For our forty-seventh weekly discussion, we will be talking about a second jet: the infamous Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 "Fagot" and its successor ingame, the MiG-15bis.
A further development of the generally poor MiG-9 "Fargo", the MiG-15 benefited greatly from British technology when the British Labour government and its Minister of Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps, were perfectly willing to provide technical information and a license to manufacture the Rolls-Royce Nene for usage in Russian jets. Russian engineers rapidly copied the engine design and mass-produced it as the Klimov RD-45, without paying Rolls-Royce a dime of their contractually agreed license payments.
The MiG-15 design benefited greatly from the introduction of swept wings, but had a tendency to roll to the left or to the right due to manufacturing variances, so aerodynamic trimmers called "nozhi" (knives) were fitted to correct the problem, the knives being adjusted by ground crews until the aircraft flew correctly.
Both the MiG-15 and MiG-15bis were widely exported to nations friendly to the Soviet cause, and so when the Korean War began, pilots of Korean, Chinese and Russian air forces poured into the conflict to go toe-to-toe with the American Sabres. A formidably dangerous foe in the air war over Korea, it's also a very capable fighter in War Thunder.
You can read all about the MiG-15 right here! The MiG-15 in Action.
Here is the list of previous discussions.
Before we start!
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Please use the applicable [Arcade], [RB] or [SB] tags to preface your opinions on the airplane! Aircraft performance differs greatly across the three modes, so an opinion for one mode may be completely invalid for another!
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Do not downvote based on disagreement! Downvotes are reserved for comments you'd rather not see at all because they have no place here.
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Feel free to speak your mind! Call it a hunk of junk, an OP 'noobtube', whatever! Just make sure you back up your opinion with reasoning.
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Make sure you differentiate between styles of play. A plane may be crap for turnfights, and excellent for boom-n-zoom, so no need to call something entirely shitty if it's just not your style.
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Note, when people say 'FM' and 'DM', they are
This week we will be talking about the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 "Fagot" and its successor subtype, the MiG-15bis, as used by German and Russian air forces ingame.
>The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΡΠ½ ΠΈ ΠΡΡΠ΅Π²ΠΈΡ ΠΠΈΠ-15; NATO reporting name: "Fagot") is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters, and achieved fame in the skies over Korea, where, early in the war, it outclassed all straight-winged enemy fighters in most applications.
>Later, the MiG-15 would also serve as a starting point for the development of the more advanced MiG-17. The MiG-15 is believed to have been one of the most widely produced jet aircraft ever made; in excess of 12,000 were manufactured. Licensed foreign production may have raised the production total to over 18,000. The MiG-15 is often mentioned, along with the North American F-86 Sabre, as the best fighter aircraft of the Korean War, and among the best fighter aircraft of all time.
The MiG-15 was previously discussed 7 months ago, you may find that thread interesting:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/21u2m1/weekly_discussion_47_mikoyangurevich_mig15_fagot/
Here are some downloadable skins for the MiG-15 on Live.Warthunder.com:
http://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?q=%23mig15
Here is the list of previous discussions.
Before we start!
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Please use the applicable [Arcade], [RB] or [SB] tags to preface your opinions on the vehicle! Performance differs greatly across the three modes, so an opinion for one mode may be completely invalid for another!
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Do not downvote based on disagreement! Downvotes are reserved for comments you'd rather not see at all because they have no place here.
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Feel free to speak your mind! Call it a hunk of junk, an OP 'noobtube', whatever! Just make sure you back up your opinion with reasoning.
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Make sure you differentiate between styles of play. A plane may be crap for turnfights, and excellent for boom-n-zoom; a tank useless at long ranges but a star in close-up brawls, so no need to call something entirely shitty if it's just not your style.
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Note, when people say 'FM' and 'DM', they are referring to the Flight Model (how the plane flies and rea
