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We've heard a lot about the Mig-29 in the news lately with the whole Ukraine Russia thing but in this video we want to look and see exactly how relevant the Mig-29 is and if given all of its shortcomings, if it can still be competitive if you play your cards right.
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any chance of getting the download link of the battlefiend sountrack :)
Is the MIG-35 available?
F 22 vs Su 47
Would it be possible to do some 2v2 or 4v4 videos like this? I would be very interested to see how tactics change when you have a wingman or in a small flight group.
He made a 3v3 BVR video once
I was literally about to say this. The jousting method isn't accurate and it's not how BVR usually works.
A 4v4 infared and guns only dogfight series would be amazing. I really don't like fights at 20 NM.
id like to see 1 vs 1 vs 1, just for kicks, but dont know if 3 sides are even possible .
@@theaceofspades485 There’s not enough bvr videos in his channel to be honest. Only dogfights.
I feel like the mig-29 has the unfortunate distinction of having old airframes fielded against newer, upgraded fighters. Radar, missiles and avionics (not to mention engines) from the 80s isn't a fault of the design.
If eagle dynamics would upgrade the mig-29 too a mig-29sm that would be great
The Mig-29 is actually not as old as the F-15 Eagle for example.
And the thing is the 80s Tech is STILL very accurate and can knock down any sizable object in the sky, the only issue is short range.
the biggest problem the mig had was always being outnumbered , and not only that its was always an enemy with AWACS,and latest tech, e.g. Yugoslavia & Iraq
@@JazzJaRa the old version of F15 cannot carry A120C-5
Heck yeah, lovin some more Mig-29 gameplay. Just got into DCS myself and I’m absolutely loving flying my FC3 Mig! Keep up the good work GS!
I just started playing DCS last week with my best friend who currently in Europe with the Air Force. We're both starting with the Mig-29!
Welcome to the party guys!
What mig 29 would u recommend I’m flying the su27 rn and how dose the mig compare to the su27?
if you start getting into it PROPER make sure to get the fa18
@@K0S9000 I honestly don't know mate, I fly the F-14. I'd like to get I to the SU though.
The Mig-29 airframe is fantastic, the Soviets have shown frequently that they have a deep understanding of aerodynamics and have produced some impressive aircraft (prototype or series).
Its the systems that let it down, even more so with less trained crew, that will struggle with getting any situational awareness at all.
Not speaking about the capability of the airframe, but the quality of build, back in the '80s I got up close and personal with a Mig 29 at the Abbotsford Airshow. No one was standing anywhere near an un barriered Mig 29 on the ramp (day before the show). I got close enough to stick my head up in the wheel well. I was an aircraft metalworker at the time and looked at the metal work and rivets with a metal workers eye. It was a mess of ill fitting sheet metal, under driven, overdriven, and dumped rivets.
MIG 35 is the upgrade that 29's deserved but far too late.
@@gaiofattos2 But is fatter. The trick would to fit as much as good electronics without dumping the weight ratio to shit.
@@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus USN TF30 engines were held together with locktite. I had to rebuild seventy three of the bastards because the USN maintenance routine was the equivalent of super gluing pieces of duct tape to a zip tie.
@@KarolusTemplareV dont think its fatter
Love it. Takes me back to the Novalogic days with their battle space for the Mig-29, F-16, and F-22. So much fun. Only one I had was the Mig-29, flew the crap out of it.
Yep Novalogic F-16, Mig-29. Good to see a comment from someone who played those, like me.
I like the Mig 29 and Su 27
You know you're not new here when you feel your chest tighten on hearing "We might be good" in defensive BVR.
Amazing video as always :)
I flew mig-29 in competition last year, and found it to be fine against the 16s and 18s
Understanding how complex the grey zone in performance works will yield some surprising results. The fulcrum is much closer to the viper/hornet than people give it credit for.. DCS pilots really suck at moderating themselves which isn't an issue in the hornet/viper since the aircraft will prevent you from over-overpulling (as an example)
That's a very good point! Being able to moderate control inputs can be difficult depending on the person's hardware also. E.G, no HOTAS
I'm just getting into DCS myself with the Mig-29, your Fulcrum videos have been a huge help for me! Thanks a ton mate, love your work.
The first fight was a thing of beauty! Also the Tacvew was particularly helpful this time. Job very well done - thanks!
thanks Tim, and thanks for coming to watch, much love.
Nice to see the mig-29 bvr stuff, I’ve been meaning to learn some tactics for it.
What you said about the f16 radar is interesting. I have a friend who is a maintenance
Chief for an F15 squad. He told that his guys always beat the f16s in drills because they can lock them up before the f16s can even see them on radar, because of the relative size difference in the radar array.
AFAIK, regardless of scanning and tracking method and technollogy used, radar dish diameter still plays a massive role in a radar's detection range, unsurpissingly the bigger F-15 has a radar with a bigger diameter, and therefore, range.
You do not know how happy I was to see the MiG-29 give the viper a good fight. Absolutely loved it
This tracks with anecdotes I heard from pilots who trained against this plane in exercises. One guy called it "The pop-up threat from hell"
Always been my favorite MiG. We have one on static display at a local air and space museum and I've always loved those leading edges.
LOVE your running commentary on your thoughts and strategy as you track your quarry.
Also with the design on the Mig-29 it's short range and reliance on GCI and it's not so great avionics package Radar especially, did hamstring it. Not helped by the Soviet/Russian doctrine of rigid control of all fighters along with the inexperience of some pilots as well. We look in DCS as flying it more to Western norms which does make it a potent Point Defence fighter and a very good replacement to the Mig-21. Also when the Mig came out the F-16 was still only Sidewinders and gun... though I would like to see a Blk 10 or 15 EFM F-16 to have a real hotrod as these apparently where the lightest and best thrust to weight versions... Also again another excellent video and walk through.
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The roll at the end..... Красива! :D Best looking airplane ever. Joyful that we share the love of it.
You should do a fighter unknown BVR fight, where you choose American and Russian fighters at random, I think that would be pretty cool
Man watching this reminds me of Falcon 3.0 LAN tournaments with the brand new MiG-29 DLC back in the early 90s. How far the tech and available info has come since then.
At 16:35 it looked like there was a very small chance for the missile to accidentally hit your own plane, is that something that can happen under very very specific circumstances?
Well done. Big fan of the victory laps after each engagement.
9:29 "I'm just gonna hold my crank" *giggity* 😆
Before someone with no sense of humor comments, yes I know what the crank is in reference to BVR.
Hell yeah New Growling Sidewinder Video! I'm sure it's gonna be Hella Good as always!
Love your vids GS thanks for making my Tuesday better
1:24 it does display the signal strength, its the little line looping around the plane icon
That view at 5:32 with the shade down just looks amazing
When that BattleField Theme kicks in!
whenever I use that tune I wait for this comment lol.
@@GrowlingSidewinder Begs the question. Would GS ever go and do some highlight videos from ye olde Battlefield flying days?
People like to be vocal about the differences between airframes, but often the truth is that performance comes down to pilots and not planes (or missiles). Only when there is an overwhelming tactical disadvantage, do tactics and skill become less effective.
Oh... and I literally just bought the Mig-29 to spice things up when I am burnt out of the F-16
Really enjoyed this style instead of just canon work. Really nice change of pace
the 29 full fidelity module will be amazing, sadly its years away
Guess what 😊 🎉
@@snwilliam6886i know, hopefully by the end of the year
@@Swatmat Amen
Visuals in that daytime are totally breathtaking except for 3:33 where the missile trail looks like a Jane´s game from the 90s
I often carry the fox 1 R 27 in addition to the R 77 on my Mig 29 to get a long range shot, out of the AIM 120 MAR and it works quit well to surprise enemys with a early warning and make them defend befor getting a missle of. I continue to BVR fight with fox 3 from there obviously, but one or another fox 1 at the beginning can't hurt for me
That "sunglass" hud panel is so cool
Hey mate, been seeing your dogfight videos quite a while and wondering if you were using VR all this time or track IR. Though from what I've seen, it's mostly track IR but maybe I'm wrong. Anyhow, brilliant showcase of DCS 👏
Only drawback to the 29 we have in DCS is no datalink, which the later 29s have. But hey I would settle for a high fidelity model
Hey GS can you do some videos on BVR/ACM against enemies who like to terrain mask with out radar mainly use boresite modes? I see a lot of people using this method to avoid having to go defensive and get in range to where defensive maneuvers are too late. Great videos though, I'm here for every single one of them!
Good little short and competent BVR session brother.
I love how the 29 flies, but the way the HUD in Russian aircraft works with the horizon confuses me. And I always end up smacking into mountains.
I like the 2v2 or 4v4 ideas
Realistic flight numbers would be awesome
I think your channel is awesome and informative thank you
Hey you
Keep up the good work loving it!
Knowledge about the platform and tactics to put it to use. Thanks GS!
You should do a BVR fight against the F-15 Eagle in the Fulcrum.
And I still want my Gripen Vs Tomcat BVR fight.
Like the MIC drop at the end!🤙🏾
At 9:27 you can see a missile exploding in the top right corner. Probably good you didn't recommit stragith after not seeing a missile trail!
6:40 "combat tactics mr Ryan"..
Hey GS not sure if you'll see this but if possible could you make a series of tutorials for BFM there seems to be a plethera of content on youtube for BVR but not nearly as much for BFM Im currently flying the 16 and I reliably go positive on your open conflict server in bvr but whenever I try to hop on DCS dogfighters to do guns only I get slapped around pretty hard. Mainly its just a lot to take in and I especially struggle maintaing visual on the enemy after the merge or if I lose lock. Anyways l'm loving the content you put out its helped me a lot keep up the good work and i wish you all succsess.
Tactics work well in this scenario, but I’m wondering what tactics would you do against the same aircraft in a flat terrain scenario? Great video!
without any hills to hide behind I know what tactic I'd be doing. Pucker up and pray.
love the longer vids!
Mig-29 got a lot of support from the mountain ranges in this case. Could you do a scenario where there are no places to hide, like cities and plain grounds?
I love you man, I literally asked for it yesterday
i don't care when you recorded this this video got made because of me (jk)
Great video! :) what is the song in middle of the video, between the two rounds?
Ohhh, these two were made to tango with each other!!
How does that Fight Go without Mountainous terrain to hide behind - Do you think you could still sneak closer to him like that without him knowing?
First: I deeply respect you expertise. I have none except in an historical and documentary way. There are DOG FIGHTS as in WW1 or WW11 and then there are dogfights when you shoot a missal at a radar identified cursor point on a screen . This is why I wish that Ukraine could have some recent model F15s and appropriate supplementary weaponry.
loved this one. would love to see what you can do in the f4 phantom tho!
There is sadly no F-4 for this sim yet.
@@Mike_Romeo wdym? i’ve seen GS go head to head with f-4 phantoms in older videos.
They said it couldn't be done...🤣
Cool vid GS.
F-16 / Mig-29 from Spectrum Holobyte (Falcon 3.0 and 4.0) got me into sims. classic fight.
Dude you are just a phenomenal pilot!
Awesome videos mate as always.. but I notice you spend lots of time on the ground hypothetically in a combat theatre within ranges of ir sams and AAA.. how would you change your tactics change if you couldn't go below say 10,000ft.??? Apologies if this question has been asked before..
You stay above 10k feet. Just be aware of the minimum abort range. You can stay higher if you turn cold earlier, which could cost your situational awareness.
F-4 Phantom VS A-4 Skyhawk
F-16I Sufa VS F-15S/MBT
MB-339 Aerimacchi VS Viggen
PLEASE😁🙏
Right On you are a heck a a pilot
Rnd 2. Is holding your crank a new move? Red Flag? Top Gun?
Love that killer’s chuckle.
I wish you'd make that top 5 best aircraft for Air-air 2022 version, considering how much has changed with the aircraft there
There has nothing realy changed. His old top plane video is still up to date
@@Mike_Romeo for example: The F-14 has had a lot of stuff changed on it's flight model (I.e flaps jamming, Phoenix behavior, thrust characteristics) and so has the Russian missiles and the Amraams.
Ah Mann I was waiting for this
the MiG 29 is a beautiful bird :) I wish there was a full fidelity MiG29 in DCS
At 10:24, what's happening to the hud? It's almost like it's taking off it's sunglasses
Great video. The 29 is still a threat in the hands of the right pilot.
in this particular case
Another amazing video!
which version of battlefield sound track ur playing?
The Growling Sidewinder version. It was made by someone else only for him. You wont find it anywhere else.
"I'm just gonna hold my crank" 😆
You should do some more bandit unknown videos
A pilot's ability or inability to obtain SA can make up for or negate any inherent disadvantages or advantages of an aircraft.
Just purchased the 29 and she’s really growing on me. Idk, I like her better than the flankers. Fun flying something other than U.S. jets
I hit the 1K thumbs up! :)
Please make a video of Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Vs F-15EX Eagle II
If you are trying to control the fight why not launch a missile in STT? Most of us would think the missile was pit bull and defend immediately.
I see Mig-29, i smack that like button
GS the "Ghost" of DCS 👏👏👏
I'm a patreon supporter, (and CND too). Can you do a video about IRST?
Babushka at this point, but still dangerous.
can you do a vid showing the difference between staying high and going low when a missle is coming towards you
well, if you stay high you will die. Not much of a video in that boss. Always dive.
So his chafts and flates are ineffective of against R77?
How do you avoid the missle like the AAMRAM by just diving?
Flares only work against heat seeking missile and chaff only really against older missiles. By diving down, you get into thicker air which will increase the drag for the missile and so it cant fly further than up in higher air.
What about JAS-39 vs MiG-29? JAS 39 are similar to F-16. Did the outcome will have some different?
Have been wanting to try the MiG-29, one of my favourite soviet fighters. Is it hard learning coming from the F/A-18?
probably not since it's fc3
After the f-15 the MIG-29 has always been my favorite for pure as looks
GS what do you use to make dcs look so good? External ray tracing or RTX?
Don't think there ever will be any raytracing in DCS, probably far too difficult to integrate in that old engine and make it run acceptably well too...
@@julian974 no that isn’t what I mean. Is he using the features of NVIDIA’s RTX or using an external program
@@GlitchyGamers18 He’s using a RTX 3080.
I am glad to see the Mig-29 is still relevant. It's one of my favorite aircraft to shoot down when I'm flying the F-18.
great video and commentarty
@Growling Sidewinder how much ram do I need for dcs? I have noticed you have 128Gb of ram and I was wondering if I need more than 16Gb for enjoyable experince
16 is minimum for a decent experience but 32 is ideal.
beautiful machines
Just as they made it into a dogfighting King, they clipped the viper's bvr wings
I want to see a full fidelity mig29smt model.
Bring back the Aermacchi MB-339.
ww2 aircraft making a return soon?
The Mig 29 is such a great looking plane
love to see you change roles mid video???