Nuclear Option mod · v0.8.7

MiG-29 Fulcrum

A flyable MiG-29 (9.12) for Nuclear Option, with its own flight model tuned to real-world data, R-27R, R-27T, R-73 and R-60M missiles built from scratch, the GSh-30-1 cannon, droppable fuel tanks, flares and chaff, working canopy and gear doors, and nine liveries.

Download latest release Source on GitHub

Flight model

Tuned offline with a Python re-implementation of Nuclear Option's per-part aerodynamics and engine thrust, against published MiG-29 figures.

1,530 km/htop speed at sea level
Mach 2.24top speed at 13 km
~210 km/hstall speed
28°/sinstantaneous turn
9 gairframe limit
2 × RD-3352 kN dry / ~90 kN wet
MiG-29 climbing
  • All-moving stabilators for pitch and differential roll, plus rudders, ailerons and flaps. Every surface moves on the model.
  • RD-33 engines with an altitude thrust curve and afterburner. No thrust vectoring, as on the real 9.12.
  • 3.7 t internal fuel and an 11.5 t empty weight. Lift points are placed for a stable static margin.
  • Breakable airframe: hitboxes come from the base game's part colliders scaled to the MiG, so parts break off and scorch realistically.
MiG-29 underside with R-27T, R-73 and R-60M missiles on each wing

Weapons

Four missiles and their launch rails, modelled from scratch to published dimensions, plus the MiG's own cannon. Each wing has three pylons, matching the real aircraft.

  • Inner pylon: R-27R or R-27T on an AKU-470 rail, R-73, R-60M, a PTB-1150 drop tank, or stock stores
  • Middle pylon: R-73 on an APU-73 rail, R-60M on an APU-60 rail, or stock stores
  • Outer pylon: R-73 or R-60M
  • Centreline: a PTB-1500 drop tank under the belly
  • Drop tanks feed their fuel first, as on the real jet, and weigh what they hold. Fire to drop them one at a time or press Ctrl+J to jettison all; the ПТБ caution light tells you when they're dry
  • Flares and chaff fire upward from the MiG's own BVP-30-26M dispensers on the tail booms: 30 of each, plus the radar jammer. Chaff decoys radar missiles best when you beam them
  • Presets: air superiority, long-range CAP, dogfight, strike and ferry loadouts, which AI-flown MiGs also use

R-27R

AA-10 Alamo-A
Guidance
Semi-active radar. Keep your radar locked until impact.
Range
~50 km
Motor
Two-stage
Size
4.08 m × 0.23 m, "butterfly" control fins

R-27T

AA-10 Alamo-B
Guidance
Infrared, fire-and-forget. Lock before launch.
Range
~30 km
Motor
Two-stage
Size
3.80 m × 0.23 m, glass seeker dome

R-73

AA-11 Archer
Guidance
All-aspect infrared
Off-boresight
45°
Control
Canards and thrust vectoring
Size
2.90 m × 0.17 m

R-60M

AA-8 Aphid
Guidance
Infrared
Range
~8 km
Mass
44 kg: light and very agile
Size
2.09 m × 0.12 m

GSh-30-1

30 mm cannon
Ammunition
150 rounds
Rate of fire
~1,650 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
870 m/s
Location
Left wing root (LERX)
R-27R, R-27T, R-73 and R-60M models side by side

Airframe & cockpit

The details that make it feel like a MiG rather than a reskin.

  • Every instrument works: 20 needles, a rolling attitude ball, a turning compass card, a 24-light caution panel, the SPO-15 radar warning receiver and gear lights, all reading the aircraft's real state. Lit at night.
  • Cockpit, modelled from scratch: a turquoise MiG-29 panel with Russian-marked gauges, HUD, side consoles with real 3D switches and knobs, circuit-breaker panels, twin throttles, centre stick, a K-36DM seat with harness, the windscreen bow with three rear-view mirrors that really reflect with the NO Mirrors plugin, and the equipment bay behind the seat. The tactical display is built into the panel as the radar screen.
  • Canopy opens from its rear hinge on the ground and ejects with the seat.
  • Gear doors on the nose and main gear open and close with the gear.
  • Damage display in the cockpit and the map icon are both drawn from the MiG's own outline.
  • Nine liveries: Two-Tone Grey, Desert Tan, Digital Grey, Display Blue, 29+20 Special, Tricolour Digital 741, OVT Splinter 917, White 44 and LII Gromov 84, available to both factions.
  • Four loading screens rendered from the model.
In game: the MiG-29 cockpit with working instruments, gear lights and the radar screenIn flight: attitude ball, airspeed, AoA and g needles reading a pull-upCockpit damage display outline and per-part damage map

Install

Requires BepInEx 5 and Blueprinter 2.0.1 or newer.

  1. Install BepInEx 5 into your Nuclear Option folder.
  2. Install Blueprinter into BepInEx/plugins.
  3. Download MiG-29 Fulcrum_x.y.z.nobp and MiG29Instruments.dll from the latest release (every version is also kept on the builds branch) and put both in BepInEx/plugins/MiG-29_Fulcrum/. Delete any older versions first. The DLL makes the cockpit instruments work and feeds the drop tanks' fuel.
  4. Start the game. The MiG-29 appears in medium hangars, shelters and revetments on land bases, and in the Encyclopedia.

Troubleshooting

Multiplayer: every player needs the same mod set, and Blueprinter checks this when you join. This is an early release, so please report handling or weapon issues on GitHub Issues, including your controls and your speed and altitude at the time.