Question for community about MiG-19 updated ini (Flight model)

[Eagle114th]

Hello everyone,

I have been looking through various MiG-19 series mods and I am still stuck with various MiG-19S data ini.  May I ask, which mod anyone recommend for MiG-19 flight model overhaul or have updated data.ini that updates the flight model? 

The flight model for MiG-15s and 17s are taken care of (Thank to KAW and Wing over Vietnam Expansion campaign mods).  I found the overhaul mods for SF2 MiG-21s and 23s.  It is MiG-19s that I am stuck for now.  To my surprise, the material for MiG-19 are rather very difficult to find, including the afterburner.  Fortunately, thank to DCS manual (MiG-19P) and MiG-19 series book, found some pictuures needed for afterburner effects.

As always, thank you for the advice and information.


Eagle114th

 

Edited May 31, 2022 by Eagle114th

[macelena]

I've often wondered the same, beside issues like short range and, well, engines catching fire, it would seem like if the real Farmer was as good as it is in game it would have been much more ubiquitous and popular, not that it wasn't in real life but not as much as MiG-17s and 21s. I guess it might have had, as both the 17 and 21, some issues with the control surfaces at higher speeds but I've never heard any of that

[+streakeagle]

By the numbers written in the books, the MiG-19 had power and agility. It had guns, missiles, and a decent bubble canopy. It should have been the dominant fighter until the next generation F-15/F-16 fighters entered service.

North Vietnam was given access to the MiG-17, Chinese variants of the MiG-19 (not so explosive as the early Russian production versions), and various versions of the MiG-21. They preferred the MiG-21. Why? Because the MiG-19 was harder to maintain and the versions they had didn't support missiles until after the Vietnam War ended. With a relatively low number of aircraft available, the VPAF preferred high speed hit and run tactics with missiles. The MiG-21 was the perfect fit for their preferred tactics. It was certainly faster than the MiG-19 and the later MF version was even a bit more powerful than the MiG-19. Apparently, the MiG-19 was also more challenging to maintain. The MiG-21's single engine was more reliable as well as easier to maintain. Sometimes, brochure performance data doesn't quite tell the whole story.

Edited June 1, 2022 by streakeagle