MiG 17 Walkaround Randy Ball

Randy Ball gives us a detailed walkaround of his MiG 17 that he flies in airshows. We hope you like it.

[@sylwiazielinski2153]

This is the nicest looking MiG-17 I have ever seen. I'm really impressed by the amount of time and care they've put into it. I respect people who are passionate about saving pieces of modern history like this plane for the benefit of educating our children. Greetings from Sweden!

[@cecilpotter1229]

Randy is a good man. He let my wife set in his ride in Joplin Missouri. Outstanding man and his Mig is very cool

[@Zoydian]

Wow, that MiG is kept in pristine condition, congrats!

[@bidenisgod6978]

I'll be seeing him fly it in may!

[@jordancourse5102]

I love this plane. If I could ever fly any plane I’d fly the MiG-17 .

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

A few years before he broke my heart. In a History Channel Documentary, Randall "Duke" Cunningham said, "I looked over my shoulder and saw his little Gomer scarf, with little Gomer goggles"...

[@АлександрКоновцев-д7ъ]

Thank you for your love of aircraft. Good aircraft do not have a nationality. It doesn’t matter MIG-17 or F-86 SABRE. Love from Russia...

[@virgo47]

I love walkarounds, great job. Looking forward to this plane in DCS. ;-)

[@scarecrow2885]

Awesome! Three items I found most interesting: The mechanical pins that indicate landing gear position, the speed brake that can be used at any speed up to Mach, and the fake pitot tube ;-) .

[@TheFlyingExperience]

Your walkaround in this channel is FANTASTIC. We learn so much from your videos. I just hope you guys so the same - even if its a Cessna or a private jet - all equally interesting!

[@altonwilliams7117]

I saw this plane up close. I met and talked to Randy Ball at an airshow at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport Louisiana.

[@winglessviper]

Randy, just needed to say thanks for the walk around of the 17. I started a project several yrs ago and am still doing research. You answered several questions I had. Great information. Beautiful bird too.

That's some really nice walkaround!!!! Thanks mr. Johnston!

[@ErikJohnston]

+Jean-Sébastien Poirier Glad you liked it. Thanks

[@T595955i]

Awesome walkaround of a great aircraft, thank you Randy and Erik!

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@СергейСоломыкин-э7ъ]

Самолет в отличном состоянии,видно хозяин ценит. Молодец!

[@rawerh]

Great walkaround. Reminds me of friend Bill Reesman and his Mig 17 (YAC ATTACK AIRSHOW) and his night show with the pyrotechnics

[@mrrolandlawrence]

ive seen the double angled wing here in vietnam on the mig 17s in museums. seems it was a more common mod than i thought. excellent aircraft description and replacing all the tin on the plane explains why it looks so wrinkle free!

[@carsonhaught9934]

Wow what a machine! Hats off to you and these guys who keep 'em flyin'.

[@supercat380]

Excellent presentation, Randy! A nice introduction to the features of this classic aircraft!

[@voyagerpalms1537]

Awesome walk around. Thanks for sharing. What an incredible machine

[@roybennett2148]

Beautiful plane & great walkaround.

[@Rob-vv5yn]

Thanks for the walk around, nicely maintained ship too

[@allinmyhead]

Just finishing a model of this 1950's beauty

[@DJEDzTV]

Thanks for the vid and for taking a good care of this Mig, hope it will return the favour and take good care of you. God Bless from a Russian.

[@jh52663]

Love it! Except the ejection thing regarding tomcats. YES there is an interlock where the seat catapults cannot fire until the canopy is blown off, however there is a reason that the pre ejection procedure for a flat spin in the Tomcat is DIFFERENT from standard ejection. When falling flat it creates a low pressure area above the canopy and without forward motion the canopy isn’t guaranteed to be clear prior to the rear seat catapult firing which would lead to that scenario. There’s a reason the spin recovery procedure in the F-14 has an extra step. 1. STICK: forward/neutral lateral, HARNESS: LOCK 2. THROTTLES: Both Idle 3. RUDDER: opposite turn needle/yaw (If no recovery) 4. STICK: Turn into needle (If recovery indicated) 5: CONTROLS: Neutralize 6. RECOVER at 17 Units AOA, thrust as required. IF Flat spin verified by Flat Attitude, Increasing Yaw Rate, Increasing Eyeball Out G, AND lack of Pitch/Roll rates: 7. CANOPY: JETTISON 8. EJECT: (R.I.O COMMAND EJECTION) There’s a reason CANOPY: JETTISON prior to ejection is a step in a flat spin, because it WILL come off and disengage the seat/Canopy interlock, BUT it MAY NOT be clear of the RIO seat when it leaves the jet in that situation.

[@19Koty96]

Neat walkaround. But... The fences are for drag reduction by decreasing boundary layer down wash; the tangential airflow will create massive amounts of drag at the wing tip, putting fences in its way will reduce that drag. It's not called IFF, it's RWR. IFF is for radar that is looking at you (it's a responder), so that Soviet radar operators knew you were indeed friendly. RWR has an indicator inside the cockpit and tells you that you are being looked at by a radar. And no, the dihedral is there to reduce the excessive stability provided by the 45° wing sweep (sweep has the same effect as anhedral). Also the flares are for communicating with ground control in case of radio failure.

[@jasoncarswell7458]

Actually you're wrong. You're mistaking a wingtip vortex device for a true wing fence - there's zero drag reduction from a wing fence, their sole purpose is to prevent spanwise flow which would otherwise cause the Fresco to "saber dance" at low v/high AOA. Who told you it was for drag reduction?

[@19Koty96]

@@jasoncarswell7458 Original documentation :) The spanwise flow has many effect on the aircraft. You will find that the vortex drag that the wingtip "vortex devices" (winglets) prevent is further increased by span-wise flow. So by reducing span-wise flow on a swept wing design you're fixing a lot of problems at once.

[@ianmangham4570]

Only the BEST videos from ERIK 💯🤟🤠🇬🇧

[@bidenisgod6978]

I'm so excited to watch him fly the mig may 18th!

[@lotniskorakowice-czyzynywk5774]

Randy… you are legend in Poland !!! Please visit us some day !!! Especially Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow.

[@xzqzq]

Beautiful aircraft !

[@SmokeFlame1]

Gorgeous fighter.

[@ianmangham4570]

So capable , monster airbrake must be fun to play with 🤠🤘

[@rogerrose8220]

Randy, If that was you at Great Bend last weekend that was an amazing show. You really impressed us drag racers across from the airport. THANKS! Since you were using AB so much, how much fuel was consumed per sortie?

[@jameshall4401]

Love those MIGS keep em coming!! :)

[@meowmeow-co7rp]

An thorough explanation, very good, thanks

[@bagoistvan3182]

This is what i want for Christmas !!!!

[@allinmyhead]

Legendary aircraft.

[@maleeshapriyanjana7604]

Amazing !

[@weerhaak6577]

Amazingly beautiful and smart design!

[@tylermachel13]

RIP Mr. Randy - Hope HAMM treats your pride & joy (along with the two red hangar roommates- one being for parts) with the upmost respect & never falling short of doing the right thing- keeping your best interest alive

[@ErikJohnston]

Tyler Machel Did something happen to Randy?

[@LMTDDS]

Used extensively in VM. Though I still like the Mig-19 even though many fewer were flown in combat.

[@EricMONIN-fv9rp]

Thanks for this vidéo ,very interest for modeler, hello frome france

[@ErikJohnston]

Thanks for watching!

[@LawatheMEid]

In some how i thought this guy will say: " ... hmmm .. just f*#@ off"! I wish another more detailed video, and waiting for mig-15 and mig-19.

[@Edelveys-vdv]

Абалдеть! Машина как новая!

[@prairiewanderer5040]

In the early '90's there was a MIG 15 that sat outside a junk/antique store on the East side of Dallas. I don't remember what road exactly, but generally in the direction of Terrell.

[@williambuckley4901]

It’s still there

[@arazali4002]

Very good fighter jet

[@philorkill]

Awesome stuff!

[@ErikJohnston]

+philorkill I appreciate it, it was fun making it. Randy sure knows his stuff about this plane

[@strizhi6717]

Wow even busted history channel over a lie - great job Randy!!! :) We always knew it had hydraulic fluid for ease of piloting but your first hand experience tossed them in the bin ;) 🇺🇸🇷🇺😂👍🇺🇸🇷🇺

[@powerwise234]

What exactly does he say about the landing gear when he has his head turned? I can't tell. Thank you

[@AKlover]

I assume the arc of the 23mm and 37mm overlaps at A certain distance?

[@davegeisler7802]

Mig 17 😍

[@joshmoore6165]

My favorite Mig. I do not know why

[@Alirue]

How does one go about obtaining a mig-17 as their own?

[@juanking8442]

first, make lots of money, second, buy one.

[@jameshall4401]

First secure a couple million dollars then got to a MIG dealership ;)

[@punman5392]

Go backpacking through the former Soviet Union and at some point you’ll probably stumble upon one of these

[@NinoJoel]

@Kris Voin That woud be a low price even for the junk ones that only get throu as ´´decoration´´

[@noislamonazisdotcom9888]

there is one available for sale in Australia

[@teamgmotorsports]

Cockpit tour would have been nice

[@piousdaemon]

Can anybody tell me what he says at 0:23? I hear 'all three landing gear were turned and length,' which doesn't make any sense. It confused the auto-cc too.

[@davecrupel2817]

Have you ever landed at Barnstable Municipal Airport on Cape Cod, Mass? One of my classmates claims to have seen a 17 land there two or three times and im just curious.

[@فوادالمعلم-ح8ذ]

هذه طاىرتي المفضله حيث طرت عليها أكثر من 1250 ساعه وبعد انتقالي على طاىره مقاتله أخرى

[@Aniketshyam]

did the russians just gift it to america or it was captured during the vietnam war??

[@ElusiveMasquerade]

Awesome!

[@ramig4658]

Thank you Sir

[@asephaerul7674]

How about the engine overhaul and engine parts, especially LLP parts, do you have difficulties about that ?

[@fredferd965]

What's the stall like? Can you safely do a spin? Any problems with Dutch Roll?

[@keymind117]

I have seen that exact same MiG 17F with the 1611 number at an airshow

[@mancabbage1]

thanks for the top gun spoiler

[@jh52663]

Mike Nolan except what happened in the movie is something that can happen in a Tomcat when falling in a flat spin due to area of low pressure created above the jet (massive lifting body), when ejection is commanded the canopy is jettisoned automatically and after a VERY short delay the RIO seat catapult fires. Every time the Handles are pulled. When flying forward there is slip stream to pull the canopy away and the jet is still moving forward. When falling flat that isn’t present. That’s why the pre-ejection procedure for an F-14 includes after step 6 of the spin recovery checklist: IF Flat Spin Verified by FLAT ATTITUDE, INCREASING Yaw Rate, INCREASING Eyeball Out G, AND LACK OF Pitch AND Roll rates.... 7. CANOPY: JETTISON 8. EJECT (R.I.O COMMAND EJECT) It’s to jettison the canopy FIRST which gives the jet time to fall clear of the canopy prior to pulling the handles. When the canopy is gone the RIO seat will instantly be fired upon pulling either handles, giving the RIO time to clear the canopy. If standard ejection just pull handles is attempted, in a flat spin scenario there IS a possibility of a goose type death.

[@thudthud5423]

I might be wrong, but I think I saw this very aircraft fly at an airshow.

[@pablogabriel3691]

Mi favorito MIG-17

[@onoff8520]

Pure love

[@zhongfokzhongfok2523]

New wind design can carry many missile

[@tominab]

Where is this airfield?

[@chargedup5455]

Cool

[@ErikJohnston]

+PacificGaming101 Glad you liked it.

[@chargedup5455]

I love planes

[@michaelbevan3285]

All Russian aircraft were designed to be able to operate off unimproved runways until the later airliners came along. Russian tyres do not have American or European tread patterns and even large aircraft like the Antonov 12 were routinely operated off grass or dirt runways.

[@parker6634]

no talk of the s-13 gun camera

[@gravelpit1960]

In the seventies, the Soviets temporarily overtook the US in technical terms, an example of which is this magnificent fighter jet

[@robertsandorsimon3841]

No Mig!!!! MiG!!!!!!

[@draccus123]

Mi&G :D

[@zmyslowykalosz]

i stands for & in russian

[@vovavova455]

Yes, Mikoyan -Gurevith

[@BorossAngkor]

Pretty little bird.

[@jonasmaragno9527]

Muito legal!

[@pavelmoshchenskiy3965]

Hope pilot interesting about Tolstoy and Dostoevsky as well)

[@zhongfokzhongfok2523]

With light missile

[@markusliljeberg964]

I love this plane in war thunder

[@BLACK-TAR-FENT]

Me man me 2

[@Citizen_Snips1]

He forget's that the HS-129 B-3 (German anti-tank aircraft designed during World War 2) Had a modified Pak-40 with a revolver style loading mechanism.... That was a 75MM gun strapped to her belly..... So THAT is the biggest gun of any aircraft on any side of its time......

[@nev5745]

Doom Gaming I forget the name but some Italian plane had a 102mm cannon on the nose

[@Citizen_Snips1]

Yes that I believe was the P.108A.

[@alexturpeinen7123]

There are multiple AC-130 models which have a 105mm M102 Howitzer. I believe it's the biggest gun mounted on an airplane, ever. And only one P.108A was ever made. Yes, the MiG-17 had a big gun, but there have been much bigger guns on many aircraft.

[@stanleynickjedrzejczyk4533]

Alex Turpeinen You are also forgetting the 75mm cannon fitted to the WWll B-25G model medium 2-engine bomber. It was a slightly shorter and lighter version of the M3 main gun mounted on the M4 Sherman series medium tanks.

[@AreeyaKKC]

Ki-109 in japanese service had the 75mm as well

[@TheophilusPWildbeest]

Two different sweep angles - also on the vulcan B2

[@DrittAdrAtta]

...and Saab J-35 Draken

[@KapiteinKrentebol]

Those are delta's, the Handley Page Victor has crescent wingsweep.

[@johnplaid648]

Had no idea there was IFF

[@gigelilie4990]

Mig 19???

[@gomigman5936]

Sad how a lot of the history of these MiG jets is only referred to for what the Vietnamese and obviously the Russians did (mostly with the MiG-15 than the 17) but they rarely or never mention what the Egyptians did with MiGs against the Israelis and how this MiG-17 wreaked havoc on Israeli armor and even jets during the war of attrition through the Yom Kippur war. Even the vaunted MiG-21's great history is always referred to what Vietnam did against the US when in fact the Egyptians had tremendous success with that aircraft to the point where the actual first air to air kill was an Egyptian MiG-21 against an American cargo aircraft that ignored its warnings after flying over Egyptian territory and eventually was shot down. Yep, the MiG-21's first kill was with the EAF and not Russia or Vietnam. Shows you how much the history channel has its head up its ass!

[@olegpisarev8984]

Ничего не понял, но видно машинка ему нравится.

[@synclavier123]

This thing would probably cost you $2000 in Jet-A just to get off the ground

[@juanking8442]

So if the intake was designed for unimproved airfields as well the undercarriage being capable to use unimproved airfields; then IT WAS DESIGNED FOR UNIMPROVED AIRFIELDS and is not an old wive's tale.

[@lamborgatti-4783]

They Germans built the biggest and used the biggest cannons they used anywhere from 15mm cannons to 75 and even 88mm cannons in planes

[@jameshall4401]

Lamborgatti -47 loved the messierschmits 162s

[@SimonWallwork]

It's MiG! Not Mig.....Mi for Mikoyan. G for Gurevich.

[@ErikJohnston]

Simon W Thanks, I’ll correct the title in the video listing.

[@DrittAdrAtta]

Actually, "M" is for Mikoyan, "i" is for and, "G" is for Gurevich.

[@johnnylackland3992]

Wrong camera. Otherwise, a good video.

[@CarlosSantos-gc8uy]

Alo Randy you must be a very good pilot because your background but why a Russian jetfighter you must be out of your mind you have guts what think the American pilots like you in same airshow with F86 Sabre Nice from Carlos with all respect the Jet is awesome all the best and luck for you Portugal

[@aron___0527]

I have that in gta5 molotok/mig15/mig17

[@sheikhmohamed8503]

😅

[@krizator]

офигенный истребитель

[@КостяСвешников-ж4г]

На таком самолёте разбился Юрий Гагарин

[@dontshotforinside]

this plane can't take the missiles...have no 1on1 missile targeting system...

[@Aniketshyam]

its funny when american always find faults in foreigh war machines and think that theirs was better xD

[@marcopeters5274]

Minister religious pour zawged key resident career outcome but.