Komsomolsk-On-Amur
Thursday 28 January
Maximum day temperature -17oC
Day weather
Pressure (mm Hg) 748
Wind (speed, direction) 3 m/s SW

http://www.hmn.ru/en/index1.php?code=4&value=31561

*ignores speculation on what “conservative” is in relation to*

Good luck with everything Sukhoi, imagine how the pilot feels going to sleep tonight 🙂

Geez, maximum day temperature -17oC 😮 What`s the night temperature??
We had during the night -16oC and my car died, had to jog to work today morning.:mad:

Just found at a Chinese forum !

I’m quite impressed … the Chinese already copy Russian photoshops ! 😀

Deino

PS: I can’t wait any longer

101% Mig-29, know this spotter place like my shoes…:)

US is doing bussiness for years with third parties, aircraft companies in a former east block overhauling and modernizing old russian choppers. Those repair companies are authorized by MIL Moscow helicopter plant thus are type certificate holders and can perform these activities, therefore nothing is fishy there when you/society do not know much about their undertakings. Well, some information is available over the internet as well but perhaps very less in english.
Reasons using those companies are simple. Why bother Kazan or Ulan UDE production plants(under MIL leadership) being constantly busy by filling orders on new machines when the war in Afghanistan need a “workhorse”, cheap and reliable helicopter operating under enviromental extremes !! Overhauled Hips by those “third parties” is the best cost-effective solution, even then NATO/US officials admit that Russian Hips are better suited to high temperatures/dust and sand like conditions than NATO helicopters.

I hope now it will make sense for you.;)

check your PM.

…but seriously, another ‘credible insider’ source claims (now concensus) that there is a strong resemblance to the F-22, (?)…blah…blah…blah…

Do not believe a word from your “credible insider” source, bcs I`ve heard the pAK-fa doesnt look like the F-22. Well, this whole thing about first rollout and taxing really stinks.

I think that fighter manufacturers that does not let some graphs to public must be hiding bad figures for their planes.

Exactly, thats the reason why F-22 Craptor graphs were not published yet. :diablo:

Back in the day, it was claimed that early MiG-29 could not fire the 30mm cannon with the centreline drop tank fitted, because the tank blocked the cannon casing ejection port. AFAIK this was incorrect.

Whats the real deal with this?

Also can the tank be dropped, or is it fit and removed on the ground? What are the full and empty restrictions?

Peter
Actually it is true, with the centerline drop tank attached cannon shell casings ejected from the “old” port could hit the tank what was dangerous thus they added a “wire” to the CFT electric connector telling the weapon system to block firring from the cannon. Take a look at diagrams I made to explain this matter, but please excuse my lame visualization. The “old” ejection port was angled almost identical to aircraft longitudinal plane due to the sleeve(red color) leading from the cannon and ejecting shell casings backwards. All Migs izd. 9.12 produced before 1990 (till 351. production serie) featured “old” port and were delivered with the CFT cannon blockage. With the 351 produc. serie this problem was solved by adjusting cannon attachment joints of the fuselage and installing a new shell sleeve(green) ejecting shell casings directly down and before the attached CFT. Russians offered this to foreign customers as a standard modification (bulletin No. xxxxxx) to all previosly produced izd. 9.12, so it is possible that perhaps some Mig-29 users such as the German AF modified their Fulcrums in early nineties in order to perform various live-fire excercises across the world. Not sure with the izd. 9.13 as I do not have experience with that aircaft but I`d suppose Soviets fixed that CFT&cannon combo problem early on.

The centerline fuel tank can be droped easily by hitting the switch located on the control stick. The CFT doesnt have a pyro lock jettisoning tank downwards but there is an electromagnetic lock which opens and releases the tank front part down rotating around tank aft hinges and then falling backwards. Also worth noting is that 351 serie has inboard wing pylons wet to attach 1150l fuel tank. This mod could be added to any older Fulcrum as well.

martinez