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Originally Posted by highsea
I don't know. The page doesn't give credits, but most likely.
The AC under comment was the MiG-29M2 powered by the new engine. As I understand it, what was called the RD-33K is the basis for all the new versions. The MK is upthrusted for carrier ops, and the OVT has the TVC nozzle. They all feature the new combustion chamber.
They used to call the MK the -10M, and the M was the -3M. Who can keep track of the Russian numbers anyway, they change every 6 months...  |
IIRC they have been tinkering with the engine for quite somewhile now..several folks who went to MAKs also commented on the (relatively) smoke free new MiGs...so it does appear to be a problem which they've licked..for the most part.
I am more leery of Klimovs reliability and MTBF figures though...I'll only believe them after the engine is in service for a while.
Designations, LOL!
