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[Berkut]

heh, got me there, forgot about the Mig-23, well basically all modern migs have 2. I never said that its a step up in design evolution, I just said mig design bureau seems to prefer that arrangement. On top of that every time I think single engine I keep remembering something I watched on discovery channel recently about CF training aircraft, where the instructor says "This isn't an F-18, where if something goes wrong with an engine, you can still land the aircraft with one, on this if something goes wrong with the engine I have 3 words for you EJECT EJECT EJECT" lol. It does look a bit like rafale, but also like Mig 1.44. Gotta agree on the wingtips though, on a second look they seem very sharp. Another idea would be to have manuvering thrusters at the wing tips.

[Monkey Boy]

@ Berkut:
Yeak I agree, that was one of the main reasons why Austraila chose the F-18 over the F16 way back.

I prefer 2 or more engins just from redundency point of view.

As to "Another idea would be to have manuvering thrusters at the wing tips."
I suggested RCS pods on the wingtips - in case anyone is unfamiliar with the initials - they stand for Reaction Control System, in short, attitude thrusters - the things that puff to spin the BSG vipers around.

[kborak]

ok Ive read and thought hard on everything from the turbo smoothing which is diificult to detail, to the engines. so last night I sat and redid the fuselage and yes its turbo smoothed but I kept the same wing shape retweaked it a bit. The reasoning is I wanted to have room for 3 engines. one for space flight two for atmospheric(which will have an impact on the story line.) I have been playing with some tutorial and I have figured out how to detail the turbo smoothing brute force I believe is the right word.
Now the reason for the tail that I have added is The Soviets are all about redundency, in atmo flight the mig's primary system for manuvering will be the RBS system however in case it fails in atmo there will still be a way to fly the ship.
I also am going to with the EDI idea about entering and exiting the craft.
So here it is the mig 129 and this is the one that is being built.

[deg3D]

Cool design dude, nice work so far.

I would taper your wings and round the leading edge if you want to stay within real aerodynamics though.

deg

[kborak]

@deg The wings are actually shaped as an air foil but yes the leading edge is rounded I like the look of it too much to round it out. Ill stretch the truth lol for my story.

[deg3D]

Well there ya go then, gotcha.

deg

[kborak]

proof that I am serious about this one.....I added the atmo engines and started working out the ion drive.

[Meph]

Cool, it's resembling a bit like this fighter

MiG-35 / 1.42 Multifunctional Fighter [MFI]

YouTube - MIG 1.42/1.44 5th generation Russian fighter Jet

with a mix of

Sukhoi Su-32/Su-34 Fullback
Aviation Photos: Sukhoi Su-32/34

Good job man!

[kborak]

Ty meph and you managed to nail my reference aircraft lol I love the mig-35

[kborak]

ok started the cockpit. Going with the drop down seat from edi, Im keeping comtrols internal and side mounted. I know the seat needs to be redone but this is jut for reference. I am keeping the interior low poly and will texture the instruments.