MiG-23F Fishtail-B

[+Gepard]

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MiG-23F Fishtail-B

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MiG-23F Fishtail-B Beta

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I.

 

This is a "What if" plane. It was not real, but could have been it if the E-8 development line would not have been canceled in 1962.

Imagine: A lot of MiG ingenieurs did not agree with Mikoyans decision to stop the E-8 program. They made a proposal to use proven elements of the E-8 and the MiG-21PF to start a new project called E-9. Mikoyan agreed and intended to use the E-9 as gap filler till his favored project E-11, the later swing wing MiG-23 Flogger, was ready. In autumn 1963 the E-9 was ready for flight tests. It was a combination of MiG-21PF engine, wings and avionics with a new fuselage, tail and canards. The E-9 was accepted by the soviet air force in spring 1964 and entered the production line in summer 1964 as MiG-23F.

It is equipped in the fashion of that time: No gun, only AAM, unguided rockets and bombs. RP-21 radar und R-11 engine.

 

 

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II.

Known issues. It is still a beta. I know that the flight gear movement is not perfect. I know, that the skin is only a test shot, quick and dirty. etc.

I will try to make it better as fast as possible.

 

 

 

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III.

 

CREDITS: I want to say thank you to a lot of guys who helped me with files, ideas and hints. First of all i want to say thank you to Ricardo Batalha whos MiG-21 gmax file was the basic for this bird. Thanks to EricGen, Amokfloo, Blackbird, Wrench ... for their hints and ideas. A big thanks to Paladrian for the Cockpit.

And again a big thank you to TK for the MiG-21 flight modell that i modded to make this bird.

 

 

 

 

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IV.

 

INSTALLATION:

 

-Unzip all files into your objects/aircraft folder.

 

Thats it

 

 

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V.

 

For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use CombatAce forum or send me a PM.

 

Hope you enjoy it.

 

 

Michael (Gepard)

 

 

Made in Germany

March 2009

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• Submitter
  Gepard
• Submitted
  03/18/2009
• Category
  Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's

 

[+starfighter2]

Interesting concept - I named it simply MiG E-9F, and changed years of use 1964-1972(until real 23 showed up though), weapons set to AA only - somehow bombs don't look right on "prototype" kind of plane.

 

Thanx for this - keep up with excellent work :yes:

[Spinners]

 

Very inventive Michael. Well done mate!!

[Atreides]

Much appreciated. Thanks a lot !

[+Gepard]

Starfighter, thanks for finding this bug.

Here a quick fix for it.

Open the data file. Look for the weapon entries and you find for each weaponpoint an line like below

 

AttachmentPosition=.....x.....,.....x.....,-0.44

 

Change the -0.44 into -0.46

 

and save it.

 

Should be better now.

[Lexx_Luthor]

Who really neat stuff. I've been planning on MiG-21 to provide backup to heavier PVO interceptors, like Bf-109s supported the more dedicated Fw-190 bomber destroyers.

 

Were the E-9 canards to be control surfaces? I read the E-8 when supersonic had fixed canards, but they flopped around freely below Mach 1.

 

Here's something if you have not seen it yet: Rudder reversed.

 

[Rudder]

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ReverseModelOrientation=TRUE

 

 

 

AwSim addition thanks!!!

[+Gepard]

Thanks for finding this bug. I will change it as soon as possible.