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MiG-29K FULCRUM-D




Special Thanks to Nikolai Novichkov


Type: Fleet air defense with an ASV and Recon role.

Versions in Service: MiG-29K - Single-seat fighter.
...........................MiG-29KUB - Dual-seat trainer.

Design Features: With a 25-year design life, the 'export' MiG-29K features a larger wing area, incorporating a longer chord double-slotted flap and drooped elevons over the 'basic' MiG-29K. The wing root has a sharp leading edge. In addition, the central fuselage integral tank and a fuselage load-carrying section, to which the arrester hook and main struts are attached, were considerably strengthened, and additional fuel is carried in the fuselage spine. The nose undercarriage is able to steer through +/- 90є and houses a three-colour lamp which indicates the aircraft's position on the glide path, and its landing speed, to a visual landing signal officer. The arrester hook is also fitted with an illumination system to indicate when it is lowered.

The aircraft will have an improved navigation equipment commensurate with its maritime role. For deck landing, the aircraft will be fitted with a special navigation system comprising instrument landing systems interacting with the ship's markers, jam-resistant coded data link and automated built-in test facilities. In the event of the pilot having to eject near the carrier, the novel escape system will ensure that he is ejected clear of the ship. The export 'K' will have a triplex digital fly-by-wire control system, with multiple-redundancy in all three channels and a mechanical back-up in roll-and-yaw channels. A proven control algorithm used in the analog-digital flight control system on the basic 'K' will be retained. It is possible that some avionics components will be produced by French or Indian companies.

The dual-seat 'KUB' trainer has identical aerodynamic characteristics to the single-seat 'K' fighter and has the same wing and tail plane platform geometry. To further ease transition from the trainer to the fighter, even the forward nose sections are identical. They are equipped with similar avionics and can carry the same armament. Both aircraft have an in-flight refuelling capability, having a retractable refuelling probe in the port forward fuselage, and may also be used as tankers. With the take-off and landing weights identical to the fighter, the trainer has 8% less fuel capacity and 7 to 10% shorter combat radius. In addition to carrying out its main training role, the trainer has a fully operational capability. Indeed, the two man crew could open up additional roles such as airborne early warning or electronic warfare. In its combat role, the second pilot will act as a weapons systems operator. 

Accommodation: Pilot seated on a 10є inclined K-36DM/2-06 zero/zero ejection seat under rearward hinged transparent blister canopy in high seat cockpit. Sharply inclined one piece covered windscreen. Three internal mirrors provide the rearward view.

Engine: Two Klimov/Sarkisov RD-33 Series 3M turbofans each producing 11,100 lbs thrust dry, 18,300 lbs thrust in reheat and 19,180 lbs thrust in an emergency reheat. Engines for the Indian Navy's MiG-29Ks will have smokeless combustors, an anti-corrosive coating, a basic overhaul time of 1,000 hours and a short-time increased take-off-thrust rating.

Speed: Mach 1.93 - maximum level speed at altitude.
..........870 mph - at low level.

Operational Ceiling: 57,410 ft. (15,600 meters).

Maximum Climb Rate: 58,200 feet.

Maximum Combat Radius: 700 nautical miles - external fuel tank.
..................................450 nautical miles - with internal fuel.
*Endurance at 32 nautical miles from carrier - 2+ hours.

Avionics: The MiG-29K will have a Phazatron Zhuk-M (N-010) pulse Doppler radar, which has a planar slotted antenna array which is capable of acquiring 32 sq. ft. radar cross section airborne targets at a range of 50 miles. It has an azimuth scan angle of +/- 85є, an elevation scan angle of +/- 60є, and can track ten targets and designate four of them simultaneously. It also features a high-resolution mapping and ground target localisation mode. The Fulcrums will keep the radar's hardware but the software will be significantly updated. The cockpit will incorporates two large-screen, multi-function, liquid-crystal displays and HOTAS (Hands On Throttle And Stick).

The Fulcrums will also be fitted with a proven SUV-29M weapons management system, which has been tested in the MiG-29M and MiG-29K. Successful test-firings of the R-77RVV-AE and R-73RDM2 air-to-air missiles, and the Kh-31A2 AShM has been conducted using the system. The SUV-29M is equipped with the RLPK-29UM pulse Doppler radar navigation-attack system, which forms part of the Zhuk-M radar; the OEPrNK-29M optical-electronic navigation & attack system, which has a laser range-finder, and IR/TV sensors; and a helmet-mounted sight.

The aircraft's avionics will be based on MIL-STD 1533 bus. The core of the onboard computer command system will be all Russian and will include a central computer, four target designation systems (radar, TV, IR and helmet-mounted sight) and a head-up display. Although primarily to be armed with Russian weapons, Western weapons may be offered as an option. Integration of Western-made weapons is not expected to present problems, as RSK MiG has amassed experience of a variety of Western weapon systems during development of the Russian-French MiG-AT jet trainer and the mating the Kopyo radar on the MiG-21-93 for the IAF.

Weapons: Due to an integrated weapon selection panel, the MiG-29K can use a wide range of weapons, which includes no less than eight types of air-to-air missiles and 25 air-to-surface weapons. The weapon selection system enables the pilot to fire more than one type of weapon per attack. The aircraft is armed with an internal 30mm GSh-301 gun, with 150 rounds.

In the air superiority role the close-combat R-60MK and the R-73RDM2, the medium-range R-27RE1/TE1 and the long-range R-77RVV-AE air-to-air missiles can be carried. In the air-to-surface role, the aircraft can be armed with the Kh-31P2 anti-radar missile, the Kh-31A2 anti-ship missile, the AS-20 (air-launched Kh-35) anti-ship missile, the TV-guided Kh-29T missile, the TV-guided KAB-500Kr bomb, S-8 unguided rockets or S-24B rockets, plus 550 lbs or 1100 lbs dumb bombs. 

Maximum Combat Load: 12,125 lbs.

Self Defence: The electronic warfare (EW) suite will likely consist of the Sirena-3 Radar Warning Receivers, two ECM transponders in the wing strake and chaff/flare dispensers built into the upper surfaces of the main wing. Each dispenser contains flares or chaff cartridges.

Comments: A $1.5 billion contract (as part of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier package) will supply the Navy with around 50 carrier-based MiG-29K aircraft. Unit cost of the aircraft, including the air-to-air and the air-to-surface armament, will be approximately $30 million. Deliveries will be made in batches and will commence some time before the upgrade of the vessel has been completed and before the ship is transferred to India. Under the yet-to-be-signed contract, the vessel is scheduled to go to sea by late 2002 or early 2003.

An important part of the MiG-29K/KUB program for the Indian Navy is the creation of a modern logistics system. Hence, RSK MiG has been developing such a system, involving aircraft operation with major overhauls, reduced maintenance man-hours, and full use of the infrastructure already existing in India for the servicing and repair of the MiG-29K fighters, and their equipment and engines, as well as an automated spares record and supply system.

The 'export' MiG-29K is based on the 'basic' MiG-29K airframe, but is lighter in answer to the Indian Navy's requirements for the smallest possible dimensions to maximise use of space on the carrier, Admiral Gorshkov. Details of the variant were confirmed by Nikolai Nikitin, RSK-MiG's General Designer. Nikitin says the aircraft is based on the original MiG-29K airframe, but without high-cost welded aluminium li thium fuel tanks and forward fuselage. The land-based MiG-29's over-wing auxiliary tanks have been deleted, and the sharp-edged leading-edge root extensions are filled with fuel to extend the aircraft's range.


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The MiG-29K was initiated in 1984 as a Russian Air Force development program for a multi-role fighter, and in 1989 - 1991 the MiG-29K underwent tests aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying cruiser. The MiG-29K differed from the MiG-29 production model, featuring a new multi-function radar, dubbed Zhuk; a cabin with monochrome display and use of the HOTAS (hands-on-throttle-and-stick) principle; the RVV-AE air-to-air active homing missiles; antiship and antiradar missiles; as well as air-to-ground precision-guided weapons. 

The development of the MiG-29K aircraft was preceded by the deck landing trials carried out on several prototypes using the carrier-based navigation equipment and arrester hook. The MiG-29E first flight was performed on 23 July 1988 by test pilot T.Aubakirov.On 1 November 1989, in the same day with the SU-27K, Aubakirov executed the first landing of MiG-29K on the "Tbilisi" aircraft carrier deck ( its present name is "Admiral Kuznetsov"). Then the first take-off of the MiG-29K from the carrier-s deck was successfully performed. The fighter is provided with the folding wings and stabilizer. It has the wings of increased area and arrester hook. To protect the engine from FOD, the inlet channel has a retractable grill. 

The MiG-29K multirole carrier-based fighter is designed to air cover the ship grouping, gain air superiority and destroy sea surface and ground targets with guided high-precision weapons, day and night, in any weather. The aircraft is optimized for deployment on carriers of medium water displacement. 

The MiG-29KUB two-seat carrier-based fighter is intended for: upkeep of the skills in piloting and navigation; mastering of combat operation maneuvers; and fulfilment of combat missions identical to those of the MiG-29K single-seat fighter. 

MiG-29K and MiG-29KUB are equipped with in-flight refueling system and also can be used as in-flight refuelers if they are furnished with UPAZ refueling unit. 

The MiG-29K program was revived in response to the decision of the Indian Navy to acquire the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier. This called for the provision of the ship with a multi-role ship-based arrested- landing fighter of the MiG-29K size. The ship's combat group will include 12 MiG-29K planes. The aircraft has a remote control system, large-area (42 m2 vs 38 m2) folding wing, adjustable center-line air intakes with retractable screens protecting the engines during operation from ground airfields, reinforced landing gear, hook, corrosion- protected reinforced fuselage made specifically for deck-based aircraft. 

Although no firm orders have been awarded, India intends to buy 20 MiG-29Ks to equip the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft-carrying cruiser that the Indian Navy might purchase from Russia in order to convert it into a conventional aircraft carrier, The MiG-29K might also be chosen to equip light carriers that India intends to develop and built locally. 



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  http://www.milparade.com/1999/34/014.htm

Issue 34. July - August 1999  
MiG-29K TO OPERATE FROM NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 
Nikolai Buntin, Deputy Chief Designer of the MIG Aircraft Research and Production Complex
 
 
 
The MiG-29M and MiG-29K planes trebled the number of combat employment regimes in comparison with the fighters designed for engagement of air targets only. The number of guided weapon types carried by the aircraft was doubled, with air-to-ship, air-to-ground and air-to-radar heavy guided missiles added to their arsenal.
 
 

he MiG-29K program has been revived due to several reasons. 
The first one is the desire of the Indian Navy to acquire the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier as a totally effective naval system. This called for the provision of the ship with a multi-role ship-based arrested- landing fighter of the MiG-29K size. 

Both the versatility and small size of these fighters are their indispensable qualities. The aircraft engages both air targets (including those flying at an altitude of 20 to 60 m) and surface targets. The experience gained in various operations has demonstrated that shipborne aviation can effectively used against ground targets. The small size of the aircraft is essential for the Admiral Gorshkov, as it ensures their safe operation from the carrier's narrow deck, while fitting the dimensions of the hatches, hangar height and strength of the hangar deck. 

 
 
The equipping of this naval ship with the MiG-29K aircraft makes it a very effective unit, capable of carrying a total of 30 MiG-29K planes and six helicopters. The ship's combat group will include 12 MiG-29K planes, i.e. its flying deck area can permit takeoff and landing of a combat group of this size. This characteristic is of extreme importance, because a further reduction of the combat group to a number below eight machines dramatically downgrades the potential of the aircraft carrier as an overall combat system. Another reason for using the MiG-29K planes is the consistent desire of the Indian Navy to build a light aircraft carrier having a displacement of some 24,000 t, and to have a unified aircraft for both this carrier and the Admiral Gorshkov (the latter has a full displacement of 45,200 t). 

Finally, there is a general tendency in the world (except the USA) towards building, at the turn of the century, comparatively small aircraft carriers which have a relatively low construction and maintenance cost; these carriers will be the base for aircraft the size of the MiG-29K, Rafale-M, F/A-18. Currently, this idea is gradually gaining support in Russia. Such a design concept is being studied with a view towards the present economic realities, as well as the future tasks facing the Armed Forces. The Mikoyan Design Bureau has not stopped its work on the MiG-29K aircraft despite the lack of financing since 1992. 

In 1984, under the Russian Air Force development program, the MiG-29K was conceived as a multi-role fighter and was supposed to be developed almost simultaneously with the Su-27K (Su-33). In 1989 - 1991 the MiG-29K underwent tests aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying cruiser simultaneously with the MiG-29M (a ground-based ЗtwinИ of the MiG-29K). In December 1991, following these successful tests, Russia's Defense Ministry authorized the commencement of its series production and service with Russia's naval aviation, including its operation on board the Admiral Kuznetsov cruiser. 

The MiG-29M and MiG-29K planes trebled the number of combat employment regimes in comparison with the fighters designed for engagement of air targets only. The number of guided weapon types carried by the aircraft was doubled, with air-to-ship, air-to-ground and air-to-radar heavy guided missiles added to their arsenal. 

However, the aircraft was not launched into series production. December 1991 was the last month when Russia's Defense Ministry could purchase new types of aircraft, battle tanks or missiles. Since January 1992 to date, the situation has aggravated still more. 

We know that the MiG-29 is precisely the kind of a multi-role aircraft needed today. Considering the fact that all the characteristics essential for a multirole fighter were incorporated into the MiG-29K at the design stage, and the aircraft has successfully passed all tests aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying cruiser, it can now be easily employed for operation from aircraft carriers. 

Now, let us consider what the MiG-29K looked like in 1991, what it will look like in 2002 on board the Admiral Gorshkov, and what shape it will take in 2008 on board a light aircraft carrier? 

The 1991-built MiG-29K differs from the MiG-29 production model by featuring a new multi-function radar, dubbed Zhuk; a cabin with monochrome display and use of the HOTAS (hands-on-throttle-and-stick) principle; the RVV-AE air-to-air active homing missiles; antiship and antiradar missiles; as well as air-to-ground precision-guided weapons. 

The aircraft has a remote control system, large-area (42 m2 vs 38 m2) folding wing, adjustable center-line air intakes with retractable screens protecting the engines during operation from ground airfields, reinforced landing gear, hook, corrosion- protected reinforced fuselage made specifically for deck-based aircraft, better view from the cockpit, more effective high-lift devices for landing and takeoff modes, and new air-brake flaps. The enhanced thrust engine has an emergency rating for takeoff from the deck. The internal fuel load was increased to 4,560 kg vs 3,340 kg of the series-produced MiG-29 largely due to the removal of the upper air intake inlets. The payload was also increased. The maximum weight of the aircraft grew from 19.5 to 22.4 t. Composite materials were widely used to manufacture its structural elements. Advanced alloys were also used, but to a lesser extent. 

 
 
The aircraft can engage air targets, including low-flying ones, as well as destroy ships and ground targets with precision-guided weapons. 

During its tests aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying cruiser, the aircraft had a springboard-assisted takeoff from strips 195 m and 95 m long. According to the results of the tests, the landing accuracy proved to be very high, which made it possible at a later stage to switch over to a three-cable arrester system on the Admiral Gorshkov. 

The 2002-built MiG-29K will feature better cockpit avionics with versatile liquid-crystal color displays. The cockpit was tested by Russian Air Force pilots on the MiG-29SMT fighters and was approved by them. The Indian Air Force pilots also flew the MiG-29SMTs and they also greatly appreciated the information-control field facilities of the cockpit. 

The potential of the aircraft's navigational systems will be markedly increased through the installation of a satellite navigation system which has also successfully passed tests aboard the MiG-29SMT aircraft. The capabilities of airborne computers and weapons control systems will be enhanced as well. 

The reduced weight and space required of the onboard equipment will help increase the internal fuel load, as compared to the 1991-built MiG-29K. The aircraft operated from an aircraft carrier will have an effective radius of 850 km for air combat and 1,150 km for antiship and strike operations (without refueling). 

The aircraft has retained the in-flight refueling system. An aerial tanker version of the MiG-29K has also been developed. 

The aircraft armament comprises the RVV-AE air-to-air active homing missiles; the R-27R1 semi-active homing missiles; the R-27ER1 increased-range missiles; the R-73, R-27E1, R-27TE1 heat-seeking missiles; the Kh-31A and Kh-35 antiship missiles; the TV-guided weapons; and, with an optional sight pod installed, laser weapons. An open-type architecture of the aircraft enables it to carry foreign-made weapons as well. 

The landing accuracy is additionally enhanced through the employment of an autothrottle system. The takeoff characteristics make it possible to perform 90 percent of flights under tropical conditions when the carrier ship speed is 10 knots. 

The assortment of the onboard equipment has been thought over with due consideration for the possible use by India of existing repair and maintenance facilities supplied at different times to it to service 70 MiG-29Bs. Engines can be overhauled in India. 

The RD-33 series-III engine, a record holder in terms of total service life and reliability among the Russian-made fighter engines, will have an increased takeoff thrust, as well as extra corrosion protection. 

Aluminum-lithium alloys used in some structural members have been excluded because of their high cost.

A 2008-built MiG-29K model will be a further development of the 2002-built version. However, all the novelties will be incorporated in a manner allowing their use on the aircraft supplied previously. 

The intelligence of the airborne radar digital computer will be dramatically increased without changing the hardware. 

The range of combat missions can be increased by adding optronic sight pods as well as radar, infrared imaging and reconnaissance equipment. The takeoff characteristics will be improved to increase the combat load of the aircraft operated from a light aircraft carrier using a smaller-size springboard. 

The time is not ripe yet to disclose all the details of these projects, but we can say now that the MiG-29K, according to the Mikoyan Design Bureau estimates, has a significant potential due to its excellent aerodynamics and suitable dimensions
 


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MiG-29 FULCRUM (MIKOYAN-GUREVICH)
The MiG-29 is marketed worldwide and equals or surpasses the F-15C in several areas. The MiG-29's wings are swept-back and tapered with square tips. LERXs are wide and curved down to the front. LERX begins on the nose below the mid-mount point, and the wings’ trailing edges end at a high-mounted point. Twin jet engines are mounted low and to the sides of the fuselage. Diagonal-shaped air intakes give a box-like appearance. There is a large exhausts. The fuselage is made of a long, thin, slender body with long, pointed drooping nose. There is a high-mounted bubble canopy. The tail fins have sharply tapered leading edges, canted outward with angular, cutoff tips. Flats are high-mounted on the fuselage, movable, swept-back, and tapered with a negative slant. 

The MiG-29 is a widely exported aircraft, flown by Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Cuba. The MiG-29 has a few advantages over its more electronically advanced American counterparts. At about 40 miles apart, the American planes have the advantage because of avionics. At 10 miles the advantage is turning to the MiG. At five miles out, because of the MiG weapons sight and better maneuverability, the advantage is to the MiG. The weapons sight is a helmet-mounted system that allows the missile to follow the line of sight of the pilot's helmet. Where the pilot looks is where it goes. 

The US Department of Defense of the United States of America and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Moldova reached an agreement to implement the Cooperative Threat Reduction accord signed on June 23, 1997, in Moldova. The Pentagon pounced on the planes after learning Iran had inspected the jets and expressed an interest in adding them to their inventory. Although Iran already flies the less-capable Fulcrum A, it doesn't own any of the more advanced C-models. Of the 21 Fulcrums the United States bought, 14 are the frontline Fulcrum C's, which contain an active radar jammer in its spine, six older A's and one B-model two-seat trainer. This agreement authorized the United States Government to purchase nuclear-capable MiG-29 fighter planes from the Government of Moldova. This is a joint effort by both Governments to ensure that these dual-use military weapons do not fall into the hands of rogue states. From Oct. 20 to Nov. 2, 1997, loadmasters and aerial port experts squeezed two MiGs apiece, sans wings and tails, into the cargo holds of C-17 Globemaster III transports from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The Charleston airlifters delivered the MiGs to the National Air Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio. If the NAIC can discover how the Fulcrum works, Air Force pilots might gain an edge if they face the Fulcrum in future combat. 


The MiG-29K was initiated in 1984 as a Russian Air Force development program for a multi-role fighter, and in 1989 - 1991 the MiG-29K underwent tests aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying cruiser. The MiG-29K differed from the MiG-29 production model, featuring a new multi-function radar, dubbed Zhuk; a cabin with monochrome display and use of the HOTAS (hands-on-throttle-and-stick) principle; the RVV-AE air-to-air active homing missiles; antiship and antiradar missiles; as well as air-to-ground precision-guided weapons. The MiG-29K program was revived in response to the decision of the Indian Navy to acquire the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier. This called for the provision of the ship with a multi-role ship-based arrested- landing fighter of the MiG-29K size. The ship's combat group will include 12 MiG-29K planes. The aircraft has a remote control system, large-area (42 m2 vs 38 m2) folding wing, adjustable center-line air intakes with retractable screens protecting the engines during operation from ground airfields, reinforced landing gear, hook, corrosion- protected reinforced fuselage made specifically for deck-based aircraft. 

Specifications 
Country of Origin  CIS (formerly USSR) 
Similar Aircraft F/A-18 Hornet 
F-16 Fighting Falcon 
F-15 Eagle 
Su-27 Flanker
 
MANUFACTURER Moscow Air Production Organization  
TYPE all-weather 
single-seat counter-air fighter 
attack capability

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Crew One 
Power Plant Two Klimov/Sarkisov RD-33 turbofans 
Thrust 22,200 pounds 
Wingspan 36 feet and 5 inches 
Height 15 feet and 6.25 inches 
Length 56 feet and 10 inches 
Weight (empty): 24,030 pounds 
Maximum Speed Mach 2.3, 1,520 mph 
Ceiling 18400 meters 
Cruise range 905 nm 
In-Flight Refueling No 
Internal Fuel 4000kg 
Payload 4000kg 

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Sensors Slot Back radar, IRST,RWR, Balistic bombsight 
Drop Tanks Drop tank with 800kg of fuel for 90 nm range
Ferry tank with 1500kg of fuel for 255nm range 
Armament One 30mm GSh-30L cannon with 150 rounds 
Six AAMs including a mix of SARH and 
AA- 8 Aphid (R60) 
AA-10 Alamo (R27T) 
AA-11 Archer (R73) 
FAB 500-M62, FAB-1000, TN-100, ECM Pods, S-24 
AS-12, AS-14 
 
User Countries Russia 
Belarus 
Bulgaria 
CIS 
Croatia 
Cuba 
Czech Republic 
Germany 
Hungary 
India 
Iran 
Iraq 
Kazakhstan 
Malaysia 
Moldova 
North Korea 
Poland 
Romania 
Slovakia 
Syria 
Turkemenistan 
Ukraine 
Uzbekistan 
Yemen 
Yugoslavia 
 

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The aircraft is designed to ensure air defence capability of naval forces, as well as gain air superiority and kill naval surface and ground (coastal) targets, including small-size ones, in any weather by day and night.

It has retained the airframe and the geometry of the aircraft that was tested on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier back in the late 1980s, and was certified by the Defence Ministry in 1991. However, the MiG-29K appearance and characteristics have changed considerably to make it a multirole fighter capable of accomplishing various missions.

The core of the weapons control system is the Zhuk-M radar and an improved electro-optical system. The cockpit features two colour LCD MFDs with push-button controls and two multifunction control panels incorporating monochrome LCDs. The MIL-STO-1553B bus facilitates integration of equipment in accordance with the customer's request.

The weapons suite includes R-73E, R-27R1 (T1), RVV-AE air-to-air missiles, Kh-29T, Kh-31A, Kh-35E anti-ship missiles, Kh-31P anti-radiation missiles and KAB-500Kr guided bombs. The unguided weapons are carried on nine hard-points. The aircraft also has the GSh-301 built-in gun.

MiG-29KUB Navalised combat trainer

The aircraft is designed to train and master skills, as well as to ensure control over the Navy pilots' handling and combat employment skills. Being greatly commonised with the MiG-29K, the trainer is also used to re-train MiG-29K pilots. Besides, the MiG-29KUB can serve as a platform for a wide range of modifications, such as the reconnaissance and target designation aircraft, the jamming aircraft and a the tanker plane.
 
 
    Basic Characteristics   
 
 
    MiG-29K MiG-29KUB 
  Maximum combat load, kg 5,500 5,500 
  Maximum speed, km/h:     
    ground level 1,400 1,400 
    high-level 2,200 2,200 
  Service ceiling, m 17,500 17,500 
  Operating range, km:     
    with internal fuel store 2,000 1,700 
    with three ETs* and two R-73E missiles 3,000 2,700 
  Maximum g-load 8.0 8.0 
  Number and type of engines 2 RD-33 3rd series
afterburning turbofans 2 RD-33 3rd series
afterburning turbofans 

* ET - external fuel tank.
 


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Advanced mig 29 piloting
Chapter 1 - History and Background 
The The first MiG-29 prototype completed its maiden flight on 6 October 1977 from Russia's Ramonskoye flight test center southeast of Moscow. Afterwards, MiG Bureau personnel quietly celebrated. The flight heralded a milestone in Russian aviation. For the first time, the Russians were about to field a combat aircraft offering performance parity with its Western counterparts. The new Russian fighter first surfaced outside US intelligence agencies in 1979. It was initially known as "RAM-L" in consideration of early reconnaissance satellite photos showing an aircraft of unknown origin at the Ramonskoye (now Zhukovsky) flight test center. It was soon officially identified as the MiG-29. Later, it was publicly referred to by its NATO codename, "Fulcrum-A." After a comprehensive flight test program in 1982, the aircraft went into full-scale production at the massive Znamya Truda ("The Banner of Labor") production facility located on Moscow's Bokhtinskaya Street. Znamya Truda is the oldest aircraft factory in Russia and the birthplace of some of the country's most advanced aircraft. Russians began building airplanes here in 1909 in what was originally the Dux bicycle shop. (Vladimir Lenin's glass-covered casket was built here in 1924.) Today, the facility occupies over 600 acres of land and contains nearly 27 million square feet of floor space. 

Westerners got their first close look at the new MiG in July 1986 when a group of six MiG-29s visited Rissala Air Base in Finland. The event was part of a biennial exchange program begun between Russia and Finland in 1974. On the second day of the 1986 visit, Soviet Air Force pilot Vladimir Chilin headed skyward in his MiG-29 after a takeoff run of only 1,600 feet. His acrobatic performance began immediately with a dynamic vertical climb followed by an extensive repertoire of maneuvers. The capability of the aircraft behind the impressive exhibition was not lost on the various military representatives in the crowd. 
Two years later, the MiG-29 became the first high-performance Russian fighter to be displayed at Great Britain's Farnborough Air Show. It flew daily routines that included a slow-speed pass at approximately 120 miles per hour and an angle of attack of about twenty-five degrees. (MiG bureau representatives later claimed the aircraft is capable of a maximum AOA of thirty degrees.) The aircraft also demonstrated 360-degree turns in less than sixteen seconds and a sustained dynamic loading of nine g's. One of the more visually stunning elements of the Farnborough performance was a tail-slide maneuver performed at low altitude. The maneuver began with the aircraft climbing vertically and slowly. The MiG-29 then decelerated to a stop and finally descended vertically, tail first, before recovering. The potential for an engine flame-out made the maneuver risky, though MiG representatives claimed the fighter's powerplant is virtually immune to back-flow problems of that kind. The tail slide was especially impressive at Farnborough because MiG test pilot Anatoly Kvotchur performed it at altitudes of around 3,000 feet, too low for recovery in the event of engine failure. 



It was just such an engine failure that produced Kvotchur's most spectacular performance at the Paris Air Show the following year. Flying just over 100 miles per hour at an altitude of about 500 feet, the right engine stalled and the Russian pilot had to eject. As his K36DM ejection seat exited the cockpit, the aircraft rolled towards its starboard side and then descended in an almost perfect nose-first vertical attitude. Less than two seconds after Kvotchur punched out, the aircraft crashed to the ground. Kvotchur's parachute opened fully the moment his feet touched the ground. He suffered only minor injuries during the spectacle, which turned out to be one of the more persuasive emergency egress demonstrations in Paris Air Show history. The MiG-29 made its first US appearance in 1990 when a pair of Fulcrums (a single-seat model and a two-seat UB model) arrived in Alaska on their way to an initial appearance in California. From there, the aircraft toured the country, visiting a number of states and performing at a half dozen major air shows. A second tour followed just over a year later. Both single- and two-seat MiG-29s have been built in several versions. All are equipped with zero-zero ejection seats. The aircraft has a conventional cockpit arrangement with basically analog instrumentation and standard stick and rudder pedal controls. The cockpit is slightly elevated for improved visibility and is enclosed by a laminated, stretched acrylic canopy and a single-piece glass windscreen. The aft canopy of the two-seat aircraft has a retractable forward-viewing periscope mounted top and center for use by the backseater. A combining glass for a head-up display is mounted above the instrument panel. (The two-seat aircraft has no aft-seat HUD.) Some MiG-29s are equipped with a helmet-mounted sighting system integrated with the weapon system. 

The MiG-29's fuselage is constructed of conventional stressed-skin aluminum alloys Composites are used in selected areas. The fuselage spine ends in a drag chute compartment equipped with a small dome-shaped, hinged cover. At least one MiG-29 variant, the recently unveiled MiG-29M, has been viewed with an extended dorsal spine similar in appearance to that found on the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker. The MiG-29M, flown for the first time in 1989, has a sophisticated quadruplex digital fly-by-wire flight control system and an upgraded "glass" cockpit with cathode-ray tube multifunction displays. It is also equipped with upgraded engines, improved aerodynamics, and other subtle changes to optimize performance. The most common late-production MiG-29 is the Fulcrum-C. This version carries extra fuel and upgraded avionics in the additional space provided by its distinctive dorsal hump. This version purportedly has an improved ground-attack capability, a mission for which the MiG-29 originally was not intended. The MiG-29 is powered by two 18,300-pound-thrust (in afterburner) Isotov RD-33 turbofan engines. These engines provide the aircraft with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 1.2 to 1. The Isotov engines are dedicated for use in either left or right engine bays and cannot be interchanged (unlike Western practice). Total internal fuel capacity is 1,150 gallons. The aircraft can carry three 400-gallon auxiliary fuel tanks. 
Range is the MiG-29's major tactical failing. When fully loaded, the aircraft cannot provide the area coverage normally expected of a modern fighter. As a result, all long-range fighter missions and requirements are fulfilled in the Russian air force by the larger, and considerably more capable, Su-27. 

Other technological features of the MiG-29 include intakes equipped with hydraulically actuated doors. These doors close off the forward throat of each intake and force air to be ingested through a series of spring-loaded louvers mounted on the top surfaces of each wing root extension. This system permits operation from rough field environments where foreign object ingestion may seriously damage the engine. 
In the armament department, the standard MiG-29 carries a single GSh-301 30mm cannon internally with 170 rounds of ammunition. This weapon has a maximum effective range of 4,000 to 6,000 feet. In addition, the MiG-29 can carry up to six air-to-air missiles of various kinds and capabilities on its six wing pylons. The coherent pulse-Doppler RP-29 radar (code named "Slot Back" in the West) with look-down, shoot-down capability can track a fighter-sized target at a range of over fifty miles in a look-up mode and about thirty miles in a look-down mode. This system, found only on the single-seat aircraft, can track up to ten targets simultaneously and has a conventional antenna dish (not a phased-array). Both single- and two-seat MiG-29s are equipped with an infrared search and track (or IRST) and a laser range-finder system mounted in a fairing just ahead and to the right of the windscreen. At least two MiG-29s have been modified for carrier trials. Dubbed the MiG-29K ("K" stands for Korabelnyy, which means ship-based), the navy version is equipped with strengthened landing gear, folding outer wing panels, a tail hook, a thermal imaging sensor ball in place of the standard IRST unit, and miscellaneous other carrier-compatible systems and upgrades. These navy-optimized versions also have no retractable intake doors and no spring-loaded top-side doors and slots. 

Actual carrier trials aboard the 60,000-plus ton Russian aircraft carrier Admiral of the Fleet Kuznetsov (formerly the Tbilisi) began in 1989. Approximately twenty landings and takeoffs were completed during the course of the successful sea trials. The MiG-29 saw real combat for the first time during the Gulf War. During the pre-dawn hours of the first day of Operation Desert Storm, at least four Iraqi MiG-29s scrambled from alert bases around Baghdad were destroyed in air-to-air combat. With much of their ground intercept radar assistance disabled by allied aircraft, the MiG-29s were seen to wander aimlessly. They proved highly vulnerable in this condition and were quickly dispatched by allied fighters. In some instances, the aircraft departed the skies over Iraq and headed for safe haven in Iran. An unknown quantity of MiG-29s landed there and now are thought to have been absorbed by the Iranian air force. According to available records, Gulf War MiG-29 losses totaled twenty-nine aircraft. No Western aircraft are acknowledged to have fallen victim to the MiG-29s. When discussing the Gulf War losses, MiG representatives claim only one justification for the failure of the aircraft to perform as designed-the pilots were probably the most incompetent any air force could possibly have placed in the cockpit. In general, Western pilots agree with this assessment, pointing to a noticeable lack of Iraqi pilot aggression and willpower. In essence, Iraqi pilots exhibited little, if any, desire to fight. Only limited information has surfaced in the West concerning plans for future MiG-29 configurations and upgrades. However, various improved versions, including one equipped with multi-axis vectorable-thrust engine exhaust nozzles (currently seen undergoing testing at Zhukhovsky), are under development. Such technology improvement, if extrapolated by Western standards, eventually will result in aircraft equipped with improved radar and avionics, digital engine controls, and more modern cockpit controls and displays. 



MiGs historically have been sold to countries in all parts of the world. The MiG-29 is no exception. Some 250 of the approximately 850 aircraft manufactured to date have gone to foreign customers. India has acquired the right to produce MiG aircraft, including the MiG-29, at its Nasik factory. Operated by Hindustan Aeronautics, this factory now is thought to have waived its MiG-29 option. No aircraft are known to have been completed to date. India's air force does, however, operate some seventy MiG-29s acquired directly from Russia. Afghanistan, Cuba, the former Czechoslovakia, the former East Germany, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Syria, the former Yugoslavia, and several other countries also are known to be operating the MiG-29 as front-line combatants. MiG-29s of the former East Germany have been used in a program to determine the aircraft's combat effectiveness against various front-line Western aircraft. As part of this program, F-15C Eagles from the United States and G.R.1 Tornados from Britain have flown against these aircraft in simulated air combat. Though the specifics are still classified, the results have shown the MiG-29 to be highly competitive when manned by competent pilots. 
Recent political and economic events in the former Soviet Union have limited (some say ended) production of the MiG-29. Many if not all the related production facilities either have been closed or are suffering from severe cutbacks. Most recently, reliable Russian sources have stated that all MiG-29 production will end in 1993 and that all future Russian fighter and ground support requirements will be filled by Sukhoi-built aircraft, such as the Su-25 and Su-27. 

Chapter 2 - Specifications and Performance 
MIG-29K Fulcrum 
More detailed information will become available as soon as this information has been tested and validated by me. 
I will include my own fastest times from stand still to 10000m, 20000m etc, ground roll times and power settings for speeds soon. 

Length:                                                 17.32m 
Height:                                                  4.73m 
Wing Span:                                           11.36m 
Wing Area:                                            38.06m2 

Airframe Weight:                                    10900kg 
Basic Empty Weight:                              12700kg 
Max Fuel Load:                                      4737kg 
Max Armament:                                      3000kg 
Weight Normal:                                      15400kg 
MTOW:                                                  22400kg 
MLW:                                                    20000kg 
Airframe Service Life:                            4000 hours 

Max G Loading:                                    +9.0  -2.5 
Max Wing Loading:                                486.1 kg/m2 
Max AoA in controlled flight:                   25-30 degrees 

Max (wet) Thrust in A/B:                         16,600 kg 
Max Thrust kN:                                      162.8 kN 
Max Thrust K\kg/kN                               113.6 
T/W Ratio @ 15400kg:                           >1.1 : 1 

Takeoff Speed:                                      260-280 km/h 
Landing Speed:                                     275 km/h 
Best Glide Speed:                                 500 km/h 
Rate of Climb at SL:                               325 m/s 
Max level flight at SL:                            1500 km/h 
Max level flight at altitude:                      2867 km/h. 
Max Mach Number at alt:                        2.35 
Service Ceiling:                                    18,000 m (60,000 ft) 

Max Flight Range clean:                        1,500 km (820 NM.) 
Max Flight Rnge/ CL Tank:                     2,100 km (1148 NM.) 
Max Flight Rnge/ 3 x Tk's:                     2,900 km (1586 NM.) 


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