MiG-21FL of the 234th Fighter Aviation Regiment.....Sweden, spring 1967.

[Lucky13]

Need to get another MiG-21 me thinks....234th Fighter Aviation Regiment visiting F16 Uppsala during spring of 1967, with 12 MiG-21FL's.

 

[Lucky13]

One that I built back in the day....

 

[Lucky13]

MiG-21FL (1965; Izdeliye 77)F = Forsazh ("Reheat"), L = Lokator ("Radar")Export (Third world) model of the MiG-21PF. Downgraded from baseline MiG-21PF with older and less powerful R11F-300 engine, no provision for carrying RS-2US beam-riding missiles and a simplified, downgraded version of the RP-21 radar, designated R1L. Wide-chord fin and brake chute fairing at its base. Built under license in India as the Type77.

(Wikipedia)

So, pretty much a....

....or?

 

[Wurger]

You need the PFM variant with the cockpit hood opened forward. It can be noticed that the version in the movie had the large chord fin with the container of the braking parachute at the fin root.

 

[Lucky13]

You need the PFM variant with the cockpit hood opened forward. It can be noticed that the version in the movie had the large chord fin with the container of the braking parachute at the fin root.

Maybe be able to kitbash then?

 

[Wurger]

Yep .. the Eduard MiG-21PFM should be good. All you need is to replace the side open cockpit hood with the one open forward. In the cockpit you need to use the SK-1 ejected seat insted of the KM-1 for the PFM version. As memo serves the jet engine exhaust nozzle should be also different as the FL was a depleted version of the MiG-21

the source: Blueprints > Modern airplanes > Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) > Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL Fishbed

 

[Lucky13]

I just noticed that my MiG-21PF is missing part U14, just opened the bag and it's nowhere to be seen....

 

[Wurger]

Sorry to hear that. You may drop a line to the Eduard asking for sending the lost part.

the source: Mikojan-Gurevič MiG-21FL [kód NATO: Fishbed-F] : Mikoyan-Gurevich

 

[Lucky13]

Was thinking that as well....

By the way, do you know if the Polish Air Force paid the Swedish Air Force any visits back in the day, 60's, 70's or so?

 

[Donivanp]

That does indeed seem to be the way to go for an FL!
Missing U-14? We don't need to sticking U14, it just a flesh wound!

 

[Wurger]

By the way, do you know if the Polish Air Force paid the Swedish Air Force any visits back in the day, 60's, 70's or so?

To be honest I don't remind myself a such event. The only Polish MiGs that visited your country were these escaped.

BTW... regarding the corrections for the MiG 21FL ( type 77 ) ... similar to the early PF variant, the FL plane didn't have the SPS system for blowing flaps. The late PF ( PFS) and PFM versions had the system. So you should check on the wing and remove the flap actuator from the wing/flap undersides. Also the small accessing hatch at the port side of the fuselage slightly above the flap should be removed.

 

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[Wurger]

Look like the PF without the SPS .

Here a couple of shots found via the net ..

the wing undersides .. the flap retracted up

the flap conducting rail at the fuselage .. flap up

The flap top while lowered down ...

the wing udersides when the flap is down ...

 

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[Donivanp]

From Squadron Signal MiG-21 in action By Don Linn & Don Spering Page 21

 

[Wurger]

It can be noticed that the soviet MiGs were like the "Blue 60"

the source: http://www.f18.se/joomla/images/stories/tidningen/tidning_nr_38_web.pdf

The "Blue 67" profile .... but I have to check on something ...

the source: **** DONE: MiG 21 PF 'Fishbed D', Moscow District PVO Aviation Fighter Regiment, 1967

 

[Wurger]

The "Blue 67" profile .... but I have to check on something ...

Jan is the film you posted above the Russian visit in Uppsala 1967 ? If it is, both of the profiles for the Blue 67 are wrong concerning the fin. IMHO, all Mig-21s seen in the footage were of the large fin ( like the late PFS and PFM and MF version ) with the one straight leading edge and the brake chute container at the fin root.
Also I can't believe the MiGs were of the FL variant. Having the better versions Russians wouldn't be used the "poor" variant. I would say the Mig-21s there could be the PFS of the 10-19 batches with the SPS system. .

 

[Lucky13]

Yes, 234th Fighter Aviation Regiment and its visit to F16 in Upsala, 1967....

 

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From FB....