MiG-29 In War Thunder : A Detailed Review 

To those who commented asking about the Cobra Maneuver, or other supermaneuverable features, the Mig-29 IRL can only perform those after disabling a safety feature on the flight computer (a switch). This isn't represented in the game in any way, at least not yet, so for now - no such luck.

Crazy how all these new gen 4s still dont get stock flares

It's unable to pull the nose around at low airspeeds and the AoA is lacking. Currently the FM is very underperforming and I am working on bug reports to fix it. The F-16 was also irrationally nerfed into the ground before introduction to live. I'd recommend covering these if they're fixed after the new years.

I believe this is actually the Mig29A 9-13. It's a bit confusing, but the first Fatback 9-13 carried more fuel, more ordnance and a jammer. the 9-13S is the Mig29S, with a new radar and other upgrades.

You absolute madlad going into Air RB in cockpit view with VR.

I wanna say a really and heartfelt thank you to you Tims, It may not seem much but these videos are so helpfull and yet entertaining to see, and the best part is your demeanor. Keep going, this is a top tier channel on youtube. So Thank you again!

11:10 r-60 casually stopping by to say hello

Outstanding video about the MiG-29. Putting history about the aircraft and it's real life purpose at the beginning, makes this review above and beyond.

Babe wake up, new Tim video

Excellent and much awaited review. Thank you.

brilliant video! You narrate excellently. The history section at the beginning was fascinating

thank you, this is the exact type of review i was looking for. other reviews had too much filler talk that didn't need to be said, you said exactly what needed to be said and didnt waste my time. thank you.

As always, perfect video of yours Tim! Continue onwards, I did get to hit people with my gun since the game where I came across you.

Great video as always Tim!

Love these reviews man

i saw you in game!! love your videos man theyre amazing

I love these reviews for how objective it is!

Thank you for the video. You are very dependable source of accurate info and I felt I should write it so you can see it. MiG-29 here I come

Great video as always!

As I said in chat during the Golan Heights match where you were flying with VR - SOLID videos. I love all the real-life historical and technical detail you include when reviewing WT vehicles. Keep up the great work, and I hope to see you in the skies again soon! (though you won't get so lucky as to avoid my missiles next time!)

Tim, that VR footage segment is amazing! I would *love* to watch a series of as-you-fly narrated VR aircraft RB videos from you.

Wow so great review that I have subscribed. Great job.

I played with you yesterday mate, keep it on!

Saw you flying it earlier today, wasn't a good match for footage (for either of us lol) but it was still nice to see you running around in game

The HMD works like a charm with TrackIR. The way it behaves for VR in your video is clearly not as intended.

his voice makes me feel like I'm watching an episode of Wings or something. Just found this channel today to learn a little more about radar in wt, had no idea about ir locking! Love the insane effort that's gotta go into this level of quality!

I appreciate the information put out by Tim's variety as I have just moved into the top tier jet arena, and I want to get better and know my planes. I have to say that he does more informing on the plane itself than just making a videos where he went out and got airkills, I like that, its teaching you how to use the plane, not showing off.

I am gunning for mig29 so your vid kinda helps me to understand what I am getting into, thanks

Can't wait for the next vid!

7:35 - This guy is from Russian Empire =RuEmp= , one of this game's most famous Russian regiments, and maybe the bigger. A guy from it helped me a lot with flight. He is very intellectual and educated.

Those Gaijin's thrust parameters: 3920/6820 kgf. And real RD-33: 5040/8340. Welcome to the second iteration of dev server, folks)) p.s. S version is based on 9-13, but they is not the same, if i'm correct. S version have advanced radar and optic complex RLPK-29S for extended R-27RE/TE, R-77 use, underwing fuel tanks 1150L (older 29 versions: underfuselage 1500L and underwing on 800L) for example. Just Gaijin's magic i guess.

I love your content tim

I saw u in a game today and that made my day

I hope we ll see a 2000D review. Clearly the best plane of the update for cas player

man your reviews are something else, i felt the immersion from the beginning, i felt like a soviet engineer trying to build this thing, the oculus shots are matching dcs basically, amazing.

It's nice to see some commentary on the new plane that isn't from a complaintuber

I would've waited a whole to see how updates and bug reports change the vehicle, but excited to see the video nonetheless

I was testing both the f16 and mig29 out and if you press your key bind for switch cockpit sight in the cockpit view for the mig29 you get the funnel. This also works if you lock something in the f16 it gives you a lead Indication.

9:13 he said it again 😂 we love you man

Another Thing to mention IS the 30mm. After so many jets With the waterpistol this cannon is a delight to See, extremely powerful and better trajectory imo

You’re one of the best warthunder content creators

The HMD was used in the atlas cheetah and the mirage AZ in South Africa.

Thank's for the great review. A little note: The difference between the 29S and A seem a bit more complex than the difference between the 9-13 and 9-12 Variant. The 9-12 can actually be an S and an A, the same goes for the 9-13. I honestly don't have it fully figured out either, I only know that it is not as simple as I thought at first. If I do find out more, I will reply to this comment.

10:20 you can also use the 2-stage afterburner mouse wheel trick to lower fuel consumption

I love the fact that American players who complained about the R-73 (which was balanced in the first dev) are now quiet because they got 2 F-16s

No one going to talk about the missile that almost hits him at 11:09? 😅

Uh, I hate to be that guy, but the 9.13 is not the S model per say. It just has slightly more fuel in the spine and a jammer system. Just a regular Fulcrum C instead. It merely provided the basis upon which the 9.13S was made from with improved radar and avionics changes to facilitate R-27ER/T and R-77 use among other things. That said, most informative. The Fulcrum is just such a beautiful jet to behold.

Hey Tim ! Will you make a review of the mirage 2000D and show the custom loadouts on it pls, i really would like to know if it can destroy entirely a base with a specific bomb loadout. Ty very much love your vids as always

Schrage Musik unlocks its full potential

A tip To make it eat less fuel Use first stage afterburner instead of second stage You won't accelerate above mach 1.10 anytime soon but it won't eat your entire fuel load

Re HMD, in the real MiG-29 the pilot's helmet had an analog sight, mounted to the right side of his helmet. The pilot would drop that over his eye and it would have a transparent square of plastic with a ring sight in it. He'd move that over the bandit, press a button on the stick to lock up the target, squeeze the launch authorize button and away the missile goes. It was crude, just a step above the AH-1 Cobra gunner helmet sights, but it worked. Then came the SU-27's system and the more advanced Israeli systems followed by the US and others. Funny enough the A-10C and the F-16C have the same helmet mounted display and if the F-14D and stayed it would have had the same display.

The mig 29 is just a wonderful aircraft like just LOOK AT IT ITS LOVELY!

Early squad

14:25 since we still can't control hud brightness witch is a feature well used before there were huds

I absolutely grinded my F-16 yesterday and I love it so much... I know that it wont stay this way for too long

You know a video is good when you go to like and you've already liked lol

The US Navy had helmet mounted targeting systems in service as early as the late 60s, way before south africa did. Pretty much all USN phantoms had access to em. The technology was fairly well understood in the west, they just tended to prioritize radar slaving, given how advanced their radar sets were.

The 29 performs very well in sim, I have been flying it all day and only got shot down a couple times

11:11 AAMs working as intended

Mate, your reviews are amazing, but please, activate rectangular radar HUD, it gives more info that normal one!!

No Schräge Musik on the plane, 9/10.

"It will allow for sloppier performances, you decide if this is a good or bad thing" It definitely is a good thing imo. Anyone who disagrees ask yourself this, what's the point on continuing to introduce modern vehicles if they don't provide upgrades and ease of use life upgrades? Modern military equipment is easier to use than the previous equipment, accessibility improvements were done to make the technology easier to use and more human friendly. The doctorine most countries realised, was a more comfortable pilot or crew meant a better performing crew. Now that being said it appears that the mig 29 will still perform better if you never make a mistake and fly it like a champ, the difference is there's more of a margin for error. I just think it's important to accept this sooner rather than later, before the 5th gen jets with thrust vectoring arrive.

everyone is talking about AMRAAM capable F-16s, but no one mentioned that the MiG-29 we got, is R-77 capable. also the fact that we didn't get the 29A and jumped to 29S, gives me thoughts of a premium that I hope we don't get any time soon

How about it's cannon sight: on air target?? Idk how to use it (if you set up the sight mode control, you can go through standard, cannon on ground (ballistics computer), and cannon on air target (which is new). These all refer to the in cockpit sight)

Good review as always, but this is probably the first time i have had a radically different experience with a plane than you have. I spaded it and i have not had a good time with it. It has great potential, the flight performance is amazing and should get better if the snail decides to fix it's flight model, BUT it's missiles are just so unreliable that flying it is an exercise in frustration. The R60m's are a known quantity, they are good at sniping unaware players and not much else, the way they love to chase flares is almost comical at this point. What is not so funny is that the r-27T perform barely better when it comes to flare resistance. No need to drop afterburner or do much maneuvering, just drop flares and the missile is most likely gonna miss. I'm having more success with the R-27R but barely.... The problem is the Mig's radar is rather hard to get working correctly. The ACM will refuse to lock to anything you point it at, for me it consistently locks to things well outside the indicated search area. Even if you do get a lock it seems to randomly lose it way more often than for example the MLD. I think most of my frustration comes from the fact you only get 2 of the "good missiles", so when they fail to perform it's all more annoying. Long story short, i'm probably gonna stick with the f-14 until they update something on the Mig

This should've gotten R73s. It's still 90% US on the que, just get those Americans a reason to leave their tree for once

Can you do a vid about key binds please

irl the hms is even better, it slave the irst or radar, and then the radar or the irst enslave the missile. Once the target is lock the red circle stop following your head but follow the locked plane. thanks to that you can easly keep the position of your enemy in a dogfight.

There's a bug on console that when you free look while spooling a missile like the IR missiles, it does not following where you look like it should and how you do on PC. Bit frustrating I am not able to use the helmet mount display on my IR missiles and have to use the mouse aim to aim it.

Have you checked out the HMCS on the F-4J yet? Slick stuff, even if its mounted on a 'worse' airframe than the Mig-29.

Brick knows this is a video about the Mig29 but, does anyone know the graphic settings for those smooth missile contrails and flares?

Is there a chance you could make another video about radar? Because radar has gone through a lot of change resently

Can we see a review on the F-16 soon?

That **EEEEEEE** helmet mounted targeting system

11:10 jesus that was close lol

Pls do vid on what u think will come out in 2023

to counter the F14 Phoneix you can sideclimb so that F-14 Radar can't see you.

now i am really looking forword to my favorite russian fighter the su 27 flanker

R-24T's supposed "Flare resistance" is nerfed right now.

Wonder if we'll get the 9.12B for the Germany?

man idk if im the only one but the radar loses lock on this jet when i wanna use my R27R !? i just don’t understand how the radar on this thing works, it was really simple on the MLD, but this i get a lock and then fire just to see the lock go away and the missile hit nothing but air !!

7:20 you play only VR in RB? Thought you would go into SB for that

Would you recommend running the R27ER on the soviet MiG-28

Aren’t the Engines a bit weak tho? I mean if you compare it to an F4E the F4 has more thrust than it.

Grinded for 12 hours straight to get this thing and was it worth it? Probably not. Is it fun? Definitely. I certainly feel like its underperforming significantly to how it should but at this point I think everything in WarThunder is

Do the R60Ms radar slave like Aim9Js to avoid countermeasures? I haven't thought to try it yet and won't get a chance to do it for a couple of days.

Anyone having a problem not having the HMD working on console? Or is there a HMD setting that you have to enable? Thanks!

Hey, when are you going to explain how to use the new radars? Constantly losing lock with the f16 and aim7m even when the target isn't notching

please do a review on the f4j uk

It's difficult stock grinding this

As I was thinking, this doesnt really shift the meta. Mig29 should have been introduced together with the f-14, that still remains the most capable aircraft in the american tech tree and arguably in the game. But now at least it has several worthy opponents. I'd like to see also france and sweden get better BVR missiles in the future to stop the gap between them and the usa.

Where are the PL-8 for my glorious J-8B, Gaijooble ?

Do the HMDs work with anything other than the R-27T?

Anyone noticed a stray r60 flying by at: 11:10

imagine having a VR set but still playing with mouse and keybrd... 3rd person view is better than cockpit view in this case Thanks for the vid like your work !

I recommend the R27T The radar isn't great

I hear alot of people complaining about $70 premium well they are $89.99 here so after taxes they are over $100 here in Canada

With the Mig-29 in War Thunder. I now wait the Su-27 with extreme patience.

No "Schräge Musik" cannon on the aircraft

I am severly underwhelmed by the new planes. They actually work at 11.7