2300904

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Positive, I guess it was moved from another place in the other birds.

http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=60098&d=1323720114

What do you think exactly is on that picture you posted? I`d expect the new APU installation to be very similar to the Su-35BM bcs it uses the same TA14-130-35 gas-turbine engine. The APU main task is not to supply on-board AC electric power but to spin-up the Al-31 engines and it does it via an angular gear mechanism connected to the high-pressure compressor shaft of the jet engine. Therefore it has to be very close to the engine installation, on the engine gear box. The Su-35 has a new auxiliary air intake between the engines and the TA14-130-35 exhaust on the aircraft spine. Check pictures below.

December 24, 2011 at 7:14 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2301008

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No radar; APU, fuel, presumably some avionics.

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APU in the tail boom, are you sure? unlikely.

December 14, 2011 at 11:47 pm in reply to: Good Russian aviation thread part 6, the return of Ivan Drago #2304530

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again PS`ed photo, do not think it is real one as those sent before.
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