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Which aircraft is this?

Hanimichal

Charter Member
Hey everyone

I was watching a youtube video and seen this, the author put Mig-21 but as I know Mig-21 have other wings, and I dont remember which aircraft is this one, anyone know?
And how that wing's wheels will release down between these missiles? Is this just a photoshop rework?

 
Hani,

What look like wheels are actually the roundels. The wheels retract into the fuselage.:encouragement:
 
The MiG-21 (and it's J-7/F-7 derivatives) landing gear is inward-retracting, not outward, as jmbiii correctly points out.

Here's some good shots of a whole bunch of MiG-21s, which show the landing gear in various stages of deployment and from many angles.

https://soldat.pro/en/2018/07/10/mig-21/

cheers,

dl
 
The later J-7 variants are not the final evolution of the basic MiG-21 design.

FTC-2000G.jpg


Guizhou_jl9.jpg



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou_JL-9


I'd learn mandarin for a flightsim rendition of that one.
 
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