By
Gepard
MiG-21SMT
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This mod is made for SF2.
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I. History
One of the major problems of the MiG-21 was the short range of the plane. The reason for it was the small internal fuel volume. To solve the problem additional tanks on the back were installed. First one in the MiG-21PF, later three beginning with MiG-21R. When the soviet Air Force demanded to make the MiG-21 to a nuclear weapon platform soon the short range seemt to be the major problem. So the designers took the latest version of the bird, the MiG-21SM and increased the fuel capacity of the back tanks dramatically. The MiG-21SMT was born.
In the troops the plane was not liked very well. The pilots hated it to fly such an non agile plane. The plane got the nickname "Humpback" and this was not meant positive.
Later a lot of SMT were reworked "in field", the big backtank was removed and replaced by the backtank of the MiG-21bis Lasur. Such reworked planes were called MiG-21ST.
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II.
CREDITS:
While making the MiG-21SMT i used a lot of files made by other modders. Thanks for this files!
The LOD file is made:
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by TK
The skin is made:
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by Spillone104
The flight model is made :
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by TK
and modded
by Spillone104
and
a little bit by me
The Cockpit is made
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by Paladrian (Mago)
The mods for the engine exhausts, nose antennas and pitot tubes and the big backtank for the SMT are all made
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by Spillone104
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III.
INSTALLATION:
-Unzip the folders into your object folder
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IV.
For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use the forum or send me a PM.
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V.
The MiG-21SMT and all containing files are FREEWARE. COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT ALLOWED!
The additionally parts are NOT FREEWARE. Please check the readme of that files.
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VI. Known issues
The plane is prepared for the file RED3201 which is taken from Red_Pilots_Part1 pack. This pack you find in the download area for first generation SF.
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Hope you enjoy it.
Michael (Gepard)
Made in Germany
April 2021