War Thunder Showing HOW I FLY in the German MiG-29 9.12A! Strategies & tactics to do BVR and MORE! 

How to fly the MiG: Not dying.

The locking issue is ping related usually. IR missile lock trails the target or sometimes can't lock for a while when you have ping.

i would recommend using tws on the mig29, or on any plane that can use it. it gives you important information when it comes to target prioritization WITHOUT letting the enemy know you are targeting them. also i would also always use the fuel tank. when you're on the deck, you use a ton of fuel with afterburner. getting up to speed and then zoom climbing should use up almost all the fuel in the tank anyways. weighing less on takeoff is kinda irrelevant when you can always just use afterburner when you want to shed weight, and the advantage of being lighter in a dogfight is lost if you're having to hold back on using your afterburner to not run out of fuel.

i wish players start using BVR tactics like some people do in DCS, like Squad tactics Mig-21 use to close the range with more modern jets

At 2:16 is the most valuable lesson of the video, all this time i only been using, on/off, and zoom for my radars, i was figuring out how the heck change locked targets without turning on and off the damn radar (thus locking targets safely)

If you're struggling to figure out how to use the Radar Cue (the little selector line) this is for you. You need to first, go into your options and disabled the radar target selection thingy. Second you need to set the axis keybinds in your options. I have mine on my Arrow keys. Hopefully that helps. For the keybinds, make sure you DONT put relative control on and DONT set a keybind to enable and disable the cue.

Really enjoyed this video. As a complete noob with the Mig29 it’s helping me learn it.

Thanks for this video, it’s taking a very long time to master this skill consistently, but so far whenever I get good games, I am always getting a guaranteed 3-5 kills.

Dang 9/23/22 the day we celebrated 5k subs and I said I could wait for 10k. Now it’s almost 20k awesome content mat

Good video man we need more strategy videos like this

mat experimenta depois usar os flaps do mig 29 quando manobrando em baixas velocidades (450-550 kph), parece que agora eles tem impacto positivo na curva.

MatAWG you may find this tip interesting. I just tried it after learning it from another RU-vidr. It’s a way to mimic IRST with the R27er. Basically you lock the enemy, fire the R27, then almost immediately release your lock while maintaining soft-lock tracking with TWS. After a few seconds, the missile will be close enough that if you re-lock with a hard lock, it’ll find and hit the target. The purpose of releasing lock is that the enemy will likely not go evasive against your missile. When you re-lock a few seconds later and they go evasive, the missile will already be so close they won’t have enough time to dodge it.

A suggestion I'd like to give out is take some time and watch Growling Sidewinder's (www.youtube.com/@GrowlingSidewinder ) videos, both for BVR and dogfight. The missiles may be different and the aircrafts may be more advanced, but most of the stuff you can see there can be modified and extrapolated for War Thunder. Also, as Mat mentioned, remember that as long as you stay low enough, RADAR missiles will not deliver. No matter how much it looks like it's guiding and it's gonna hit, if you commit to the ground the're gonna miss and hit the ground. This will only fail if the splash damage of the missile hitting the ground gives you significant enough damage, so be wary of that (although the vast majority of times this is only true for AIM-54s, which can be outmaneuvered or notched without too much struggle, and they're easy to recognize thanks to their extremely long burn time). As stated above, this only works for SARH and ARH missiles (at least in the current state of the game), so an IR guided missile such as an AIM-9 or an R-60 will still, most likely, deliver if you don't defend properly. Except for observing how the missile guides and the position of the shooter (e.g. a missile from 10 kms will almost 100% be radar guided, while one from less then a km will likely be an IR guided), you can not tell the difference unfortunately, so keep an eye out. Good luck out there, fellow pilots.

the real missiles are the friends we made on the way.

Lol 5k SL for a top tier kill :/

Is there any difference between SRC PD and TWS in terms of quality, because I do like the additional intel I get by using TWS?

I would find it useful to know more about radar missiles. like when can you forget about them after you shoot them why they do certain things. why they explode after two seconds. best angles to shoot them at and which radar mode. which radar modes work from behind or from the side etc...

Thanks much , helpful for the splinter!

Im close to tier8 ussr and i really needed this

Thanks for the tutorial

Great video (as always)! I wanted to say though, Fox 1 is for a SARH missile, Fox 2 is for an IR missile, and Fox 3 is for a BVR missile. Not your fault, just wanted to share some information.

Attempting to find bindings for all these radar modes is so tough on a Xbox remote

It really feels like R-60's dont do damage any more

Oh the high altitude thing would work well for YOU of course. Me meanwhile I do the exact same fucking thing and I get pinged to death by four enemy planes who seemingly break my lock instantly and then fuck me over by NEVER EVER BREAKING THEIRS NO MATTER WHAT I DO

Bro, I play in the same form, but all the time, when the radar gets a target, in the moment when the r27r is close to impact, the radar loses the target and bye bye missile, the funny here, only happen me in the frontal aspect, in the fucking aspect where the r27r are so effective

very useful ty :D

Mig-29 isn't what she was at the beginning, however SMT IS even better now

I just got this thing and. I'm so hyped about the r27s cause I've never used them that My tism brain won't focus on my surroundings so I die a lot lmaao

how long you have to MAINTAIN your look on the target?

how do you move the radar to select a target?

this fucking thing is so incredibly frustrating to use. I lock people at like 30km and the lock just disappears. Im sure its user error but I played the F14 and the MLD and both radars felt like they were more reliable when it comes to maintaining locks.

I avoid climbing over 5500 m because of trace that enemy can see from 30km~

i CANNOT wait for the f-15

Can you make a Video aboud the new Vr update for console ?

It is 1:52 AM (in Moscow) I want to sleep but you post videos. So I cannot sleep. GO TO BED MATTHEW:3

Mat How do you switch targets with mig29 I see you are switching targes as there are many. Is there a way of doing that?

Cut after burner helps to use chaff or u just made that in case an IR is comming

ive yet to die from someone shooting a msl at me from BVR in this new update however when the enemies come closer it is a different story

Yeah tats cool and all, but the thing is how do you play it stock, as well as the F16

Could you make/show how to operate the radar? I have seen that you can move/change the target with the arrow keys but I don't know how to configure them :c

I need to know how to turn without mouse. So keybinds I guess

how can i make hmd work on console in free look mode?

I can't reset my radar axes how do you do ? something to check in the settings?

When you tilt your radar how do you get it back to normal ?

@MatAWG How do you change from SRC PD HDN to TRK PD HDN???? with 100KM

do certain countries only get put in matches with other countries? like as an example the U.S, and Sweden, but not USSR. i’ve been told that this is what happens but i don’t know if that’s true or not.

How do you get that radar screen on the right

Can you bring some attention to the rwr again plz devs really really really need to give good ol rwr some love

does this apply to the ussr mig 29? i don’t get why so many people choose the german one more than russia. russia mig 29 needs more love.

POV you tried to copy the playstyle to try it but die to a AIM-54 everygame despite notching and doing literally every possible thing to evade.

educate the newbies with standard knowledge yes!

For the radar, what key binds do I need to move the target selection thingy?

Lmao that part where you say “oh my god” because someone team-killed the guy in front of you. Why do people launch missiles at enemies caught up in tight dogfights with friendliest? Just go guns or wait for a shot! I’ve died so many times to a random missile fired from 10km away at the person I’m dogfighting - hitting me instead. Sigh

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Prefiro usar o TWS HND pra achar os alvos mais facil no hud pra diferenciar oque o cara ta fazendo fica mais facil saber se ele ta subindo que nem um idiota sem precisar de lock

2:50 did you know that air resistance, at least in real life, is really high at near mach 1. Thus you should probably avoid climbing at mach 1 and climb at mach 0.95 or something.

Bro u can say what you want but the f-16 adf and MLU are better than the Mig-29(all versions) here are the reasons: 1.better it middles aim-9L (not as flare resistent as in the past but still kind of flare resistent 2.better turn fighter (it it a lot more manuverable in a doghfight especaily at low speeds 3.aim-7m has better range and has a better close range capability The R-27ER is just better in speed and 30gs at mach5.8 is nothing I dodged it a lot of times in the f-16 I am not trying to to beef it’s just my opinion Matt I would love to prove it to you sorry if my English is not that good

Yes but can you explain in fortnite terms pls

big maps suck balls imho

We need radar guide Or just me

Your flying high strategy never works for me even if I copy/paste all your actions.

Você é brasileiro?

Learn to split throttle

First viewer

Now show us how to play the Mig29 stock without any upgrades because most of us dont get those planes with all upgrades.

It is 1:52 AM (in Moscow) I want to sleep but you post videos. So I cannot sleep. GO TO BED MATTHEW:3