A tribute to Soviet MiG fighters

Nicknames of USSR aroplane

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L-39 /Elka/ - derived adding diminutive suffix -ka to the official designator "L"

Antonov

An-2 /Kukuruznik/ - cornhoper (closer to literal, kukuruza is maize) or cropduster (a more idiomatic translation; Annushka - little Anna

An-8 /Kit/ - Whale

An-14 /Pchelka/ - little bee (also An-28 and perhaps, An-38)

An-10 /Ukraina/ - Ukraine

An-22 /Antei/ - Antheus. Antheus is a greek mythology hero, son of Poseidon and Gaia, who lost his powers when lifted from the ground (doubtful marketing value for an aircraft)

An-71 /NLO s vneshney podveskoy/ - UFO with an external store (http://www.aviation.ru/An/An-71.jpg)

An-72/74 /Cheburashka/ - a fictional cartoon creature with disproportionally large round ears. The unusual overwing powerplant installation of An-72/74 must have given this association; chyudovishye s binoklem - monster with binocular (http://www.milairpix.com/mil_planes/an72_1.jpg)

An-124 /Ruslan/ - character from Pushkin's poem; /Pterodaktel'/ - Pterodactel(sp?)

An-225 /Mriia/ - ukrainian for dream

Aviatika

Aviatika-890 /Metla/ - broom

Beriev

A-50 /Shestikryl/ - hexaplane. The wing, tail and a pair of additional horizontal surfaces on the main gear bays adds up to six

Be-12 /Chaika/ - seagull

Be-200 /Al'batros/ - albatross; Irkut - resident of Irkutiya (Be-200 is built at Irkutskoe APO)

Ermolaev

Er-2 /Ermoshka/

Ilyushin

Il-2 /Sturmovik/ - Attack aircraft; /Letauschii (Letuchii) tank/ - flying tank; /Ilyusha/ - diminutive of Ilya, common surname

Il-28 /Miasnik/ - butcher, given by the crews which believed that Beagle is not forgiving aircraf or putting this simply - a widow-maker

Il-76 /Gus' lapchatyi/ - goose

Il-86 /Baton/ - bread loaf; /Baklazhan/ - eggplant; Russky Dzhambo - Russian jumbo

Il-102 /Valenok/ - winter boot, which has unimpressive look and aerodynamic (http://www.military.cz/russia/air/iljusin/Il_102/il-102_1.jpg)


Lavochkin

LaGG fighters - /Lakirovannyi Garantirovannyi Grob/ - varnished guarantied coffin
(my note: Early LaGG canopies were made of flawed plexiglass. When exposed to the sun for a few weeks, they turned yellow and were hard to see through. Uncle Joe was not pleased.)

La fighters - /Lapot'/ - peasant shoe made of tree bark
(my note: Lavochkin made their fighters out of wood until the La-9)

La-5 /Mylo/ - Soap. Given by LII personnel where La-5 was tested in winter camouflage. Apparently bluish-white paint job was associated with "zhukovsky" soap.

La-250 /Anakonda/ - anaconda

Mikoyan

MiG-15 (-17) - /Samolet-soldat/ - soldier-plane

MiG-21 /Balalaika/ - triangular shaped folk music instrument. Clear pick on the Fishbed's wing; /Veselyi/ - merry, because of it relatively small size and, perhaps, fun to fly

MiG-23 /Chemodan/ - luggage trunk (certain similarities of airframe and this travel accessory); /Krokodil/ - crocodile (short legs of the amphibian resembles MiG's main gear); /Grif/ - griffon, a radio call sign used in Afghanistan; /Fantomasoenok/ - see MiG-25.

MiG-25 /Letaushchii gastronom/ - flying liquor store. MiG-25 uses incredible amount of alcohol based deicing fluid causing numerous cases of alcoholism among its pilots and ground crews. [Side note: It appears that earlier MiG-25 also used alcohol based hydraulics. Nicknamed "Massandra", this fiery cocktail forced concerned wives to write a letter to the higher echelons of power. Mikoyan's -- who is ethnic armenian -- reply was: "If aircraft system performance would require Armenian cognac, we will fill planes with Armenian cognac". Nevertheless, later MiGs featured alcohol free liquid, owning much to the original solution, proposed ironically by ... a woman.]; /Fantomas/ - beginning of the service life of the aircraft coincided with appearance of much popular French movie; /Chertopolokh/ - a weed, also used in folklore to describe something bulky and sophisticated. This nickname was given by Gromov LII personnel to whom E-155 appeared very different from smooth and rounded bodies of contemporary jets. Recall these large boxlike intakes of E-155, twin fins and winglets!

MiG-27 /Kondor/ - condor; /Krokodil/ - Crocodile (see MiG-23); /Chemodan/ - luggage trunk (see MiG-23); /Utkonos/ - duck-billed platypus, driven by the shape of the aircraft nose

MiG-29 /Strizh/ - swift; Fulcrum (ground crews and pilots refer to aircraft by western codename); /Gorbach/ - hatchback (perhaps later models with enlarged spine)

Project 105-11 /Lapot'/ - peasant shoe made of tree bark. This lifting delta-body aircraft was developed as a part of the Lozino-Lozinskiy Spiral space shuttle program.

Myasichev

3M /Molot/ - hummer; /Stilyaga/ - stylish, for longer (and more stylish looking) nose than M-4

VM-T /Atlant/ - atlant

M-55 /Geofizika/ - Geophysics

Mil

Mi-1 /Moskvich/ - Moscower

Mi-6 /Korova/ - cow (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aeromil-yf/MI%206%20HALO.jpg)

Mi-8 /Zontik/ - umbrella, because of rotating blades; /Karlson/ - the name of the character from the children bok of swedish writer Astred Lindgren. According to the book, Karlson lived in the penthouse on the roof top and used a small proppelor on his back to get airborn; /Boj'ya korovka/ - ladybird, incect with black spots (usually six) on the red back; /Zmey gorynych/ - fictious three-headed dragon from russian folklore. During takeoffs (especially in a cold weather) Mi-8 creates steam coming from drenage fuel tubes which resembles the smoke of the fire-breathing dragon; /Zhivoglot/ - eat-alive, did you ever have a look in Mi-8's cargo hold from behind?

Mi-10 /Letaiushchii kran/ - flying crane, generic; /Spitsa/ - long (knitting) needle

Mi-24 /Shmel'/ - bumble bee; /Krokodil/ - crocodile

Mi-26 /Korova/ - cow; /Saraj/ - barn

Polikarpov

I-15 /Chaika/ - seagull. The shape of the top wing of this biplane similar to the birds wing

I-16 /Ishak/ - donkey. In Russian, the first part of "I-16" pronounced as "Ishestnadtsat'" is consonant to "Ishak"

Po-2/U-2 /Kukuruznik/ - cornhoper (closer to literal, kukuruza is maize) or cropduster (a more idiomatic translation), /Letaiushchaia Parta/ - flying (school) bench. Generic to trainer aircraft.

Sukhoi

T-4 /Sotka/ - a 100, which refers to this number in the designation of the aircraft and also the take-off weigh of the plane which was close to 100 metric tones.

Su-17 /Strizh/ - swift. Radio call of the Su-25 during Afghanistan conflict (see Su-25, MiG-23). Swept wings of Su-17 (swift) contrasting to those of Su-25 (rook) as well as max speed difference could have influenced the choice of the names

Su-25 /Gratch/ - rook. Radio call of the Su-25 during Afghanistan conflict (see Su-25, MiG-23). The Soviet infantry called Su-25 /Rasshcheska/ and/or /Grebenka/ (comb) because loaded Su-25 with its ten pylons occupied with the payload, resembled the comb if viewed from below. The VVS staff called Su-25 - /Konek-gorbunok/ which is a fictional animal from one of the fair tales by Bazhenov. This character is an ugly (hatchbacked) and small pony or some sort of a miniature horse, which outperformed the bigger (and faster) stalemates.

Su-26 /Suchok/ - bough, knot. Alternative content is optional

Su-27 /Zhuravlik/ - baby crane; /Sushka/ - diminutive of Su, coincide with word "cracker" (could be any Sukhoi design); /Sukhar'/ - same

Su-27K/27IB/27M etc. /Triplan/ - triplane, canards+wings+tail=3 horizontal surfaces. As one of the Kuznetsov sailors noted after seeing Su-27K/33 for the first time: "This fighter has two 'wings' too many..."

Su-27IB/34 /Utkonos/ - duck-billed platypus, driven by the shape of the aircraft nose

Su-33/27K /Korabelka/ - carrier born. This well apply to MiG-29K and Su-25UTG

Su-37 /Terminator/ - terminator

Tupolev

Tu-anything - /Tupol'/, pl. Tupolya. Likely consonant to word topol'.

Tu-22 /Shilo/ - awl. Self explanatory

Tu-22M /Slepoj Dzhek/ - blind Jack. Pick on the bomber's small cockpit windows and/or pour cockpit visibility

Tu-91 /Bychok/ - a fishy name, striking similarity

Tu-95 /Bear/. The bomber crews referred to their a/c by NATO codename

Tu-114 /Rossiia/ - Russia

Tu-134 /Tushka malaya/ - small tushka (see Tu-160); /Tushkanchik/ - type of desert rat; /Svistok/ - whistle, due to characteristic engine sound; /Malyshka/ - baby; /Passazhirskii istrebitel'/ - passenger fighter. Alternative content is optional

Tu-134Shch (experimental airframe fitted with fighter radom for the radar tests) /Shchyuka/ - pike for its predatory look

Tu-154 /Tushka bol'shaya/ - big tushka (see Tu-160); /Tushkan/ - type of larger desert rat; /Gorbaty/ - hatchbak because of the prile given by an air intake of the center engine; /Avrora/ - trijet interpolation of three chimney legendary cruiser "Avrora"; /Poltinnik/ - half-hundred, it is Tu-154 after all

Tu-160 /Tushka/ - diminutive of Tu, coincide with word "corpse" or "carcass" of small animal or bird (could be applied to any Tupolev design); /Gordost' natsii/ - pride of nation. Used as a reference to cost and sophistication of the bomber; /Kambala/ - flounder. Blended wing-body and highly inclined windshield inspired this one

Tu-204 /Ludmila/. Given by folks at Aviastar who build both Tu-204 and An-124 Ruslan at the same Ul'yanovsk plant. Ludmila and Ruslan are characters from Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Ludmila"

Yakovlev

Yak fighters nicknamed /IAstrebki/ (pl). IAstrebok is a small hawk. It is also possible that this word was morfed from Istrebok (diminutive of fighter plane) and Yak.

Yak-9U /Ubiitsa/ - killer. Not in "widow maker" sense but rather to emphasize its lethality to opponents

Yak-24 /Letaiushchii vagon/ - flying car (as in street car)

Yak-28 /Kormilets/ - provider. The aircraft was considered to have high level of automatization, so that pilot would simply relax in the cockpit and "hang there till next pay day".

Yak-36/36M/38/41 /Vertikalka/ - vertical

Yak-40 /Okurok/ - cigaret butt; Istrebitel' goruchego - fuel fighter (in consuming sense)

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Mikoyan MiG-21I Analog (Analogue)

Mikohttp://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/MikoyanAnalog.htmhttp://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/MikoyanAnalog.htmyan MiG-21I Analog (Analogue)

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/MikoyanAnalog.htm
In the early sixties the race started between east and west to produce and fly a supersonic airliner, ending in the production of the Concorde and the "Concordsky" (Tu-144). Construction of both types was started after many hours of design, material testing; many different models were made and used in wind tunnel tests. Flying a scaled-down wing of similar plan form was suggested also in both projects, the Concorde wing concept being tested on the BAC 221, flying in 1964.

The Tu-144 double-ogive wing concept was also to be tested and in 1965 the Mikoyan design bureau was charged to produce the airframe. The aircraft (a redesigned MiG-21S known to the company designers as the 21-11) received the official designation MiG-21I (I for Imitator); in fact it was built on the MiG-21S production line. The MiG-21I was the first and only MiG jet design with no tail plane and had a complete new wing with the part ahead of the main spar easy replaceable so different shapes could be tested.

The -21S R-11F2S-300 engine was replaced by the higher-powered R-13-300 and the -21I had 17% more fuel capacity, up to 5,985 lb (2,715 kg). The inability to lay down the exact shape of the wing and elevons, and other details caused a delay of more than a year and the MiG-21I/1 (CCCP-1966) did only fly for the first time on April 18, 1968 by O. Gudkov. It was also flown by the two Tu-144 test pilots Yelyan and Kozlov four times each and it flew as a chase plane on the first flight of the Tu-144 on December 31, 1968.

The first MiG-21I crashed on July 28, 1970 flown by Victor Konstantinov while conducting unauthorized aerobatics at low-level killing the pilot. The second aircraft, known as MiG-21I/2, had a 20.5 sq.ft (1.9 sq.m) larger wing and with four elevons on each side instead of flaps and elevons. This aircraft flew for the first time in 1969 with I. Volk at the controls; several leading-edge root extensions (LERX) were tested. On the top of the fin and on the right-hand side canopy-fairing it had fairings carrying cameras filming the tufted right-hand side wing.

In total 140 flights were made by the two MiG-21I’s; the second aircraft is preserved at Monino, Moscow. It may be clear that due to the delayed maiden flight the MiG-21I it had no influence on the Tu-144 prototype wing lay-out.

sail trim

http://www.arvelgentry.com/A_Trim_Primer.htm

The following diagram provides a step-by-step procedure for trimming the headsail and the mainsail taking into account the interaction between the two sails caused by the so called "circular flows" around each sail. In simple terms, the mainsail gives the headsail a "lift" while the headsail gives the mainsail a "header". So, when you adjust one sail, the wind on the other sail is altered. Due to this reason, before the first race starts, you should spend about fifteen minutes to first trim the genoa, then the main, then the genoa again, and then the main again, and so on, until the secondary sail controls (everything except for the controls that you will frequently adjust during the upwind leg - the sheets, the mainsail traveler and the backstay) are set for the current wind conditions.

The diagram below does not consider backstay adjustments that can be used to flatten the sail. The naive presumption is that it is adjusted for the prevailing wind conditions.

The diagram is provided courtesy of SAILING SYSTEMS, Inc.. It shows a yacht on port tack. The diagram is extremely self explanatory. Therefore, I will not provide a verbose explanation. You just need to learn how to read the diagram!

* Only the leeward telltales are shown. They are the only ones that are required to be checked for achieving proper sail trim since a stall is much harder to detect than a luff, and it is the leeward side of the sails that provides the most power and lift!
* The telltales are shown only in their approximate positions! For a full discussion of the ideal telltale locations, consult " Telling Tales", " Truer Tales of Telltales", and " One Man's Fact, Other Man's Fiction".
* Telltale States:
Shown in green or red (depending on the tack shown) as:
"stalled" (lifting up); or
"flying" (straight back); or
"backwinded" (shaking, drooping).
* Sail-shape Control Lines:
Defined in purple letters.
H=Jib Halyard (or jib cunningham)
J=Jib Sheet
L=Jib sheet lead (car)
C=Main cunningham
T=Mainsheet traveler car
M=Mainsheet
O=Main outhaul
* Trim Adjustment Directions:
Adjustments to the controls are noted in black "action cirles".
If an action circle involves multiple adjustments, they are undertaken in sequence, top to bottom, with the bottom adjustment light.
Adjustment directions are shown with arrows with respect to the the control axis of each control.
EXAMPLE: "H" goes up or down; "T" goes up (to widward) or down (to leeward); "O" goes right (in) or left (out), etc.

* Execution Sequence:
Shown as light gray numbers ( i ), inside light gray, rounded-corner boxes.
The action(s) noted within the box is (are) taken as the ( i )th step(s).
* Trim Adjustment Criterion:
Shown by one or a pair of black lines originating from an action circle.
The adjustment noted in the action circle is to be undertaken if the telltales (like those) the black lines point to are in the state depicted.

It should be emphasized that the telltales are not drawn in their exact positions. Nor are all telltales shown. For instance the genoa leech should have more than one telltale. The main leech should have more than two telltales. Such missing telltales are not shown so as not to clutter the picture.

Furthermore, whenever a pair of telltales are shown as the "adjustment criterion", the criterion refers to all telltales with the location characteristics of the telltales shown as the "adjustment criterion". For instance, the adjustments required in Steps 10 & 14 ("O","C","T") refer to the case where "telltales forward on the main are flying but telltales on the main leech are stalled". They don't refer to telltales specifically at the shown locations!

Note that initial genoa adjustments involve Steps 1-4. Next, the main adjustments involve Steps 5-15. Then, you go back to the genoa with Steps 16-19. When you come back to the main again, you start with Step 20 and continue. (That is, you don't center the traveler to start the adjustments again as you did in the first round in Step 5.)

Let me do you a favor and start you on the explanation of the diagram so that you can have an idea about how precise you need to be:
* Step 1: Start sailing with your leeward-side steering telltales (the Gentry tufts) all flying. You are now at the verge of luffing.
* Step 2: While you are preserving this state in your Gentry tufts, have a crew member look up and check if the "jib-lead-check" tuft high up and right along the luff on the leeward side is stalling. If you are still steering correctly, at this time the tuft right along the luff at the level of the Gentry tufts (or the lead tuft of the gentry tuft system itself) will still be streaming straight aft. If so, then the jib lead car needs to move back a bit, and vice versa. That is, if the top leeward tuft is not stalling but the windward one is showing the signs of a luff, then the jib-sheet lead needs to come forward. (See an opposing view on how to adjust the lead in One Man's Fact, Other Man's Fiction.)
* ....

Sailorcn

Victorian Harbour at night

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Victorian Harbour Sailor

Residence: overlook the harbour
Workplace: across the harbour
Passtime: sailing in the harbour
watching the harbour
Community work: protect the harbour