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Originally Posted by Tempest123
Thanks for the info, I found several magazine articles since then, I wonder how progress is going with the AM-38. Does the current day MiG company (or as I understand it, merged company now?) contribute any money to this I wonder.
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I doubt about money, but there were talks, that MiG helped them with original reference material.
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Originally Posted by Tempest123
There are a few older planes in Il2 that need sprucing up (mig-3, R-10, il2 etc.) but I suspect TD has their hands full at the moment, so I guess I'd better start learning Gmax.
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Gmax is no go. 3DS Max 5 or 9 is only way.
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Originally Posted by Letum
AM-38? Not the AM-35?
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Well, actually, both.
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Originally Posted by Letum
What is behind that decision?
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Both types are extremely rare, so that is what they have. They are trying to restore both engines which were recovered from wrecks. As far, as I heard, they even did AM-35 fire test, but it failed and suffered serious brakedown.
Here's the site of Aviarestavratzia which is restorer and current owner of the MiG.
http://www.rusavia.com/data/services/repair/
Check the movie on this page:
http://www.infox.ru/authority/defenc...e_samoly.phtml
The second half is about restoring the MiG-3