Mig 31 how does it compare with F-16, 15 ,117 mig 29 ,su 30+etc

In comparison, the MiG-29 can pull up to 9G

This is only under optimal conditions and a clean loadout, fully loaded, it drops down to about 7.5 gees, and has a much lower corner velocity compared to the F-15 and F-16.

The Mig may be able to do 9 g but the pilot will be blacked out.

Originally posted by Hockeyguy567 This is only under optimal conditions and a clean loadout, fully loaded, it drops down to about 7.5 gees, and has a much lower corner velocity compared to the F-15 and F-16.

Well...yeah. I was talking about the MiG-29 compared to the MiG-31 in dogfight conditions. The MiG-31 can only withstand 5.5 Gs when it has a clean loadout. The MiG-31 was designed to intercept either B-1s or B-52s flying in formation. A known tactic is to fly straight at them and launch R-33s, then lose speed and turn back to base. Against other fighters, I would say their tactics would be the same as that of the F-15s fighting BVR, approach, kill off some with R-33s/R-77s, leave the rest for the R-60/R-73.

And btw FIN, the MiG-31 does not come close to any American plane when it comes down to manoverability. It plain sucks at dogfighting. 5.5 Gs for a dogfighter just will not work. As for speed, its speed is close to Mach 3, maybe around 2.8. I am sure the MiG-31 has a faster top speed than the F-15. I am absolutely positive about that.

[edit on 16/6/05 by W4rl0rD]

the mig-31 was also used for shooting down crusie missles. thats why they had the look-down shoot down thing.

anyway i dont think the mig-31 was designed to shoot down US bombers. i think you guys mean the mig-25

The only advantage of the MiG-31 is speed and ceiling; but it is outclassed in dogfight by all other modern fighters, since it has less agility.


1) maximum speed

MiG-31 "Foxhound" 3000 km/h
F-15C Eagle 2698 km/h
F-15E Strike Eagle 2698 km/h
YF-23 Black Widow II 2655 km/h
Suhoi T-50 2600 km/h
F-14D Tomcat 2548 km/h
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 2500 km/h
Su-27 "Flanker-B" 2480 km/h
MiG MFI "Flatpack" 2450 km/h
Mirage 4000 2445 km/h
MiG-29 "Fulcrum" 2445 km/h
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 2410 km/h
F-22 Raptor 2410 km/h
Eurofighter Typhoon 2390 km/h
Chengdu J-10 2339 km/h
Tornado ADV 2338 km/h
Mirage 2000C 2338 km/h
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 2300 km/h
F-16C Fighting Falcon 2175 km/h
Rafale 2125 km/h
F-20 Tigershark 2124 km/h
Mitsubishi F-2 2124 km/h
JAS39 Gripen 2124 km/h
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 2120 km/h
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 2120 km/h
Chengdu J-20 2100 km/h
F-35 Lightning II 2065 km/h
HAL Tejas 1990 km/h
IAI Lavi 1965 km/h
F-CK-1 Ching Kuo 1920 km/h
F/A-18C Hornet 1915 km/h
F/A-18E Super Hornet 1915 km/h
Chengdu FC-1 1909 km/h
Su-34 "Fullback" 1900 km/h


2) climb rate

Suhoi T-50 21000 m/min
MiG-29 "Fulcrum" 19825 m/min
MiG-29K "Fulcrum-D" 19800 m/min
Eurofighter Typhoon 18898 m/min
Su-27P "Flanker-B" 18312 m/min
Mirage 4000 18300 m/min
Rafale 18300 m/min
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 18300 m/min
Chengdu J-20 18288 m/min
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 18000 m/min
F-15C Eagle 17500 m/min
Mirage 2000C 17080 m/min
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 16800 m/min
F-20 Tigershark 16398 m/min
F-15E Strike Eagle 16000 m/min
Mitsubishi F-2 15300 m/min
F-16C Fighting Falcon 15250 m/min
JAS39 Gripen 15240 m/min
IAI Lavi 15240 m/min
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching Kuo 15240 m/min
F/A-18E Super Hornet 15000 m/min
Chengdu J-10 15000 m/min
F-14D Tomcat 14630 m/min
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 13800 m/min
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 13800 m/min
F/A-18C Hornet 13725 m/min
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 12480 m/min
Tornado F Mk3 12200 m/min


3) ceiling

MiG-31 "Foxhound" 20600 m
F-15C Eagle 20000 m
Mirage 4000 20000 m
Mitsubishi F-2 20000 m
Suhoi T-50 20000 m
F-22 Raptor 19812 m
Eurofighter Typhoon 19810 m
YF-23 Black Widow II 19800 m
Su-27 "Flanker-B" 18500 m
MiG-29 "Fulcrum" 18500 m
F-15E Strike Eagle 18200 m
F-16C Fighting Falcon 18000 m
Tornado F MK3 18000 m
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 18000 m
Chengdu J-20 18000 m
Chengdu J-10 18000 m
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 17300 m
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 17300 m
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 17300 m
F-14D Tomcat 17070 m
Mirage 2000C 17060 m
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 17000 m
MiG MFI "Flatpack" 17000 m
F-20 Tigershark 16800 m
Rafale 16800 m
F-CK-1 Ching Kuo 16760 m
F-35 Lightning II 16000 m
F/A-18C Hornet 15250 m
F/A-18E Super Hornet 15250 m
HAL Tejas 15250 m
JAS39 Gripen 15240 m
Chengdu FC-1 15240 m
IAI Lavi 15239 m
Su-34 "Fullback" 15000 m


4) engine thrust

MiG MFI "Flatpack" 352 kN
Suhoi T-50 314 kN
F-22 Raptor 312 kN
YF-23 Black Widow II 312 kN
Chengdu J-20 310 kN
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 304 kN
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 284 kN
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 262 kN
F-15C Eagle 258 kN
F-15E Strike Eagle 258 kN
F-14D Tomcat 249.4 kN
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 246 kN
Su-27 "Flanker-B" 245.6 kN
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 245.2 kN
Su-34 "Fullback" 245.2 kN
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 245.16 kN
F/A-18E Super Hornet 195.72 kN
F-35 Lightning II 191 kN
Mirage 4000 190 kN
MiG-29M "Fulcrum-E" 184.44 kN
Eurofighter Typhoon 180 kN
Rafale 174 kN
MiG-29 "Fulcrum-A" 162.8 kN
F/A-18C Hornet 158.4 kN
Tornado F Mk3 146 kN
F-16E Fighting Falcon 144 kN
Mitsubishi F-2 131.67 kN
F-16I Fighting Falcon 129.6 kN
F-16C Fighting Falcon 127 kN
Chengdu J-10 122.6 kN
Mirage 2000 95.1 kN
IAI Lavi 91.5 kN
HAL Tejas 85 kN
Chengdu FC-1 84.4 kN
F-CK-1 Ching Kuo 84 kN
JAS39 Gripen 80.5 kN
F-20 Tigershark 76 kN


5A) weapons payload

F-15E Strike Eagle 11000 kg
Rafale 9500 kg
Tornado F Mk3 9000 kg
F-35 Lightning II 8100 kg
Mitsubishi F-2 8085 kg
F/A-18E Super Hornet 8050 kg
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 8000 kg
Su-27 "Flanker-B" 8000 kg
Su-34 "Fullback" 8000 kg
F-16C Fighting Falcon 7700 kg
Eurofighter Typhoon 7500 kg
F-15C Eagle 7300 kg
IAI Lavi 7260 kg
F/A-18C Hornet 7031 kg
F-14D Tomcat 6600 kg
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 6500 kg
JAS39 Gripen 6500 kg
Mirage 2000 6300 kg
Chengdu J-10 6000 kg
MiG-29M "Fulcrum-E" 5500 kg
F-CK-1 Ching Kuo 4000 kg
HAL Tejas 4000 kg
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 4000 kg
Chengdu FC-1 3629 kg
F-20 Tigershark 3600 kg
MiG-29 "Fulcrum-A" 3500 kg


5B) cannon rounds

F-15C Eagle 940 (20 mm)
F-15E Strike Eagle 940 (20 mm)
F-14D Tomcat 675 (20 mm)
F/A-18C Hornet 578 (20 mm)
F/A-18E Super Hornet 578 (20 mm)
F-20 Tigershark 560 (20 mm)
Mitsubishi F-2 515 (20 mm)
F-16C Fighting Falcon 515 (20 mm)
F-22A Raptor 480 (20 mm)
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 260 (23 mm)
Mirage 2000C 250 (30 mm)
MiG MFI "Flatpack" 250 (30 mm)
HAL Tejas 220 (23 mm)
Su-34 "Fullback" 180 (30 mm)
Tornado ADV 180 (27 mm)
F-35 Lightning II 180 (25 mm)
MiG-29 "Fulcrum" 150 (30 mm)
Su-27 "Flanker-B" 150 (30 mm)
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 150 (30 mm)
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 150 (30 mm)
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 150 (30 mm)
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 150 (30 mm)
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 150 (30 mm)
Eurofighter Typhoon 150 (27 mm)
Rafale 125 (30 mm)
JAS39 Gripen 120 (27 mm)


6) maximum range

F-15C Eagle 5745 km
Suhoi T-50 5500 km
F-22 Raptor 5000 km
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 5000 km
F-16XL Fighting Falcon 4580 km
YF-23 Black Widow II 4500 km
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 4500 km
Tornado F Mk3 4265 km
F-16C Fighting Falcon 4220 km
Su-34 "Fullback" 4000 km
MiG MFI "Flatpack" 4000 km
F-20 Tigershark 3980 km
F-15E Strike Eagle 3900 km
Eurofighter Typhoon 3790 km
Su-27 "Flanker-B" 3720 km
Rafale 3705 km
Mirage 2000 3704 km
IAI Lavi 3700 km
Chengdu J-20 3400 km
F/A-18C Hornet 3300 km
F/A-18E Super Hornet 3300 km
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 3300 km
F-14D Tomcat 3200 km
JAS39 Gripen 3200 km
Chengdu J-10 3200 km
MiG-35 "Fulcrum-F" 3100 km
F-35C Lightning II 3000 km
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 3000 km
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 3000 km
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 3000 km
HAL Tejas 3000 km
MiG-29 "Fulcrum" 2900 km
Chengdu FC-1 2037 km
Mirage 4000 2000 km
F-CK-1 Ching Kuo 1100 km


7) thrust / weight ratio

YF-23 Lightning II 1.36
Suhoi T-50 1.19
Eurofighter Typhoon 1.15
F-15C Eagle 1.12
F-20 Tigershark 1.10
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 1.10
Rafale 1.10
F-16C Fighting Falcon 1.095
F-22 Raptor 1.08
Su-27SK "Flanker-B" 1.07
MiG-29M "Fulcrum-E" 1.02
MiG-29 "Fulcrum-A" 1.01
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 1.0
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 1.0
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 0.98
Chengdu J-10 0.98
MiG-29K "Fulcrum-D" 0.97
JAS39 Gripen 0.97
F/A-18C Hornet 0.96
Chengdu FC-1 0.95
IAI Lavi 0.94
F/A-18E Super Hornet 0.93
F-14D Tomcat 0.91
Mirage 2000C 0.91
HAL Tejas 0.91
Mitsubishi F-2 0.89
F-35A Lightning II 0.87
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 0.85
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 0.83
Su-34 "Fullback" 0.68


8) wing loading

HAL Tejas 221.4 kg/m^2
YF-23 Lightning II 265 kg/m^2
JAS39 Gripen 283 kg/m^2
IAI Lavi 303.2 kg/m^2
Rafale 306 kg/m^2
Eurofighter Typhoon 312 kg/m^2
Suhoi T-50 330 kg/m^2
Chengdu J-10 335 kg/m^2
Mirage 2000C 337 kg/m^2
F-15C Eagle 358 kg/m^2
Su-27SK "Flanker-B" 371 kg/m^2
F-22 Raptor 375 kg/m^2
F-20 Tigershark 395 kg/m^2
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 401 kg/m^2
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 401 kg/m^2
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 408 kg/m^2
Mitsubishi F-2 430 kg/m^2
F-16C Fighting Falcon 431 kg/m^2
MiG-29 "Fulcrum-A" 442 kg/m^2
MiG-29M "Fulcrum-E" 442 kg/m^2
MiG-29K "Fulcrum-D" 442 kg/m^2
F/A-18C Hornet 454 kg/m^2
F/A-18E Super Hornet 459 kg/m^2
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 483 kg/m^2
F-14D Tomcat 553.9 kg/m^2
Su-34 "Fullback" 629 kg/m^2
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 665 kg/m^2


9) price

F-22 Raptor 150 mil USD
Chengdu J-20 110 mil USD
Mitsubishi F-2 108 mil USD
Eurofighter Typhoon 100.15 mil USD
Suhoi T-50 100 mil USD
F-15K Strike Eagle 100 mil USD
Rafale M 90.5 mil USD
F-35 Lightning II 89.5 mil USD
Rafale C 83.3 mil USD
MiG MFI "Flatpack" 70 mil USD
F-16I Fighting Falcon 70 mil USD
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 65 mil USD
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 60 mil USD
F/A-18E Super Hornet 57 mil USD
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 53 mil USD
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 50 mil USD
Su-30 "Flanker-C" 45 mil USD
JAS39 Gripen 40 mil USD
F-14D Tomcat 38 mil USD
Su-34 "Fullback" 36 mil USD
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 35 mil USD
F/A-18C Hornet 35 mil USD
F-15E Strike Eagle 31.1 mil USD
Su-27 "Flanker-B" 30 mil USD
F-15C Eagle 29.9 mil USD
MiG-29 "Fulcrum" 29 mil USD
Chengdu J-10 27.84 mil USD
F-16E Fighting Falcon 26.9 mil USD
F-CK-1 Ching Kuo 24 mil USD
Mirage 2000 23 mil USD
HAL Tejas 21 mil USD
F-16C Fighting Falcon 18.8 mil USD
Chengdu FC-1 15 mil USD
F-20 Tigershark 8 mil USD


10) production

F-16 Fighting Falcon 4450
MiG-29 "Fulcrum" 1600
F/A-18 Hornet 1480
F-15 Eagle 1198
F-14 Tomcat 712
Su-27 "Flanker-B" 680
Mirage 2000 601
MiG-31 "Foxhound" 500
F/A-18 Super Hornet 400
F-15 Strike Eagle 334
Tornado ADV 218
JAS39 Gripen 213
Eurofighter Typhoon 200
F-22 Raptor 166
Su-30MKK "Flanker-G" 134
F-CK-1 Ching Kuo 130
Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" 124
Mitsubishi F-2 98
Rafale 82
Chengdu J-10 80
Su-33 "Flanker-D" 34
Chengdu FC-1 20
Su-35 "Flanker-E" 18
Su-34 "Fullback" 16
F-35 Lightning II 13
HAL Tejas 10
F-20 Tigershark 3
Suhoi T-50 3
YF-23 Black Widow II 2
IAI Lavi 2
MiG MFI "Flatpack" 2
Chengdu J-20 2
Mirage 4000 1