In dogfights, it’s not much of relevance.
Every Pilot tries to force the conditions suitable for him and his machine. F16/western fighter designs are optimised for high speed rate fights while Russians design focus much on nose authority at slower speeds. Each has its own advantage. But the higher TWR is always desirable.
You bleed too much energy, you will probably gonna loose.
It’s an old design with high TWR and poor manoeuvrability. It’s pretty much the only thing Mig 21 can do when facing another fighter jet, that too just for few minutes as it’s range is extremely limited. It’s called Shoot and Skoot tactic by Soviets. Not a real dogfight IMO.
Mirage 2000 (?) and Mig 21 are two entirely different types of aircraft’s. Comparing two is like comparing Bajaj platina with TVS Apache 200 RTR.
M2000 was designed as a multirole air superiority fighter. It’s a much more capable dogfighter and probably was the second best design after F16 to dogfight.
Mig 21 was just a third gen soviet point defence fighter.
It is. And that’s what makes M2000 a capable dogfighter. Downside is Delta wing bleeds too much energy and therefore depends on superior nose authority to shoot the enemy during initial higher energy state.
True again. But it’s not how things happen.
Before engaging, both pilots try to gain as much energy as possible by climbing up.
Jet with higher power reserves can gain energy rapidly during any stage of the dogfight which is crucial for manoeuvrability of the jet.
PS: Some Lawhori *censored* was saying that LCA pilot was doing combat manoeuvres at Dubai air show without afterburners to make tighter turns. That *censored* doesn’t know that higher speed creates more drag and thus helps in combat manoeuvres. And that’s why most pilots prefer to use afterburners most of the time during dogfights.
@randomradio Is my reasoning is correct ? Or I’m missing something?
