Which aircraft is this?

[Hanimichal]

Hey everyone

I was watching a youtube video and seen this, the author put Mig-21 but as I know Mig-21 have other wings, and I dont remember which aircraft is this one, anyone know?
And how that wing's wheels will release down between these missiles? Is this just a photoshop rework?

(https://postimages.org/)https://i.postimg.cc/zBhrP9n8/Sem-t-tulo.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[jeansy]

its a Chinese MIG 21 variant called Chengdu F-7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu_J-7

[jmbiii]

Hani,

What look like wheels are actually the roundels. The wheels retract into the fuselage.:encouragement:

[Hanimichal]

@jmbiii and @jeansy many thanks

[delta_lima]

The MiG-21 (and it's J-7/F-7 derivatives) landing gear is inward-retracting, not outward, as jmbiii correctly points out.

Here's some good shots of a whole bunch of MiG-21s, which show the landing gear in various stages of deployment and from many angles.

https://soldat.pro/en/2018/07/10/mig-21/

cheers,

dl

[Bjoern]

The later J-7 variants are not the final evolution of the basic MiG-21 design.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/FTC-2000G.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Guizhou_jl9.jpg


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou_JL-9


I'd learn mandarin for a flightsim rendition of that one.

[alpha charlie]

The later J-7 variants are not the final evolution of the basic MiG-21 design.

Looks like they put the nose section of a scrapped F-5 to good use. :biggrin-new:

[Dutcheeseblend]

But it does certainly look good!

Somehow it looks like a Hawk with Flanker-lines... :biggrin-new: