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soviet aviation connoisseur | hardsurface 3D modeller | machinist
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here's a better way:
(do not do this)
(do not do this)
July 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
here's a better way:
(do not do this)
(do not do this)
the mandate of heaven has officially moved from russia to china
![traces of a more advanced civilization continue to be found in Russia
[beached ekranoplan left to rot]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uniapqsx2vnw5vp6ojn4ambi/bafkreifrtvw47ixwsgybtf6gbayz2qtqgwlsq7mh3aloql7nilwmuv43zy@jpeg)
June 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
the mandate of heaven has officially moved from russia to china
(MiG-23)
all ISK-1A mach/airspeed limits. changes with selected (not actual) wing sweep as denoted by the little triangle on the scale.
pretty convenient instrument as you'll know exactly when your wings will fall off at any sweep. also cool that they let you go mach 1.5 at 30° sweep.
(1/2)
all ISK-1A mach/airspeed limits. changes with selected (not actual) wing sweep as denoted by the little triangle on the scale.
pretty convenient instrument as you'll know exactly when your wings will fall off at any sweep. also cool that they let you go mach 1.5 at 30° sweep.
(1/2)
June 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
(MiG-23)
all ISK-1A mach/airspeed limits. changes with selected (not actual) wing sweep as denoted by the little triangle on the scale.
pretty convenient instrument as you'll know exactly when your wings will fall off at any sweep. also cool that they let you go mach 1.5 at 30° sweep.
(1/2)
all ISK-1A mach/airspeed limits. changes with selected (not actual) wing sweep as denoted by the little triangle on the scale.
pretty convenient instrument as you'll know exactly when your wings will fall off at any sweep. also cool that they let you go mach 1.5 at 30° sweep.
(1/2)
If it has SPO-15 and N003E then it must be 23-19 - as 23-22B has N008E by definition.
As a side note it always hurts a little to see these pristine aircraft completely abandoned, hope at least some of them end up in museums instead of being vandalized.
As a side note it always hurts a little to see these pristine aircraft completely abandoned, hope at least some of them end up in museums instead of being vandalized.
February 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If it has SPO-15 and N003E then it must be 23-19 - as 23-22B has N008E by definition.
As a side note it always hurts a little to see these pristine aircraft completely abandoned, hope at least some of them end up in museums instead of being vandalized.
As a side note it always hurts a little to see these pristine aircraft completely abandoned, hope at least some of them end up in museums instead of being vandalized.
internals:
similar spinning drum mechanism to TP-23
similar spinning drum mechanism to TP-23
February 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
internals:
similar spinning drum mechanism to TP-23
similar spinning drum mechanism to TP-23
like N008 had 120(!!!) doppler filter bins
January 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
like N008 had 120(!!!) doppler filter bins
i wonder if they just straight up reused TP-23M's cryo pump on OLS-27
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
i wonder if they just straight up reused TP-23M's cryo pump on OLS-27
It was used from ASP-23L in MiG-23 edition 1969 right up until MiG-23ML (23-12) in its final ASP-23DTsM variant, until it was replaced in 1978 by my beloved ASP-17ML in MiG-23MLA (23-12A)
Note in the right pic the famous Lazur "harmonica" on top
shoutouts to kubackiewicz and foxbat155 for info
Note in the right pic the famous Lazur "harmonica" on top
shoutouts to kubackiewicz and foxbat155 for info
December 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM
It was used from ASP-23L in MiG-23 edition 1969 right up until MiG-23ML (23-12) in its final ASP-23DTsM variant, until it was replaced in 1978 by my beloved ASP-17ML in MiG-23MLA (23-12A)
Note in the right pic the famous Lazur "harmonica" on top
shoutouts to kubackiewicz and foxbat155 for info
Note in the right pic the famous Lazur "harmonica" on top
shoutouts to kubackiewicz and foxbat155 for info
The gunsight mode has much in common with the ASP-PFD from MiG-21, but the HUD mode was new tech for the time so there is much jank
In order to have different phosphor fade times for the radar display and symbology, they had the HUD CRT hooked up to a camera that optically combines 3 other CRTs (!)
In order to have different phosphor fade times for the radar display and symbology, they had the HUD CRT hooked up to a camera that optically combines 3 other CRTs (!)
December 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The gunsight mode has much in common with the ASP-PFD from MiG-21, but the HUD mode was new tech for the time so there is much jank
In order to have different phosphor fade times for the radar display and symbology, they had the HUD CRT hooked up to a camera that optically combines 3 other CRTs (!)
In order to have different phosphor fade times for the radar display and symbology, they had the HUD CRT hooked up to a camera that optically combines 3 other CRTs (!)
🧵
the design of the ASP-23 (MiG-23M) HUD is pretty funny to me. It's essentially an oldschool gunsight and a genuine heads up display crammed into a single unit
Simultaneously very ahead of its time with its display of radar/IRST contacts, and yet still clutching to the electromechanical past
the design of the ASP-23 (MiG-23M) HUD is pretty funny to me. It's essentially an oldschool gunsight and a genuine heads up display crammed into a single unit
Simultaneously very ahead of its time with its display of radar/IRST contacts, and yet still clutching to the electromechanical past
December 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM
🧵
the design of the ASP-23 (MiG-23M) HUD is pretty funny to me. It's essentially an oldschool gunsight and a genuine heads up display crammed into a single unit
Simultaneously very ahead of its time with its display of radar/IRST contacts, and yet still clutching to the electromechanical past
the design of the ASP-23 (MiG-23M) HUD is pretty funny to me. It's essentially an oldschool gunsight and a genuine heads up display crammed into a single unit
Simultaneously very ahead of its time with its display of radar/IRST contacts, and yet still clutching to the electromechanical past
my animation of the mechanism:
(based on photos of the linkages)
(based on photos of the linkages)
December 5, 2024 at 2:18 PM
my animation of the mechanism:
(based on photos of the linkages)
(based on photos of the linkages)
and a little known fact about the ASP-17ML is that it automatically tilts the combiner glass when Metka is used. This shifts the projected lens FOV upwards for better coverage in dogfights.
December 5, 2024 at 1:49 PM
and a little known fact about the ASP-17ML is that it automatically tilts the combiner glass when Metka is used. This shifts the projected lens FOV upwards for better coverage in dogfights.
some of my photos of Su-27S 🇺🇦 "58 blue" from the 2018 airshow in Aalborg
always been curious who the pilot here was (maybe Oksanchenko?)
always been curious who the pilot here was (maybe Oksanchenko?)
December 5, 2024 at 1:26 PM
some of my photos of Su-27S 🇺🇦 "58 blue" from the 2018 airshow in Aalborg
always been curious who the pilot here was (maybe Oksanchenko?)
always been curious who the pilot here was (maybe Oksanchenko?)
highly sensitive cameras with algorithms to detect aircraft? man if only someone had thought of that before - like 50+ years earlier
November 25, 2024 at 7:12 AM
highly sensitive cameras with algorithms to detect aircraft? man if only someone had thought of that before - like 50+ years earlier
if we're lucky we might see them used on 6th gen platforms too, France was doing some wind tunnel testing for the NGF featuring LEVCONs
November 24, 2024 at 10:15 PM
if we're lucky we might see them used on 6th gen platforms too, France was doing some wind tunnel testing for the NGF featuring LEVCONs