Mig-21Bis Vs F-5 Tiger Taking the Mig-21 Vertical | Dogfight | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Check out the Merch Store: teespring.com/stores/growling-sidewinder-store Longshot's Channel: kzbin.info/door/szke4C7G1THhlh0puHWZ1g Wrapping up my learning on the Mig-21 as many of you suggested I used the Thrust to Weight advantage of the Mig-21 to climb and pull the F-5 into Vertical situations which did work well from time to time just be careful if the F-5 has fox-2s its not going to be as simple as just climbing.

[@husseinoskovjino9398]

Thanks man for including iraqi vs iranian plane Im an iraqi viewer i wanted alot to see this video

[@danielmartinez254]

What’s the name of this song bro?

[@griffinnathan476]

i dont mean to be off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost my password. I love any assistance you can give me!

[@terranceeric8147]

@Griffin Nathan Instablaster ;)

[@griffinnathan476]

@Terrance Eric thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

[@Geor8271]

The Mig-21 is basically a rocket, the only reason it needs wings is to separate the navigation lights

[@CorsairVideo]

Starfighter: hold my beer🍺

[@romaing9388]

Those are pylons holders

[@CorsairVideo]

@@romaing9388 lmao

[@thor9668]

@@CorsairVideo X 15 needs someone to hold his beer to lol

[@tarunvaidhyanadhan8083]

actually, it is true :ROFL:

[@soumya0985]

I have to tell you, I happened to watch a couple of your videos on tv while my 3 year old son was around, and now he has taken to requesting them saying, "I want to see snake plane."😂

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Haha that’s awesome man, keep in mind some times the snake plane isn’t so polite tho

[@off_grid_javelin]

Burning and caring at the same time 😂

[@LegendzAnimations]

Therapist: F-15 tiger does not exist, he can’t hurt you. F-15 tiger:

[@r1fleman892]

Ahh good old MiG-28 Eagle and F-15 Tiger.

[@giannizen3775]

Give this man a medal

[@3v4761]

Dude...its F15 Eagle...and Mig 28 does not exist...they only use odd NUMBERS...Mig 3 was the first then Mig 15

[@giannizen3775]

@@3v4761 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@cattledog901]

@@3v4761 get whooshed

[@ethanleslie8329]

@@3v4761 dumbass

[@randomrandomnesss2188]

“The MIG-21 isn’t really a dog fighter, it’s more of a hit and run aircraft” War thunder RB: *Haha MIG-21 turn rate go brrrrr*

[@DrThander]

You get maybe 2 hard turns before you barely stay in the sky. It just feels more nimble than it is because it fights the behemoth that is the F-4 phantom and the retards that try to low speed turnfight in it

[@quint2885]

The MiG-21 is a great turn fighter, with a very good turning circle and generally great kinematic capability, as long as it's above 500Km/h. When under that speed turning will make you pull very high AOA and Instability, use your acceleration to extend and re-engage.

[@TheGranicd]

Mig-21 ended being dogfighter by circumstances not by design. Its a interceptor that happens to turn good as long as it has speed.

[@collander7766]

@@quint2885 Even the earlier MiG-21s have excellent energy retention if you consider how hard they can pull. Obviously they lose more energy than something like a phantom that just can't pull, but the energy retention is disproportionately high for MiGs compared to the turn rate.

[@brandonstrife9738]

@@quint2885 Its good in a 1 circle its not so good in a 2 circle. The Phantom is vastly superior in a 2 circle.

[@sjl-s7q]

These videos are amazing, demonstrating the art and science of ACM in a way that would be impossible to grasp without DCS and this youtube channel.

[@cannonfodder4376]

Regarding the MiG-21 flopping about when the stick is pulled all the way back, at 12:40 I would be remiss to point out that according to the AOA indicator, you were in the Red. Pulling upwards of over 30+ degrees AOA. The Fishbed is by all accounts fairly straight forward and simple to fly but unlike later MiG's like the MiG-23MLD and MiG-29, there is no more sophisticated means of restricting High AOA flying like a Pull-Through Stick limiter. Its a testament to the unique characteristic vortex lift of the Delta Wing that you could pull such AOA and at lower speeds too.

[@N238E]

I wish I had a Makarov.

[@cannonfodder4376]

@@PotatoeJoe69 Yeah as I noted, the MiG-21 and those Delta wing actually give very good AoA performance and at low speeds. But Growling here constantly red-lines the aircraft and I am not sure he knows why it gets wobbly in the flight regime he ends up in. He blames the low speed but we can obviously see the 28*+ AoA he is pulling in a non FBW aircraft.

[@hellcat611]

You got robbed on that second heater shot. Glad to see the slow-mo and my favorite musical score are back in your vids. 💪🏻

[@danielmartinez254]

Do you what that song is called? Or where I can find it?

[@hellcat611]

@@danielmartinez254 not sure! It’s dope though

[@FreeFragUK]

I wish I could like this video more than once, I'm a sucker for the MiG-21. I really need to take the time to learn how to fly it.

[@eboranshard6220]

Something about the Mig 21 that just pulls at my heart strings !

[@arguywindham1101]

@@eboranshard6220 its an awesome plane and an amazing module for how antiquated it is.

[@mamdouh-Tawadros]

By the way, you can buy one in the USA, deweaponized.

[@arguywindham1101]

@@mamdouh-Tawadros I'm sure you can but I'm sure you'd be paying out the ass for a plane made in the 60s or 70s and is a former fighter jet that's been ridden harder than a $30 hooker in a brothel.

[@DanielWilliams-oi4ss]

As someone who was friends with a Vietnamese mig-21 pilot: don't. It's a deadly aircraft, but it's extremely unforgiving, especially when landing. My friend got out because pilots kept dying in accidents.

[@neutralspace-ishguy]

13:33 Imagine just driving around town and some random airplane drops a flare on you

[@davegrenier1160]

I've been wondering how many people on the ground are being killed with their gun fire.

[@MrFarnanonical]

I feel bad for the F-5, it was a sweet little jet that nobody wanted.

[@s87343jim]

Except Taiwan, Taiwan still uses it. XD

[@joshuanishanthchristian5217]

@@s87343jim And Turkey, Iran, Botswana and a few others. Brazil just finished modernizing theirs with the latest tech. A lot of countries still use the F5.

[@cvillalobos27]

We did. We still use it. The most advanced one in the world

[@akaufmann]

Switzerland still uses it. Reliable old buddy

[@joshuanishanthchristian5217]

@@akaufmann I thought you guys had upgraded to F/A 18s?

[@Apopolopis]

A suggestion for future videos. I think it would be interesting to make videos where you change into the opposing aircraft every other round. I dont know how much more work would be involved in that but it would probably be a good way to distinguish the aircraft and the pilots more.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

ya the problem with that is that the guy flying with me may not always have the other aircraft or be proficient in it.

[@Apopolopis]

@@GrowlingSidewinder ye, some times seeing you fly with ease makes me forget this is a fully fledged simulator

[@Archer89201]

Missiles taking time to launch is strange knowing that the R-60 was specifically designed for dog fighting where the launch range are minimal and snapshots are frequent. It was to overcome the short comings of the AA-2 Atolls

[@quint2885]

It doesn't take long to launch, you hold down the trigger, and the aircraft fires when it has a solution that will probably hit. If it's not firing, it's because the missile would most likely not track or not keep the target in the seekers range after being fired. It's weird but I've come to appreciate it flying the MiG-21, when I fire I know almost certainly that I will hit.

[@benh745]

Aah i love the F-5!! Would have loved to see how a fully tricked out F-20 Tiger Shark did versus other planes from that era.

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

I'd guess maybe a little worse than an F-16.

[@tommytran1183]

f-15 tiger? im sure you meant mig 28

[@Reddragondrinks]

F-15 tiger? Must be a prototype gen 20 aircraft.

[@kostaskoutsoulas4672]

Famous last words during a dogfight: OH IS THAT A FOX-2? (spoiler alert: yes)

[@IonPerseus]

No that's Patrick

[@Keyhan-c8c]

the first aircrafts of both Iranian and Iraqi airforce! cool content!

[@MustangsCanTurnToo]

If this is modeled correctly, the F-5 and MiG-21 EM charts are nearly identical with an advantage to the MiG in speed and T/W.

[@TheZombieboy100]

That’s surprising considering they seem like opposite aircraft to me (single vs dual engine, delta wing vs ? wing, interceptor vs more normal fighter)

[@4002-n5c]

It would be really awesome if Longshot could upload his own video of this fight on his channel and let us see these fights from the other perspective too plus all the G pulling voices that make it even more realistic :)

[@michaelhaney9432]

I'd love to see more F-35 videos! Maybe some BVR or some Air to Ground combined with fighter to show off it's stealth and multi-role nature.

[@demetra110]

21 is a beauty of minimalistic design

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

Meanwhile the cockpit: Dials on top of dials.

[@benfoster5426]

The Mig-21 is a ground-controlled interceptor. It is not a fangs-out phone booth dog fighter. That means that the pilot, if it wants the fight, should extend as you mentioned, then re-engage at it's own peril.

[@georgiosjan1774]

Only these who were early will understand the F-15 tiger joke...

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

lol ya mostly the notification squad will get it.

[@sloppy-1-1]

How to dogfight in the mig21: Don't even think of turning

[@Mobius118]

This is just so weird to me because I know it beats the F-4 in a turn fight

[@baginatora]

Pro tip: you don't.

[@jaredchetty2660]

Bro if u learn BFM you be flying like a pro

[@sloppy-1-1]

@@Mobius118 yeah, im talking about the other flyable planes on the Cold War Server

[@drperky7008]

@@Mobius118 retard warthunder player

[@satchpersaud8762]

Alot of f4 phantom pilots said the same exact thing as u did when it comes to the sidewinder and the amount of time it took to come off the rails

[@papajohnshow3429]

One of my uncles flew the Mig 21 in the war of 1973 I love Russian aircraft.

[@tupahutuokoneiswife3972]

Lol @13:33 the driver of that truck, must have CRAPPED their sheet!

[@itsaflyboything]

the newest Mig-21's do that "emergency" power mode trick and (allegedly) keep up with an F-16a. I'd love to see what that fight would look like

[@welltell.]

Good shot by longshot... now there is an understatement.

[@polygondwanaland8390]

GS, I believe "that mirror / camera" is an honest to god optical periscope.

[@filipfilipovic4611]

Pls do more BVR fights, they are awesome too

[@darkhorse13golfgaming]

As I've gotten to learn more about these planes I have to say I have a soft spot for the F-5. Totally awesome design.

[@DudemeisterNL]

I feel ya. It's always been one of my favorites.

[@darkhorse13golfgaming]

@@DudemeisterNL I think it was one of the best designs ever simply because they created that monster and it was cheap and easy to maintain. So much bang for the buck.

[@Parabueto]

I've been flying both of these over the last week, trying to get into the late cold war groove. Just a shame most of the PVE servers are almost exclusively more modern jets. That being said the MiG 21 is pretty punishing for a pilot who rarely dogfights anyway. Especially given the multi step process to switch between different kinds of missiles where you can very easily make them all safe as you're in the merge, which is always fun.

[@quint2885]

Tip when dogfighting, keep and eye on your speed and AOA meters. If you stay above 500Km/h and below the red zone in AOA, you have a very tight turn and almost always enough speed to go vertical or extend and re-engage.

[@arguywindham1101]

I have the pylon selector knob mapped to my hotas in game. I select the first pylon before the merge and can tap the hat switch to select the next pylon.

[@UWfalcin]

@@arguywindham1101you prolly know now but you only need to set it to pylon 4 and it will fire all of them

[@Mauros-Lykos]

MIG-21 is very beautiful aircraft

[@jaredchetty2660]

I agree

[@natthaphonhongcharoen]

I wonder if you're under impression of, Mig-21 can't dogfight against F-4 because the mod you played last video F-4 is so much better. You know that one it's F-15 flight model right? Robin Olds himself said in History Channel's Dogfights something like, "it's very stupid to fight Mig-21 in higher altitude, if you can drag him to hi speed low altitude then it's OK but up high, forget it".

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

no its not using the f15 flight model its modified, also no I dont think that because of the mod lol its well known that the mig21 has a terrible track record against f4s that actually knew it was there.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

also note at higher altitude its hard to fight any delta fighter cuz as long as they can dump their nose they will be a problem. also the F-4 could rate the shit out of the mig21 as long it rate fought him. which is exactly what they always did against mig21, was was a successful aircraft as long as it was used as a hit and run interceptor which is how the NVA used it.

[@natthaphonhongcharoen]

@@GrowlingSidewinder While I do agree that F-4 can rate the shit out of Mig-21, but isn't that how you fight a mirage in a Hornet? It doesn't mean Hornet is better than Mirage right? General Robin Olds himself said that in Dogfights: The greatest air battle once and another episode I don't remember. Maybe hitting the merge at higher altitude would be interesting cuz Mig-21 can't do shit down low like that. F-4 pilots drag mig down low and rate fight them. But they also turn tail and run when found mig at high altitude, at least in the same episode I watch the first American ace in that war did that.

[@otterconnor942]

I think it's cool that you can see the pitot tube wiggle under g's on the mig21

[@LentPanic7]

6:57 That’s what she said.

[@KJ-kn8pg]

Kappa.

[@Aaron-hk5ng]

Would love to see 4-6 F5s vs 1-2 F22s in a merge dogfight.

[@LexieAssassin]

Screw YT compression, I'm just blind when it comes to spotting enemies further than like 100m away without a marker.

[@nickg1582]

6:57 ... thats what SHE said

[@mortlet5180]

Hey GS, regarding the KZbin compression issues, have you tried capturing your gameplay in 1440P60 and then upscaling it to 4k60 (a good, simple upscaling filter would be a 4-tap Lanczos, the ringing it causes should also help improve the perceived image sharpness before compression, but there are more advanced options if you would like to avoid that...) and manually encoding it with the VP9 codec (which is the same codec that KZbin uses for their HD videos, so there would be much less unnecessary information loss than when transcoding between codecs) before you upload it to youtube? Even if you can't take the time to transcode your content into VP9, you'd still theoretically get the benefit of less information being thrown away by KZbin, since they allow 4k60 video to transcode with the highest bitrate). One last thing to check is the bitrate of your video file right before you upload it (if you can't easily see it, it is approximately equal to 8 * VideoFileSize(In MB) / VideoLength(In Seconds)), as KZbin now *recommends* a bitrate of up to 85 Mbps for 4k60 videos. So if, for example, you have a 15 min video that you're uploading and the file size is less than 9.56 GB, then you are not giving KZbin the best possible chance of keeping important image details. PS. I still enjoy the 1440p60 content *MUCH* more than the 4k30. The increased smoothness and easier tracking are well worth the sacrifice in resolution, especially with you calling out the bandit's position in difficult to see situations!

[@BadAtWarThunder2006]

The F-15 tiger is my sleep paralysis demon

[@jamesorcutt599]

You 2 are fun to watch. When you gonna take 2 dominant planes into a totally overwhelming battle...

[@mateushun7956]

You should try a no flare Fox 2 dogfight, it would certainly spice things up.

[@userDFboeing]

Great 2-2 I enjoyed, although mig 21 shots were more badass.

[@faqirmohammadabdullah2906]

awesome flying GS

[@Hornbowman]

Is it just me, or does the MiG-21 look like an angry cigar with fletchings stuck on it?

[@YourRightSock]

That typo tho haha, love these!

[@Deltasayan]

Yeah, only the ladies waited till the tacview. 😂

[@EkulGgats]

The lock tone in that mig is fucking comical, think of hearing that when in a panic state watching a missile hit the side of your plane

[@NoAlbatross]

Love how the model bent the fuel probe after the last fox-2 hit on the Mig.

[@arguywindham1101]

Sometimes when you lose a wing the pylons on it stay there. I've had many a laugh at it.

[@timbaskett6299]

It would be really interesting to see a MiG-21 vs. an F-104 in ACM fights.

[@Kolobochok95]

With first stage flaps you actually have BLC (boundary layer control) on the Bis - but it actually reduces your max thrust.

[@Deltasayan]

I'm not sure, but I think there is a bit of difference in flight model for the mig 21 in DCS open beta and the current DCS world version.

[@Ethiofirst201162]

The former Ethiopian Airforce pilots shot down many Somalian Airforce Mig-21 using the F5E Tiger during Air dog fighting In 1977 GC

[@bigbitehood1353]

Gotta love that classic MiG teal

[@Rocky-rh3rz]

This was my request. Thanks.

[@0MoTheG]

This shows how critical it is for the missile to lead the target.

[@oleksandraverchenko9920]

Interesting. In hands of Soviet pilots F-5 outmatched Mig-21 and Mig-23 in a dogfight. Which led to Mig-29/Su-27 development. Also Mig-21 pilots were not taking missiles into air and were relying on built in canon and canon pods.

[@IonPerseus]

Так не F-5, а появление F-15 и F-16 сподвигло созданию следующих МиГов/Сушек. А под F-5 они просто выработали тактику ведения воздушного боя, противник не такой страшный был

[@mungo7136]

13:30 Now imagine number of "Aloha Snackbars !" in those cars down on the road

[@nicogpn4814]

Nice to see some cool action with the Mig!!! thxs

[@abdulmismail]

G/S - 6:00 I'm surprised that the proximity fuse didn't go off and shred the F-5, even from several feet away. It did with yours at 16:27 so I'm wondering if the NATO and Soviet missiles have been modelled accurately where one has proximity and the counterparts don't. However, that doesn't make any sense because the Soviets reversed engineered the Sidewinder when one got lodged in a North Vietnamese MiG-17 during the Vietnam War but didn't go off.

[@theorganizer1273]

Just a quick correction on your last statement... It was a Chinese MiG-17 and that was during the Second Taiwan Strait Incident in 1958, not the Vietnam War...

[@quint2885]

The R-60 is a very light missile and only has about 3Kg of explosive for a war head, to proximity fuse and deal any amount of damage it must be very very very close to the aircraft, preferably scoring a direct hit. Quite the contrary from the R13 or R3 with over 10Kg of explosive.

[@Stork2579]

How about some dogfights from 1967 & 1973 Israel AF vs Syrian/ Egyptian AFs?! The other interesting dogfights might come from Iraq 1991-2002 (see air engagements list of the Gulf War on Wikipedia) esspecially, the Iraqis AF victories (or claimed ones).

[@motorcyclestig8539]

Weird I typed in your name with mig21 next to it and boom new video. Nice!! Is it possible to get some saab j35 or j37 videos!?

[@arguywindham1101]

There is not a J35 in game.

[@DRKILLIE]

13:37 quite the show for that driver there.

[@avramnovorra]

Lovin these MiG 21 V F5 duels!

[@SHARDK2]

13:32 that guy in the car down there is probably losing his shit right now

[@christianm1533]

That's some neck twisting display right there...

[@Blazs120gl]

The 21's big burden was its initial design concept prioritized only for Mach 2 and two inferior K-13 heatseekers. Later "facelifts" refused to remedy the initial trade-offs like avionics, radar, lack of cannon etc. Everything in the later life of the type was just afterthought. E.g. the lack of lead computing on the gunsight is a big letdown from a jet that served in many countries as the main fighter (unlike the F-5 which rather had its reputation as a trainer or secondary craft for select tasks ). Third-party avionics upgrades like the LanceR package shows that if the type had got more love in the 70s and 80s (instead of the failed Mig-23), it could have been pucker factor 9.5 for many contemporary opponents. Sad to see such wasted potential. :(

[@bowdendrake6316]

Mig 21 has lead computing no

[@larrysteve7272]

"I have longer range missiles" The Thai and brizalian variants with AMRAMS and Derby missiles: Am I a joke to you?

[@crashbandicootnerd4321]

Imagine a Tiger F-5 Tiger, LOL!

[@sird4vy501]

I read a document that said the mig21 (it don't specifically say the version) had better instant turn and all around better maneuverability against the F4C (not the E so probably not against the Bis). The document was from John boyd about energy maneuverability I think.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Yup and that’s why the f4 would rate fight the mig

[@scrambledeggy]

Imagine Su-25 vs A-10

[@apollorf429]

I think he saw it guys

[@LentPanic7]

Yeah, but this isn’t youtube if hundreds of people aren’t pointing the simple typo in the title.

[@apollorf429]

@@LentPanic7 true

[@nymerie]

We shoot down F-5's in our MiG-21's quite often on Alpen's Cold War server. But then again humans behave different than AI and some of them make it easy for you to hunt them down.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

ya if you meet an f5 whos of equal skill and knows you're there and you both start at similar energy states the f5 should destroy the mig21. but usually dogfights don't start so "fair" and even.

[@danielmartinez254]

Does anyone know what the background music is for this???

[@AARONANKRUM]

I wonder how the upgraded version of the F-5 - the F-20 - would do in all these F-5 battles.

[@barrylovatt9978]

Great vid as usual, also just watched tomcat tales and it was amazing

[@ramtek2702]

I do not understand how missiles can just fly by your opponent without exploding.

[@davegrenier1160]

In Tacview at 19:00, the Sidewinder that was fired straight up is coming straight down. It would have been maximum disrespect if that had accidentally hit either one of you.

[@dgmma992]

For turning your head like that inside actual mig-21 you had to be gifted with the smallest head and a bandana ob your head

[@AdamAdamHDL]

I bet the guy in the SUV at 13:38 freaked out

[@williamwcl70]

13:30 R.I.P his eardrums!

[@NefariousKoel]

Can't recall, but does this model of MiG-21 have IR Uncage? The very limited (caged) FOV on the IR seeker heads certainly makes the missile shoots more difficult. Having to hold your target dead center the whole time, in order to keep the seeker locked, is painful.

[@arguywindham1101]

There is no uncage you have to center the target in the hud until you get tone.

[@Vermiliontea]

I have sometimes before wondered this, but the Mig-21 puts it at the front: Do you have unlimited fuel in DCS?

[@jake4194]

It's an option, so no but yes lol

[@greatwhiteape6945]

J the Mick 21 should be able to match the year fives and one circle turn are very close to it at least the problem is at the end of their turn the Mick 21 is very wobbly andust b basically very difficult to himetie

[@alisherkawi]

what fox 2 's are you using ? Im trying to figure out how to uncage the IR seeker so it slaves itself to the heat signature instead of being fixed forward in one small area.

[@acebubbles5023]

the longer i’ve had my track ir the worse it’s gotten. it used to feel like VR now it stutters like hell and I have to decide if i wanna be able to look up and around me or down at my panels

[@Itachi-iz7hc]

Can u try the impossible split S maneuver in mig 21

[@NoAlbatross]

I wonder if any deck fight has been ended by an opponent ingesting flare or chafe from their opponent.

[@jikemenkins7098]

GS loves aircraft that he has to fight a little bit

[@SogenOkami]

6:52 That will be taken out of context.

[@off_grid_javelin]

Mig 21 is much better in realistic squadron vs squadron attacks, it scored quite some kills even against F15s in Cope India exercises.

[@Kingnickie]

Hey growling which do you think is better, the mig21 bis or the F-5 tiger ?

[@paulgoodman9806]

Love your videos! Of all the acft you have flown, what is your personal favorite and why? I am new to dcs and love it so far.

[@toothlessDJErcik]

MiG-21s turning really slow at high altitude. Like a F104

[@markollini195]

Can you show your trackir settings? I have a problem with losing track. Your moves are smoth and gently. And can say about curves u using in mig21?

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

no curves for me in mig21, and trackir profile you can download from the community section of the channel scroll down and you will find a download link.

[@noelstephen3848]

Nice!