MiG-29 FULCRUM
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Country of Origin | CIS (formerly USSR) |
| Similar Aircraft | |
| MANUFACTURER | Moscow Air Production Organization |
| TYPE | |
| 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 |
| 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 | Six AAMs including a mix of SARH and |
| User Countries |
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| Year adoption: | 1984 |
| Wingspan, m | 11.36 |
| The length of the plane with the rod HDPE, m | 17.32 |
| Height, m | 4.73 |
| Wing area, m2 | 38.0 |
| Weight, kg | |
| - Empty aircraft | 10900 |
| - Normal take-off | 15240 |
| - Maximum take-off | 18480 |
| The maximum amount of fuel | 4200 |
| engine type | 2 turbofan RD-33 |
| Thrust, kgf: | |
| - Forced | 2 x 8300 |
| - Unforced | 2 x 5100 |
| The maximum speed, km / h. | |
| - on high | 2450 (M = 2.3) |
| - Near ground | 1300 |
| The maximum rate of climb, m / min | 19800 |
| The take-off speed, km / h | 220 |
| Landing speed, km / h | 235 |
| Service ceiling, m | 17000 |
| Practical range, km. | |
| - Without PTB | 1500 |
| - One of the PTB | 2100 |
| - Three PTB | 2900 |
| The length of the run, m | |
| - Without afterburner | 600-700 |
| - With afterburner | 260 |
| length of the path with a brake parachute, m | 600 |
| Max. operation overload | 9 g |
| Armament: |
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Basic Performance
MiG-29 MiG-33 F-16C F-18C
Take-off weight (full fuel, AAMs), kg 15,300 15,700 12,004 16,800
Thrust with afterburners, kgf 2*8,300 2*8,800 1*12,518 2*7,620
Max. speed at sea level, km/h 1,500 1,500 1,470 1,300
Max. speed at high altitude, km/h 2,450 2,500 1,890 1,900
Range w/out drop tanks at low level, km 710 900 800 950
Range w/out drop tanks at altitude, km 1,500 2,000 2,000 2,200
Thrust-to-weight ratio 1.09:1 1.15:1 1.04:1 0.86:1
Max. g load 9 9 9 9
Rate of climb, m/s 252 234 194 210
Turn rate, degree/s 23.5 22.8 21.5 20
High-speed interception range, km 345 410 389 370
Low-level penetration mission range, km 340 385 400 372
Radar aerial target detection range
(RCS=3sqm), km 60-70 80 50-60 60-65
Maximum AAM launch range, head-on 60 50 45 48
tail-on 27 20 18 18
Number of weapons hardpoints 6 9 9 8
Bomb load, tonne 4 4.5 ... 4.3
Combat readiness coefficient 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.85
Maintenance man-hours per flight hour 11.3 11.0 1 8 16-18
Mean time between failures
in the air and on the ground, hour 13.6 7.3 2.9 3.7
Airframe lifetime, hours 7,000 7,000 8,000 8,000
Relative cost 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0
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