Mig-3

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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.

I doubt about money, but there were talks, that MiG helped them with original reference material.

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.

Gmax is no go. 3DS Max 5 or 9 is only way.

Originally Posted by Letum

AM-38? Not the AM-35?

Well, actually, both.

Originally Posted by Letum

What is behind that decision?

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