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MIG-28(More Top Gun Accurate)

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History

The MiG-28 (???-28 in Cyrillic script) is a twin-engine, single or two-seat fighter jet operated by Soviet bloc air forces. As seen in Top Gun, it uses wingtip-mounted Vympel K-13 (NATO reporting name "AA-2 Atoll") missiles as its primary air to air weapon (the Atoll is a reverse-engineered version of the AIM-9 Sidewinder). MiG is highly maneuverable, but somewhat slower than the F-14 Tomcat.

In the Opening scenes of Top Gun, Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and his wingman Cougar squared off against MiG-28s with no NATO reporting name and of unspecified nationality. The nation that flew the MiG-28s was not specified whatsoever in the film but assumed to be the Soviet Union or another Communist state. In the script, American pilots were warned that the MiG-28 was armed with the AM 39 Exocet, a French-made Anti-ship Missile not found in the inventory of Soviet forces. In video games licensed from the films, the enemy planes are replaced with real Soviet aircraft, the MiG-29 "Fulcrum".


Control

AG 1-Hook
AG 4-jettison aim 9 1/2
AG 5-jettison aim 9 3/4

Gallery

shoot maverick
God dammit maverick
formation
formation 2
sideview
sunset

"Laughs in Maverick"


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Credits To AndroidUser for the f 5

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor F-5 (MIG-28 LIVERY)
  • Successors 5 airplane(s)
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 28.5ft (8.7m)
  • Length 48.8ft (14.9m)
  • Height 14.4ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 4,751lbs (2,155kg)
  • Loaded Weight 10,750lbs (4,876kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.254
  • Wing Loading 17.3lbs/ft2 (84.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 619.9ft2 (57.6m2)
  • Drag Points 2599

Parts

  • Number of Parts 104
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 548