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I understand what's going on with the louvres and intake plates, but why don't they just stay open in that clip???---they seem to be flapping open and shut, which seems like a problem....
Yes all Russian aircraft are designed with extremely rugged landing gear one of the requirements of the Soviet Air Force was for the landing gear to be able to survive the most destructive landing on any surface that goes right back to the Mig 15. Also for the aircraft to be able to take off anywhere too which is why almost all Soviet aircraft have the mud guard on the nose wheel so debris does not get kicked up into the intakes. Something which was a problem for the Mig 29 due to the intakes being so close to the ground which is why the nose wheel was moved back close the intakes so any debris from the nose wheel would bypass the intakes. The FOD covers close up and the louvers on the LERX sections open up allowing airflow to the engines also at low altitude the FOD covers close to prevent debris from getting sucked in. However with the new Mig 35 there are mesh covers inside the intakes so the louvers have been done away with. As a guess I would say they flutter due to the fact that the air vortexes running across the surface spiral and the louvers are spring loaded so there is nothing to prevent movement. But the quality of Russian aircraft is usually very high due to the harsh conditions they were left in. I remember a Romanian Mig 21 pilot saying that they would get to the aircraft and sometimes there would be as much as an inch of ice on the wing but they still had to go up. Also the Serb Mig 29's with the digital camouflage when they were having the original green/grey paint stripped it took two weeks for each Mig due to the high quality of the paint.
I think that was all a myth I doubt anyone spent time making a zero-G ballpoint lol.
dean27 I think that was all a myth I doubt anyone spent time making a zero-G ballpoint lol.
Apocryphal no doubt, but, didn't you see that Seinfeld episode about the astronaut pen? Funny.
"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"
No I never did man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVAuA7Zlbr8&feature=player_detailpage#t=1187s
dean27 No I never did man.
Here ya go then:
http://youtu.be/ODO0zQBPI2k
YA'LL M0Jo's need to get to work...
Manstein's revenge I think he's bluffing with that HORNET marking on the tail...
I think he's bluffing with that HORNET marking on the tail...
Since when do I bluff???
fermis Manstein's revenge I think he's bluffing with that HORNET marking on the tail... Since when do I bluff???
Nice!!
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
I think the Hornet emblem was taken off of a Skyraider that the pilot of the MiG shot down...of course I haven't been able to verify this yet...
NIce looking bird, Fermis.
Anyone got the skinny on the Hornet emblem?...the World Wonders...
Must have been intentionally chosen as an obvious symbol of western Capitalist greed.
VanceCrozier Must have been intentionally chosen as an obvious symbol of western Capitalist greed.
That, or it just looks cool...
Or it was a deliberate insult?
I'd go with "looks cool" because it does look ... cool. Both the model and the graphic.
I love that MiG-29 and want it to both bite and sting me at the same time...
Um... for the right amount of money that can be arranged. Just sayin'...
(from wikipedia) The MiG-29 is available for flights of civilian passengers. Civilian flights started due to financial problems on Gromov Flight Research Institute in the Russian city Zhukovsky. Those flights in Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25, MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-27 stopped in July 2006, when civilian flights in MiG-29 and Mikoyan MiG-31 started from Nizhny Novgorod.
Okay yeah it does look cool so who cares why right? Just look at it.
Ya'll mugs need to get to work---just sayin'...
Manstein's revenge Ya'll mugs need to get to work---just sayin'...
Soon herr feldmarschall, soon.
Soon is now....
MM Olive Drab enamel followed by a blotchy, lightened additional coat. I probably don't lighten my secondary tones enough for a more visible modulation, but I'll know for certain once I pull all the tape off. A lighter, brighter green topside, the underside light blue and some spots of medium green left top do...
Is anyone making a Flanker of any sort? Even if not if any of you like this iconic fighter I will be making one around Christmas or thereafter as it's my favorite aircraft of all time. I saw this video so if you have not seen it and you like Russian planes its not to be missed.
www.youtube.com/watch
dean27 Is anyone making a Flanker of any sort? Even if not if any of you like this iconic fighter I will be making one around Christmas or thereafter as it's my favorite aircraft of all time. I saw this video so if you have not seen it and you like Russian planes its not to be missed. www.youtube.com/watch
Dean27- you can also join the Flanker GB with that... just sayin'.
No he can't...just sayin'...ya'll mugs need to get to work...
OK, fine- you keep him! <storms off to waste more time online>
Manny, I am gonna have to drop out of this one. Some life issues have some up and once the current projects that I am working on are completed in the next few weeks I will not have time to start and complete my project for this GB by the deadline.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
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