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Bulgarian MiG-21BIS
Cuban MiG-21BIS ... Yugoslav
MODELING NOTES:
The aircraft at rst glance appears very si-
milar to its predecessors based on the SM.
A closer look reveals several differences that
are noteworthy. For the sake of clarity, I will
proceed from the nose to the tail.
1. Air Intake
- aircraft equipped with the ‘Polyot-OI’ ILS
system have a characteristic ‘trident’ type an-
tenna under the nose and at the top of the
vertical tail.
-the intake on the BIS is of a larger diame-
ter than on aircraft powered by the R-11 and
R-13.
2. Cannon
- there are two variants of the GSh-23 vents
that vary the shape and number of ribs.
3. Cockpit
- the KM-1M seat can be either black or grey.
Here, I would recommend checking your refe-
rences for specic aircraft, if possible.
-If the aircraft is wired to carry a jamming
pod or tactical nuclear weapons, there should
be a small control panel located below the
top section of the windscreen.
4. Landing Gear
- the main gear is equipped with KT-92D whe-
els. These were unspoked.
5. Wing
- the upper wing lacks the oval panel charac-
teristic of the SM, M and MF.
6. Armament
- the armament can be combined almost
at will, as long as several rules are followed:
a. maximum loadout not to exceed 1300kg!!
b. loadouts must be symmetrical
c. UB-32 pods can only be carried on the
inboard stations and must have a half-moon
cutout to clear the main landing gear cover.
d. APU-60-2M dual R-60M rails can only be
mounted on the outboard stations
e. bombs of 500kg weight, as with MBD2-
67U for four 50-100kg size, can only be ca-
rried on the inboard pylons.
f. the aircraft can simultaneously carry
air-air missiles with infrared guidance (R-13M,
R-60M) and radar guidance (RS-2US, R-3R).
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