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I love that MiG-29 and want it to both bite and sting me at the same time...
I'd go with "looks cool" because it does look ... cool. Both the model and the graphic.
Or it was a deliberate insult?
VanceCrozier Must have been intentionally chosen as an obvious symbol of western Capitalist greed.
Must have been intentionally chosen as an obvious symbol of western Capitalist greed.
That, or it just looks cool...
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
Anyone got the skinny on the Hornet emblem?...the World Wonders...
NIce looking bird, Fermis.
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...
fermis Manstein's revenge I think he's bluffing with that HORNET marking on the tail... Since when do I bluff???
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???
Nice!!
YA'LL M0Jo's need to get to work...
dean27 No I never did man.
No I never did man.
Here ya go then:
http://youtu.be/ODO0zQBPI2k
"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVAuA7Zlbr8&feature=player_detailpage#t=1187s
dean27 I think that was all a myth I doubt anyone spent time making a zero-G ballpoint lol.
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.
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 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....
Dre But... they can write upside down!
But... they can write upside down!
Pencils?
Dre Not too confusing, the FOD doors are closed...
Not too confusing, the FOD doors are closed...
Right, and in that situation, the engines are being fed by the upper louvers. It seems like typical Russian engineering solutions. Sort of like providing cosmonauts with pencils and therefore alleviating the need for developing "zero gravity" ballpoint pens.
Gary
Just to add to the confusion:
In the that video clip, I'm guessing that turbulent airflow across that area is causing the slats to flutter like that...
...sloppy groundcrew = flappy intake covers??
Yeah, but that plane is in flight, not on the ground---and I didn't see anything that closed off the main intakes...hmmmmmmmmm...the world wonders....
Texgunner Manstein's revenge A cool MiG-29 clip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6i0UWLcM0&feature=player_detailpage What are those weird louvres on top of the intakes that seem to be fluttering open and closed??? Manstein's revenge A cool MiG-29 clip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6i0UWLcM0&feature=player_detailpage What are those weird louvres on top of the intakes that seem to be fluttering open and closed??? Auxiliary air intakes.
Manstein's revenge A cool MiG-29 clip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6i0UWLcM0&feature=player_detailpage What are those weird louvres on top of the intakes that seem to be fluttering open and closed???
A cool MiG-29 clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6i0UWLcM0&feature=player_detailpage
What are those weird louvres on top of the intakes that seem to be fluttering open and closed???
Auxiliary air intakes.
- allows air intake on unprepared landing areas without the risk of sucking something into the main air intakes.
subfixer I was wondering about them, too. It looks like the aircraft is flying at a high angle of attack, like it is close to stalling. I would bet at higher airspeed that they would close up.
I was wondering about them, too. It looks like the aircraft is flying at a high angle of attack, like it is close to stalling. I would bet at higher airspeed that they would close up.
More info regarding that perhaps...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugachev's_Cobra
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