*** Posted by TIGER ***
Hi Rapier
I have on my hard disk MIG29vsF16 comparision.
My opinion about these aircraft.
1. F16 has a limit of AoA of 25'
MIG29 - 45' AoA
2. F16 has a better all around visibility.
3. MIG29 has a HMS (helmet mounted sight) which is VERY DANGEROUS for F16.
4. At slow airspeeds the MIG29 is better.
5. At higher airspeeds the F16 is better.
6. The Archer missile is far better than the Sidewinder.
7. F16 has far better avionics.
8. MIG29 has a more advanced airframe (the second advanced in the world - first is the SU27 airframe).
9. The MIG29 has IRST which can track the Falcon in most respects without using radar. F16 can't do that.
10. F16 has fly-by-wire system.
11. MIG29 is more resistant in combat due to its twin engines.
12. F16's engine overtakes with 40% the twin engines of MIG29.
13. MIG29 has the best acceleration in the world.
14. The russians BVR missile overtake the AMRAAMs talking about range.
Which is the best?
TIGER

[Hi Tiger,

Well done, I was testing you on your knowledge and you have passed, only kidding. It's great that you know alot about Russian aircraft because it is important for a sim user to know his enemy so let me know anything surprising about MIG's and SU's. I was reading a really interesting article the other day about the MIG-29 V's the F-16, which I think you posted about before I'm not sure, but I was shocked to find out that the MIG-29 seems to be a very big threat to the F-16 in terms of it's armament capabilty and the head mounted targeting systems and if the F-16 was in a 45 degree position from the nose of a MIG-29 it stands a good chance of being hit bad. Is this true?

The trouble in F4 when I turn hard at 350 Knts is that the speed drops off really bad. It may be because I'm pulling back really hard and forcing too much out of the aircraft.

I was born in England but I am half Italian. In Italy there is an American AFB about 20 miles south from my home town. It's situated near a mountain area in the south of Italy. When I was a child I would watch the plane's training in the mountains. All I would hear were the sonic booms, they sounded terrifying, like loud thunder and that's when I first began to love aircraft.

I was studying at Middlesex Uni but had to pull out due to financial difficulties. I was studying Computer Science. How are you finding your course by the way? Are you enjoying yourself?

Rapier.]