Mikoyan MiG-29K

what is it?

The Mikoyan MiG-29K (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29K; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) is a Russian all-weather carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Mikoyan Design Bureau. The MiG-29K was developed in the late 1980s from the MiG-29M. Mikoyan describes it as a 4+ generation aircraft. The production standard MiG-29Ks differ from prototypes in features such as a multi-function radar and several new cockpit displays, the integration of RVV-AE (also known as R-77) air-to-air missiles, along with missiles for anti-ship and anti-radar operations, and several ground/strike precision-guided weapons.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 2,200 km/htop speed
• range 2,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 24.5 tmax take-off weight
• built 65made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 38 years ago, in 1988.
• 🏎️Top speed is 16.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 💥Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.8 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 2,000 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 2.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1988-07-23

introduced

2010

status

still flying

number built

65

role

all-weather carrier-based multirole fighter

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG

engines

2× Klimov RD-33MK

crew

1

length

17.3 m

wingspan

12 m

height

4.4 m

max take-off weight

24.5 t

top speed

2,200 km/h

cruise speed

1,500 km/h

range

2,000 km

ceiling

17,500 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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