MIG-29 Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0 • Spectrum HoloByte 1993

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Published on June 7, 2021 5:46:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPiXcVg3GDU

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Falcon 3.0 (1991)

Duration: 49:34

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MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0 was second expansion after Operation Fighting Tiger for Falcon 3.0. It didn't brought any new theaters of operations, but it introduced flyable workhorse of Soviet Air Force - MIG-29 Fulcrum. With it you could experience the Falcon 3.0 conflicts from "the other side".

The aircraft was more analog than its western counterpart. It lacked ground radar, but included two systems that could give you an edge in air combat - IRST (Infra Red Search and Track), which basically replaced ACM mode known from Falcon - gave you ability to detect enemies up to 10 nm away and lock onto them without triggering their RWR (since IRST is passive sensor). The second usefull gizmo is the helmet mounted sight, which enabled you to point your missiles at enemies far away from your boresight, bear in mind that the Archers are not modern AIM-9X, and they can't turn as sharp coming from the rail. One feature you might want to turn off is the auto-cannon fire when locked target gets into the sights, it doesn't tell friend from foe...

Since MIG-29 was more of an analog plane compared to the F-16, it lacked G-limiter and with enough speed you could easily damage (at 13G) or even destroy (over 15G) the airframe by pulling hard on the stick. Because some of the players had issue with that feature, 1.03 Patch introduced G-limiter which you could enable with ALT-O (letter O) - indicator light for this subsystem has been added to the Mach meter.

Now regarding the mission, seems like I got hit by a Patriot that was aimed at my wingman which I flew in formation when he attempted landing. After reviewing this vid I noticed the RWR was lit up, but the horn didn't came on. Maybe a bug? Also the mission was failed, even with the AWACS still in the air when I was ending the mission. Maybe I RTB-ed too early? My wingman called out Bingo, so there wasn't much choice...

Check out my other vids from this series:
Falcon 3.0 / Israel https://youtu.be/oRwXESFKZJI
Falcon 3 Easter Eggs https://youtu.be/aw2aqyIhpNE
Falcon 3 Gold / Korea https://youtu.be/Bn-QDLRzOtM
Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter / Bosnia https://youtu.be/pwGD4FDLtok

0:00 Intro and credits
2:32 Main menu
3:57 Squadron room
5:52 Starting campaign
6:40 Briefing
9:47 Report - friendly forces
10:54 Report - coalition forces
11:42 Load armament
13:12 Mission start
48:05 Debriefing

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