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MiG-23MF

22.3k plane634  3.2 years ago

And to top it all off, here's one of the best plane I've made so far, the MiG-23MF

The MiG-23 was a third generation fighter jet made in response to the F-4 Phantom, incorporating a swing wing type design which increases it's performance in both low and high speeds, the MF variant is equipped with a look down shoot down Sapfir-23E radar with a search range of 45 km against a MiG-21 sized targets, it is usually armed with 2x R-60 close range missile and 2x R-23 BVR missile, both had an effective range of 8km and 35km respectively, in addition it had an internally mounted Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L 23mm autocannon with ASP-PFD-21 lead computing gunsight, it can reach a speed up to mach 2 and can be operated from unprepared runways.

The MiG-23 is best used as a BVR platform, shooting first at the enemy before disengaging away from the battle, or using high speed ambush attack on an unsuspecting formation, using it's speed as an advantage, when employed outside of those tactics however would cause the MiG to perform poorly, especially in prolonged turn fighting.

In SP, this plane is 70% of the actual plane's scale, it's armed with two R-23s and two R-60s, it can go up go 1500+km/h at low altitude, it had only 16 flares however, so you'd have to use it sparingly or you will encounter a category 5 bruh moment when a missile have been launched at you (except at close ranges or when going above mach 1), it had a better turn fight capability than the original counterpart, somewhat, a full 360 turn takes 11 seconds with full missiles and afterburner, so you can maybe get toe to toe with an F-4 but probably not an F-16, for landing maintain a speed of around 280km/h on final approach, after landing press AG1 to deploy brake chute.

Controls :
VTOL : wing sweep
Trim : Flaps
Throttle 95% : Afterburner
AG1 : brake chute
AG2 : drop fuel tank
AG3 : jettison all weapons
Landing Gear : landing gyro

Credits to lancelot3340 for afterburner design.
Thanks to Justwingit for screenshoting tips

That's all for now...


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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 31.9ft (9.7m)
  • Length 39.9ft (12.2m)
  • Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 11,242lbs (5,099kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,553lbs (6,147kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.989
  • Wing Loading 61.1lbs/ft2 (298.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 221.7ft2 (20.6m2)
  • Drag Points 3603

Parts

  • Number of Parts 161
  • Control Surfaces 3
  • Performance Cost 771
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    Please build a mig 25 with afterburner

    2.6 years ago
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    This is very cool 10/10

    3.2 years ago
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    Floggers

    3.2 years ago
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    51.5k Falkenwut

    Very good work on the shape! Keep it up!

    Personally, not a very big fan of the mis-proportional engine-physics used on the engine but that's me...

    The wings kinda wobble on high-G turns. To remove this, set the partType from Wing-3 to Wing-2.

    3.2 years ago
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    42.8k Trainzo

    Very great mig 23 .

    3.2 years ago