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Posting about the MiG-23 and other aircraft. Aerodynamics, Structures, Engines & Performance.
The R-77M AAM got a lot of buzz today. t.me/war_home/4807 And here is my article about the R-77M, written five years ago aviationweek.com/defense/missil…
Thanks to @TheEastArchive, I have access to “Afghanistan Today” by Mahmud Baryalali (DRA) and Genrikh Polyakov, published by Planeta Publishers in 1981! The pictures are not accompanied with informative captions so I will be sending them in the form of a collage.
Gonna have to update the radar weight table. ▪MiG-25P/RP-25: 18800kg/600kg ▪Su-27SK/N001E: 16870kg/550kg
Radar weights.
This is a pressure distribution for a contemporary aerofoil, that was provided to me by @aeroweanie (thanks!) Over the upper surface, instead of a conventional suction peak at the leading edge, the pressure reduces then maintains a roughly constant, just supersonic flow for…8/21
Flight And Technical Characteristics of the MiG-31 (Mig-31 aerodynamics manual). The max speed 2,83 mach is confirmed 👌. Download link t.me/TheDeadDistric…
A Russian Su-35S has been spotted for the first time carrying the K-77M air-to-air missile, also known as Izdeliye 180.
On AeroHisto blog : Libyan National Army Air Force lost one of its two MiG-23BNs aerohisto.blogspot.com/2016/07/libyan…
Very interesting footage, also showing an Iraqi project to arm the MiG-23ML (No.23525) with AM-39 Exocet. The project was cancelled after it was concluded that there was no room on the airplane to install the power supply for the missile.