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MiG-25 Foxbat

197k SledDriver  5.6 years ago
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To fly seventy minutes, the maximum time it can stay aloft without refueling, a MiG-25 needs fourteen tons of jet fuel and one-half ton of alcohol for braking and electronic systems. So wherever MiG-25s were based, huge quantities of alcohol were stored, and in the Soviet Air Force the plane was popularly known as the Flying Restaurant. And officers from surrounding bases — Air Force, Army, political officers — seized on any pretext to visit Chuguyevka and fill their bottles.

From MiG Pilot, by John Barron

Controls

  • Custom camera 1: Gun camera view
  • AG1: Afterburner
  • AG2: High agility mode
  • FireGuns: Fire plasma cannons
  • FireWeapons: Fire air-to-ground missiles

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 98.2ft (29.9m)
  • Length 180.3ft (55.0m)
  • Height 45.7ft (13.9m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 217,241lbs (98,539kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.931
  • Wing Loading 21.9lbs/ft2 (107.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 9,902.8ft2 (920.0m2)
  • Drag Points 58188

Parts

  • Number of Parts 483
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,771
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    165 Strix1024

    @SledDriver Very well. I know you don't make exact replicas. I just couldn't help but notice the addition of AGMs which are for that type, and I simply cited being interested in that particular Foxbat variant.

    5.3 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @Morel234 I think I based it off the MiG-25PD. The missiles are more because for testing I pretty much blow up the ships and that's it, so I used air-to-ground missiles. I don't make exact replicas, anyway.

    5.3 years ago
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    165 Strix1024

    I believe the missiles make this the MiG-25BM SEAD platform

    5.3 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    Thanks, @WalrusAircraft

    5.3 years ago
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    Yeah! loving the lines!

    5.3 years ago
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    Lmao why did this appear in my jet stream, you made this four months ago...

    5.3 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @ViciousTNT Yeah, and the SR-71 didn't even have to try. It was in another class altogether. Over Mach 2.8, the Foxbat's engines would disintegrate in a matter of minutes, while the SR-71's J-58s could keep it up for hours and hours. In the words of the most famous MiG-25 pilot of all time:

    "Chasing the SR-71 along the Siberian Coast, I could not match its speed. One flight in the MiG-25 and we had to change our engines. I could not believe that such technologies existed."

    The pilot was Viktor Belenko, who defected to the US (via Japan) in a MiG-25. The SR-71 was part of the reason for his defection, because he began to question how, if the Americans were as decadent and stupid as the Soviet government would have him believe, they could produce technology so much better than the Soviets. That's the Blackbird for you: destroying Communism from within, simply by existing. One hell of a plane, and it has never been equaled.

    +4 5.6 years ago
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    2,816 ViciousTNT

    The only thing that could beat this beauty was the SR-71...

    5.6 years ago
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    1,037 bang091

    This is true @SledDriver

    5.6 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @CenturiVonKikie Every upvote I have? Right now that's over 8,800 upvotes... that much chocolate isn't good for you.

    +1 5.6 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @bang091 thanks, but I think you know it's good when you see it, regardless of how many upvotes it gets.

    5.6 years ago
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    1,037 bang091

    When it gets upvotes by a moderator you know its good

    5.6 years ago
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    1,037 bang091

    Cool back story.

    5.6 years ago
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    20.3k JessaLeih

    The day you make some sort of swing wing fighter or bomber is the day I'll take shots (of chocolate) for every upvote you have.

    This is one of the most replica-ish models you've made yet. Keep it up.

    5.6 years ago
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    @SledDriver Meow!

    5.6 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @ThomasRoderick Bless you

    5.6 years ago
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    @SledDriver Achoo!

    5.6 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @Johawks1976 OK, I'll put them on my list.

    5.6 years ago
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    5,677 Johawks1976

    Or an A-5 vigilante

    5.6 years ago
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    5,677 Johawks1976

    It would be nice to see a sled B-1B

    5.6 years ago
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    @SledDriver oh, sorry, my bad.

    5.6 years ago
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    10.6k Trijetz

    @SledDriver true, true. I will definitelt download ot when i can.

    5.6 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    As of now, no. School is hectic and I’m going to start being more independent and think about what needs to be done before I do it @SledDriver

    5.6 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    Thanks, @Trijets. But if you don't download it, you'll miss out on the cool stuff like the nozzle feathers and the subtle bevels on the wing pylons.

    5.6 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    Thanks, @CRJ900Pilot. You ever get around to doing that Steam thing?

    5.6 years ago
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