MiG 1.42

Aerospace Industry Discussion: Fighter Aircraft Discussion: MiG 1.42

By Berner on Saturday, February 3, 2001 - 09:40 am:

uh sorry, wavelength of Microwave is 1m not 10m.
The site Tiger mentioned, provides a lot of info on these stuffs.


By Flanker on Friday, May 4, 2001 - 08:42 pm:

Anyone has pictures of MiG-1.42 flying? They are actually available on Veniks site, which show the MFI flying from various angles, but are extremly low resolution. Any one has the high resolution ones?


By Berner on Wednesday, December 26, 2001 - 01:43 am:

Is this board dead?


By Tiger on Friday, December 28, 2001 - 05:37 pm:

No... just hibernating. ;)

Tiger, out.


By cheetah on Friday, June 21, 2002 - 11:20 pm:

anyone have any idea weather the mig 1.42 can really hover a target for pinpoint accuracy?


By Tiger on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 12:02 am:

No, it is not STOVL capable.

Heck, the damned thing can barely fly.

Tiger, out.


By cheetah on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 12:18 am:

really?i read from some sources like janes weekly that the plane can hover over a target for pinpoint accuracy!


By Tiger on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 09:13 pm:

Yes, it's true. The closest I've read about to
that is that it was intended to have high AOA
capability like the Flanker series aircraft.
However, high AOA maneuvers are neither
conducive to bombing or aerial combat
(except to avoid stall), and the airframe itself
only has around 1 or 2 hours of flight time on
it.

MIG abandoned the project after it realized that
nobody wanted the aircraft; savvy political
maneuvering by Sukhoi killed any hope of the
MIG ever being developed into a production
model. I believe that MIG has relegated the
aircraft to service as an engine testbed.

Tiger, out.


By cheetah on Monday, July 1, 2002 - 12:35 am:

oh well,wat a sad thing to no.the mig is a good one,isn't it?


By Avimimus on Saturday, November 2, 2002 - 08:36 am:

High AOA manuevering and super manueverability cannot be underestimated. A F/A 18 can come close to a hover counteracting a stall with it's thrust at extremely low speeds by going into a 45 degree AOA. Think what the newly announced LFI will do!


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