Check out the Merch Store: teespring.com/stores/growling-sidewinder-store Longshot's Channel: kzfaq.info/love/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.

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

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

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."😂

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

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

“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*

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

21 is a beauty of minimalistic design

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

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

f-15 tiger? im sure you meant mig 28

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

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.

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

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

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.

MIG-21 is very beautiful aircraft

6:57 That’s what she said.

6:57 ... thats what SHE said

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 :)

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.

awesome flying GS

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

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

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.

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

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

Lovin these MiG 21 V F5 duels!

That typo tho haha, love these!

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

This was my request. Thanks.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Hey GS, regarding the KZfaq 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 KZfaq 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 KZfaq, 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 KZfaq 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 KZfaq 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!

Pls do more BVR fights, they are awesome too

13:37 quite the show for that driver there.

The F-15 tiger is my sleep paralysis demon

Gotta love that classic MiG teal

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

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

Nice!

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.

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

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

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".

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!?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I think he saw it guys

Can u try the impossible split S maneuver in mig 21

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.

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

Nice 👍

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

13:30 R.I.P his eardrums!

Wait what? Did that pitot tube bend in that explosion in round 4?

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

Imagine a Tiger F-5 Tiger, LOL!

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

9:36 jumpscare lol

is the tacview a part of dcs or a standalone software? i have dcs, just don't have enough ram currently so have to practise acm in *cough war thunder for now until i can afford an upgrade

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.

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

how long can you stay in after burner?

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

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?

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.

6:52 That will be taken out of context.

please review the saab viggen!

Can you share the foto from İR tiger?

16:44- alright ladies... lol

Imagine Su-25 vs A-10

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

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

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

GS loves aircraft that he has to fight a little bit

Snipe celly!

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).

How do make a 1v1 dogfight?

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

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.

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

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