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January 14, 2004 at 9:16 am in reply to: the best never operational #2668236

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Originally posted by GarryB
The best aircraft that never got operational in my opinion would be the Interceptor, Jammer, and recon versions of the Tu-160.

In my opinion the best never operational aircraft is the Tu-160K variant with two “Krechet” air-launched ballistic missiles (ALBMs). With the missiles having a range of 7,500 km, six MIRV warheads and a CEP of about 600 m, it would have been a very formidable deterrent indeed. Probably very good-looking also. Unfortunately it was cancelled in the mid-1980s.

Has anyone ever seen any drawings or model photos of any other Tu-160 developments (R, PP, P, M, K) than the basic version?

January 4, 2004 at 9:03 pm in reply to: Stealth design detection #2675400

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Originally posted by aerospacetech
It is mentioned in http://www.multispectral.com/pdf/Barrett.pdf for example, but with no specifics. It quotes a personal communication from A Kardo-Sysoev (Russian UWB guru) as source.

Ok, thanks. 🙂

January 4, 2004 at 12:53 pm in reply to: Stealth design detection #2675645

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Originally posted by aerospacetech
There are various possible methods of detecting stealth aircraft. UWB radars show some promise in this area, and the USSR invested a lot on this technology. An anti-stealth UWB pulsed phased antenna array was under development, ultimately cancelled on the collapse of the USSR.

Do you have any more information about this radar? Designation? Fixed or mobile system? etc. How far did they get in development, or was it just general research?

January 1, 2004 at 3:23 pm in reply to: "MiG-33" and Yak-43 #2678211

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Is the picture representative of the front fuselage configuration as a whole? I can’t see anything where the canards could be attached, for example.
Do you have any sources for your information about the 1.42? I remember reading somewhere it might have had MiG-31 type tandem mainwheels. This somewhat makes sense, as the undercarriage bays of the prototype seem excessively large. Also there have been some statements that the 1.42 would have had internal weapon bays. But as the 1.44 prototype never was intended to be fitted with operational equipment, why was it then (apparently) built with conformal AAM carriages in the first place?

December 31, 2003 at 8:03 pm in reply to: "MiG-33" and Yak-43 #2679175

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I think someone suggested that the model photos aerospacetech posted could be of the Sukhoi T-60S and not of a MiG. They certainly resemble the published T-60S drawings more than any Mikoyan fighters.

December 31, 2003 at 7:58 pm in reply to: "MiG-33" and Yak-43 #2679179

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Originally posted by SOC
I’m working on a plan view of the 1.42 aircraft. The design is relatively similar to the 1.44 demonstrator, with a slightly reprofiled nose section, different intake configuration, and a cranked-arrow wing profile.

Geez, I almost fell of my chair when I read this. 😮 Where did you get the info? How accurate would the drawing be? Could it be expanded to become a three-view? And will it be available soon?
The reason I’m so enthusiastic is I’ve been waiting for ANY ideas about what the definitive Product 1.42 would look like for a long time. I made a 3D-model of the Product 1.44 with gmax for Microsoft FS2002/4, and I would REALLY like to convert it to a 1.42 also.

December 16, 2003 at 9:04 am in reply to: "MiG-33" and Yak-43 #2688503

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Thank you aerospacetech, this was more than I expected. 🙂
So these should approximately be the pics lost from acig’s Different Russian Projects thread?

December 16, 2003 at 8:43 am in reply to: Some new books #2688565

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Thank you, SOC.

I recognize all the other missiles except the LM-15. What’s it?

December 15, 2003 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Some new books #2689198

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Hopefully SOC doesn’t mind if I answer your question:
The book covers the Khodinka, Zhukovsky and Tushino (lots of An-2s and Mi-2s) airbases in Russia, the Vietnamese F-5s in Czech, some former East German airbases, and Vecses in Hungary.

Now could someone list the Soviet missiles included in “The V-1 And Its Soviet Successors”? 🙂

December 15, 2003 at 8:29 pm in reply to: "MiG-33" and Yak-43 #2689249

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Originally posted by aerospacetech
BTW I also post as “Overscan” on http://www.acig.org

And I post as “Meteorit” there too.
Thank you for the Yakovlev MFI images. Unless they are the same as the ones missing from the acig thread, could you repost the lost images I requested there (and the Sukhoi T-60S and T-12 anyway)? 🙂

December 15, 2003 at 5:46 pm in reply to: "MiG-33" and Yak-43 #2689349

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Thank you very much for the images aerospacetech!
So the picture I posted really is the Yak-43 and the one you posted the LFS proposal? I’ve sometimes seen the latter, more ‘stealthy’ shape attributed to the Yak-43. Also I thought this was not right, but I wasn’t sure.

Originally posted by SOC
“LO features and RAM” doesn’t necessarily mean “quite stealthy”, unless you’re comparing it to the original Yak-141.

I’m not comparing the Yak-43 to anything or saying its stealthy. That’s what some others have implied in certain forums. But it now really seems that they have confused the Yak-43 and the Yak LFS proposal.

Doesn’t anyone have any clue about the weights and dimensions of the Mikoyan 33?
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