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View File Mig-23MF cockpit, BVR & Export Variant This is the SFP1 series cockpit (version 1.4) for the Mig-23MF of the Mirage factory which could fire beyond visual range missiles even for foreign countries. Download the Mirage Factory Mig-23 package here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=5211 Mig-23MF cockpit additions made by Richard "Pitts2A" Ordway, Starfighter2, lindr2. Thanks to Armour Dave and Sal for the cockpit Full instructions in the read me Submitter ordway Submitted 08/06/2009 Category Jet Cockpits  

Thanks for your hard work! I have just completed the Mig-23BN dedicated ground attack fighter cockpit without the TV scope. I ended up changing almost everything compared to the Mig-27D according to photos.

What do you mean?

Wow! Fantastic find! These are really helpful. Thanks. Is that a data link or a radar screen on the right side of the Indian gray cockpit?

If anyone can post more photos of the Mig-27/Mig-23BN cockpits, it would help me to bring you a lot better pit...especially you eastern types with access I don't have. Thanks.

Mig-27D cockpit repaint of Mig-23s nearing completion. I painted on a TV screen image and repainted, added, changed gages, levers, knobs, dials and placards and the gunsight in the cockpit according to color photos. The Mig-23BN ground attack version will not have a TV set on it. This is for lindr2's Mig-27 posted series located here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=6576 and a separate Mig23BN ground attack fighter. The progress of the Mig-27D cockpit so far:

Yes, if anyone can make that radar transparent on the screen, let me know.

Mig-23P air defense version almost finished. It had the enemies' information data linked to its HUD. It had no ground attack capability, but enhanced radar. The MiG-23P was the most numerous PVO interceptor in the 1980s

Mig-23MF export version cockpit and the Mig-23MLD cockpit are almost finished. This Mig-23MF export version saw combat in the middle east with Syria and reportedly had some F-4 and F-16 kills. It was a much improved export version after the previous MS version. Added are features to make it more "developing worldish" including red labeling tape, lots of dust and simplified features. It fired radar-guided missiles and so was a BVR threat with the AA-7 Apex missiles. The Mig-23MLD cockpit is also almost finished. It was the the ultimate and final production updated Mig-23 version. It has a unique gunsight and HUD compared to the previous versions.

Great job! Can you state what you changed exactly?

View File MIG-23MS Cockpit - Export Version (TMF) This is the SFP1 series cockpit (version 1.0) for the first export version Mig-23, the Mig-23MS of the Mirage factory. Download the Mirage Factory Mig-23 package here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...le=5211Mig-23MS This is the Mig-23MS cockpit in a light blue Russian color (from photos) and modded to the Mig-23MS standard from Armourdave and Sal's Mig-23 grey-colored cockpit. I believe that Mago & Badger 343rd did the original cockpit. Full install instructions, credits and stuff in the enclosed read me Enjoy! Submitter ordway Submitted 07/27/2009 Category Jet Cockpits  

Yes, I think the MLD will be next. It has its own very special and specific HUD that Starfighter2 built for it....different than for all the others. Boy, this Mig-23 series cockpits seems to have more dedicated variations then the beach has sand!

Mig-23MS cockpit almost ready. The Mig-23 was the USSR's "most capable tactical fighter during the height of the cold war" according to a Jane's recognition guide.* The Mig-23MS export version saw heavy Arab-Israeli combat in the middle east and had combat with USN F-14s near Libya. It was a downgraded export version with a Mig-21 RP-22SM 'Jay Bird' radar in a smaller radome, and the IRST was removed. It reportedly had a radar scope on the dash like the Mig-21 series. This variant had no BVR capability. It was extremely fast at low level, had outstanding acceleration and a superb climb rate. It reportedly shot down some F-4s and perhaps an F-16 according to some Russian and some other sources. * Jane's Vintage Aircraft Recognition Guide by Tony Holmes, 2005.

[Edit] Hmmm, you gave me some inspiration. Maybe I can get back to finishing the Angolan/Namibia/S. African terrain project after I finish the plethora of Mig-23 cockpits. You could stage a cold war Russki vs West scenario there too.

Well, here is the cockpit if that is what you mean. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=6033 If you mean the terrain...it is a pretty dead project right now. I could send you, or anyone else, the tiles, etc. which are pretty well-researched from Google Earth, photos and contact with inhabitants in my opinion.

I just uploaded a newer enhanced Mig-23ML (later version) cockpit which is by far more accurate than my previously uploaded version according to photos (as I became more skilled). Below are the two for comparison. Thanks also to Armourdave, Sal, Starfighter2 and lindr2. Mig-23ML Download link: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=8938 Mig-23M (Older version cockpit): Note the differences: The later version has only one dial on the upper deck instead of two of the earlier Mig-23M, a very different gunsight (with a huge instrument panel on it for the later version), different radar displays and some other placement differences. Mig-23M download link: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=9475 Mig-23ML (Newer version cockpit): ...and the very dark cockpit color from a color photo of a Mig-23ML:

The new, more accurate (later mig-23) ML version has just been uploaded. It has many enhancements compared to the former ML I had uploaded according to photos: gunsight, more accurate instrument locations and types, and some photo-realistic work.

Hmm, if you can wait a few more hours I will have a much more updated (accurate to photos) SFP1 Mig-23ML cockpit uploaded. It will be in the following Mig-23ML dark green color. To answer your question about which cockpit is best...basically, the Mig-23M cockpit (early) is most accurate for the M, MS, MF, P, MLA. The Mig-23ML cockpit (later) is best for later Mig-23s such as the ML, MLD, Flogger K. The cockpits will have significant differences such as replaced instruments and different locations. However, if you can wait for a few weeks, there will be many more Mig-23 cockpits available for download with specific HUDs. The defense-specific Mig-23P and MLA will have extremely different HUDs as they are strongly data linked with multiple numbers displayed thanks to Starfighter2. X-ray, if you get them converted to SF2 standards, please either also send them to me or upload them yourself. I am too busy just trying to get the buggers even working. The community needs the SF2 versions and I don't have the time to do the converting. Thanks,

Hi, did you first download the Mig-23 series from http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=5211 Then you can add the cockpit into that Mig-23M and it should work. Its in the readme, I believe. Maybe, I should just make it easier and include everything in the folder.

I added some more objects in the new version 1.1 to make the Mig-23M cockpit closer to photos: 1. Added the round threat indicator to the left panel. 2. Deleted the dome shaped threat panel to the right panel. 3. Added two panel warning rows to the right panel. 4. Deleted the massive warning panel to the right side panel and added a photorealistic panel instead. This will be uploaded today I hope.

I do not know. However, there is a lot of strange graphics to make the Mig-23 HUD work. So, I do not know.

I think yes. It might take awhile.

Okay, I just uploaded the Mig-23M cockpit for SFP1 series. I am so exhausted from it that I have only made it compataible for the SFP1 series. The Mig-23M was the first mass production Mig-23 series and reportedly had a radar nearly equal to the F4J's (when it was working). It was supposedly the first Soviet BVR fighter. The Mig-23 reported getting kills according to some books including a possible F-16 (which was not BVR rated at the time) as well as a Mirage F-1 and possibly an F-4 or two. Enjoy!