Mikoyan Mig-35 Fullcrum #aviacionmilitar
Video from the channel Anuar Rodriguez about Mikoyan, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 5:40. Language: Spanish. Video type: Documentary.
What it's about
Narrated technical profile of the Mikoyan MiG-35 Fulcrum, a generation 4++ multirole fighter derived from the MiG-29, with improvements in avionics, armament and radar. It was developed by Mikoyan, part of the United Aircraft Corporation, for export and for the Russian air force.
Historical context
Development began in the 2000s from the MiG-29M/M2 and the MiG-29K/KUB. It was presented at Aero India in 2007, a year the video also gives as that of its official first flight, and in 2017 it began operational trials with the Russian air force, which has at least six examples. Egypt showed interest and India evaluated it in the MMRCA competition, won by the Rafale; sales have been scarce.
Key facts
It carries a Zhuk-AE AESA radar, fly-by-wire controls, a digital cockpit and two Klimov RD-33MK engines of about 9,000 kgf with afterburner and optional thrust vectoring. The video gives a length of 17.3 m, a wingspan of 12 m, a maximum take-off weight of 29,700 kg, Mach 2.25, a range of 2,000 km without external tanks and a ceiling of 17,500 m. It can carry up to 6.5 t of armament on nine hardpoints: a 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannon, R-77, R-27, R-73, Kh-31, Kh-29 and Kh-35 missiles, and KAB-500 and FAB-500 bombs. It ends by comparing it to the F-16 Block 70/72.