Well, here goes another old pearl that I wanted to reupload with better video rendering quality and edition processing.

This is without any kind of doubt the most radical flying routine performed with a fighter jet that I have ever witnessed in person. And of course, the pilot at the controls is no other than MiG legendary test pilot Mikhail Belyaev (Михаил Беляев)!

I recently received some comments on my channel saying that the SU35S is the most aerobatic flying machine out there but honestly, the MiG29OVT with thrust vectoring nozzles is at the very least, uptopar with it. Of course that's just a single prototype and didn't enter service but I imagine that a MiG35 with Thrust Vector Control would be just as mindboggling and 'UFO' 'physicsdefying' beast as some like to point :)

The Mikoyan MiG29 (Микоян МиГ29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twinengine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan and Gurevich design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su27, was developed to counter new American fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F15 Eagle, and the General Dynamics F16 Fighting Falcon. The MiG29 entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1982.

While originally oriented towards combat against any enemy aircraft, many MiG29s have been furnished as multirole fighters capable of performing a number of different operations, and are commonly outfitted to use a range of airtosurface armaments and precision munitions. The MiG29 has been manufactured in several major variants, including the multirole Mikoyan MiG29M and the navalised Mikoyan MiG29K; the most advanced member of the family to date is the Mikoyan MiG35. Later models frequently feature improved engines, glass cockpits with HOTAScompatible flight controls, modern radar and IRST sensors, and considerably increased fuel capacity; some aircraft have also been equipped for aerial refuelling.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the militaries of a number of former Soviet republics have continued to operate the MiG29, the largest of which is the Russian Air Force. The MiG29 has also been a popular export aircraft; more than 30 nations either operate or have operated the aircraft to date, India being one of the largest export operators of the type. As of 2018, the MiG29 is in production by Mikoyan, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) since 2006.

The MiG29 OVT prototype version is one of the six prebuilt MiG29Ms before 1991 that later received thrust vectoring engines and flybywire technology. It served as a thrustvectoring engine testbed and technology demonstrator in various air shows to show future improvement in the MiG29M. It has identical avionics to the MiG29M. The only difference in the cockpit layout is an additional switch to turn on vector thrust function. The two RD133 thrustvectoring engines, each features unique 3D rotating nozzles which can provide thrust vector deflection in all directions. However, despite its thrustvectoring, other specifications were not officially emphasized. The aircraft has been demonstrated along with the MiG29M2 in various air shows around the world for potential export. The aircraft is usually used as an aerobatic demonstrator.


SPECIFICATIONS

Crew: 1
Length: 17.32 m
Wingspan: 11.36 m
Height: 4.73 m
Wing area: 38 m²
Empty weight: 11,000 kg
Loaded weight: 14,900 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 18,000 kg
Fuel capacity: 3,500 kg internal
Powerplant: 2 × Klimov RD33 afterburning turbofans, 81.59 kN each

Maximum speed:
At high altitude: Mach 2.25 (2,400 km/h)
At low altitude: Mach 1.21 (1,500 km/h)
Range: 1,430 km with maximum internal fuel
Ferry range: 2,100 km with 1 drop tank
Service ceiling: 18,000 m
Rate of climb: 330 m/s (initial); 109 m/s (average)
Wing loading: 403 kg/m²
Thrust/weight: 1.09
Maximum gload: 9G

More info about the MiG29 here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan...


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