MiG-29 Fulcrum

MiG-29 Fulcrum
General Info
Role	Medium Fighter
Hangar level	11
Difficulty	★☆☆☆☆
Durability	▰▰▱▱▱▱
Speed	▰▰▱▱▱▱
Agility	▰▰▰▱▱▱
Traits	none
Base Stats
Hitpoints	130
Top speed	1299 km/h
Acceleration	45 m/s²
Turn rate	36 °/s
Ideal turning speed	828 km/h
Afterburner fuel	11 s

A Medium Fighter of the 1980s. Well-balanced and easy to fly.

— In-game description

The MiG-29 Fulcrum is a medium fighter first introduced into service in August 1983. It is equipped with a mix of short and medium range missiles. Its internal precision cannon is equipped with medium armor piercing ammunition, provides added damage to opponents. Its durability, engine performance, and agility are evenly balanced. The afterburners have a long operating duration. Easy to master, the MiG-29 Fulcrum is deadly in the hands of an novice pilot and a veteran pilot.

Loadout

The MiG-29 Fulcrum is equipped with short range ×4 heat-seeking missile, long reaching mid-range ×2 manual missile, and a long range internal precision cannon with armor piercing ammunition. The MiG-29 Fulcrum is also equipped with ×3 flares and +7s reserve fuel.

Type	Max Damage (DPS)	Ideal Range (km)	Reticle Range (km)	Spin-up Time (s)	Spread	Overheat Time (s)	Ammo	Armor Piercing
Precision cannon	170	0.9	1.1	0	very low	4.6	∞	medium

Guidance	Range Type	Range (km)	Quantity	Damage	Speed (km/h)	Turn Rate (°/s)	Lock Angle (°)	Lock Time (s)
Heat-seeking missile	Short range	2.8	4	75	3240	15	7	1.3
Manual missile	Medium range	7.5	2	85	4680	15	5	1.0

Special Ability

The MiG-29 Fulcrum has a special ability called Rapid Refuel. When equipped and triggered, it decreases the time the afterburner needs to recharge its fuel. This combined with special trait of reserve fuel allows for impressive afterburner burn time.

Veteran tips

The MiG-29 Fulcrum a well balanced airframe. Both its short-range and medium-range missiles have longer lock distances and good lock time. Its internal precision cannon has longer range and medium armor piercing ammo. Armor piercing ammo can deal increased damage against opposing armored attack aircraft. Its afterburner is lower in performance, however it compensates with an impressive 18 seconds of burn time. The MiG-23 Fulcrum is equipped with an external fuel drop tank. The reserve fuel is displayed graphicly upon the Heads-Up-Display as a dual stage indicator. When the reserve fuel is depleted, the drop tank will detach from the airframe, and the fuel will only recharge to 11 seconds of afterburner use. Flying through a re-arm point will replace the drop tank and re-equip the The MiG-23 Fulcrum with another 18 seconds of fuel. It is suggested to trigger the special ability, Rapid Refuel before the drop tank is spent. Easy to fly, and over all great weapons performance, the MiG-29 Fulcrum is deadly in the hands of both an unexperienced pilot and a veteran pilot. It is a great performer in dog fights and Air Superiority where its fuel load is advantageous.

Trivia

In-game, the MiG-29 Fulcrum is depicted with its variable intake slats blended into the leading-edge root of the wings. In the event of take off from a rough airfield, the main engine intakes can be closed to avoid debris ingestion, and clean air can be taken from above the wing root. In-game, the MiG-29 Fulcrum appears to be equipped with the Russian Vympel R-27 air-to-air missile, which is an cost alternative to the more advanced Vymel NPO R-77 active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. In the early 1970s Soviet studies determined the need for different types of fighters. One of these programs the Perspektivnyy Lyogkiy Frontovoy Istrebitel (LPFI, or "Advanced Lightweight Tactical Fighter") program paralleled the USAF's "Lightweight Fighter" program resulting in the General Dynamics YF-16 Fighting Falcon and Northrop YF-17 Cobra. The Soviet program resulted in the MiG-29 Fulcrum design. First entering into service in 1983 the MiG-29 avionics were considered nearly obsolete by western standards. Proposed in 2007, modernization led to the MiG-35 Fulcrum-F. Presented internationally in 2017, the MiG-35 Fulcrum-F is intended to be a generation 4++ multirole fighter to compete with the Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Paints

The Mig-29 Fulcrum has 7 different paints available, including the default.

Name	Unlock requirement	Rarity	Image
Factory Gray	Default	Basic
Boneyard	65 gold	Uncommon
Blue 07	65 gold	Uncommon
Jungle Shark	99 gold	Rare
Deadeye	99 gold	Rare
Mako	?? gold	Rare
Yellow 57	149 gold	Epic
Avenging Falcon	199 gold	Legendary