MiG-21F, hotrod of the Fishbed family

[Fubar512]

The MiG-21F-13 is rapidly emerging as my favorite ride of the entire 21 series. It's slightly cleaner, more aerodynamic lines, coupled with it's lighter weight make it the hotrod of the family.

 

I've resized the bitmaps and high lighted several of the panel lines, but it desperately needs an expert's touch in that area.

 

 

 

I've noticed a slight glitch in the landing gear animation of the original Third Wire model. The fix is as follows; Simply edit the landing gear values in '21F's data.ini to match the following:

 

 

[NoseGear]

SystemType=LANDING_GEAR

Retractable=TRUE

DeployTime=5.0

AnimationID=1

DragArea=0.124

HideGearNode=TRUE

ModelNodeName=NoseGearStrut

ShockNodeName=NoseGearHydraulics

ShockTravelAxis=X-AXIS

ShockStroke=0.2

SpringFactor=2.5

DampingFactor=1.8

WheelNodeName=NoseGearTire

RotationAxis=Z-AXIS

RollingRadius=0.23

CastoringWheel=TRUE

CastoringNodeName=NoseGearHydraulics

Steerable=TRUE

MaxSteeringSpeed=41.15

Locking=FALSE

MaxSteeringAngle=45.0

InputName=YAW_CONTROL

ControlRate=1.0

HasBrakes=FALSE

RollingCoefficient=0.05

MaxDeploySpeed=128.61

MaxLoadFactor=3.0

CompressGearOnRetraction=TRUE

 

[LeftMainGear]

SystemType=LANDING_GEAR

Retractable=TRUE

DeployTime=5.0

AnimationID=1

DragArea=0.278

HideGearNode=TRUE

ModelNodeName=LeftMainGearStrut

ShockNodeName=LeftMainGearHydraulics

ShockStroke=0.3

SpringFactor=3.0

DampingFactor=2.0

WheelNodeName=LeftMainGearTire

RotationAxis=X-AXIS <----was "Z" axis

RollingRadius=0.35

CastoringWheel=FALSE

HasBrakes=TRUE

BrakingCoefficient=0.75

RollingCoefficient=0.05

MaxDeploySpeed=128.61

MaxLoadFactor=4.0

 

[RightMainGear]

SystemType=LANDING_GEAR

Retractable=TRUE

DeployTime=5.0

AnimationID=1

DragArea=0.278

HideGearNode=TRUE

ModelNodeName=RightMainGearStrut

ShockNodeName=RightMainGearHydraulics

ShockStroke=0.3

SpringFactor=3.0

DampingFactor=2.0

WheelNodeName=RightMainGearTire

RotationAxis=X-AXIS<------was "Z" axis

RollingRadius=0.35

CastoringWheel=FALSE

HasBrakes=TRUE

BrakingCoefficient=0.75

RollingCoefficient=0.05

MaxDeploySpeed=128.61

MaxLoadFactor=4.0

[+MK2]

Fubar, amazing, out of curiosity, do you like the mig-17s and 19s , do you like all MIGs or the Mig-21? (My favorite is the 17 and the 21 hands down...)

[Fubar512]

Fubar, amazing, out of curiosity, do you like the mig-17s and 19s , do you like all MIGs or the Mig-21? (My favorite is the 17 and the 21 hands down...)

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I like the 17, although I feel that it's SF & WoV FM is somewhat "happy" . The 19's is also over modeled, with an FM that rivals a Star Wars X-wing in maneuverability. I did a VPAF MiG-19 about a year ago , using ZUR's F-86 cockpit (although it uses the stock FM).

 

BTW, do you want a bit of a challenge? Open up the SF & WoV aircraftobjects.ini (you'll have to extract it from it's .cat file) and set all the AI 'Dogfight' settings (Novice through Ace) to Ace level. as follows;

 

SafeAltitude=100

LookoutAngle=180

DefensiveAngle=120

ChanceDefensiveTurn=75

ChanceBreakTurn=100

ChanceHardTurn=100

ChanceTurnDirection=100

ChanceContinue=10

ChanceCheckNewTarget=75

CannonFireAngle=1.0

RQIRMFireAngle=3.5

ASIRMFireAngle=5.0

RHMFireAngle=15.0

MaxPitchInput=1.0

 

Save it in your objects folder, then fly a mission (or campaign).