Interesting, I cant see why this would not be worth investigating. Only issue I would have is drilling out the gear leg fairings, would be a ton of work...
His fairing was removable....
I think that the reason it works is if the shimmy is a coupling between the fore-aft and up-down modes of vibration, with maybe a little torsion thrown in, this changes the fore-aft stiffness just enough that it decouples the modes. (For you techie types....).
Dave
Last edited by David Paule : 09-13-2021 at 07:53 AM.
Not that it really matters, I was trying to make a point that I am amazed at the performance of the airplane. Not out here trying to set any records or compensate for anything just thought it was cool.
Excellent backstory on 23! The wing CO at Zweibrucken AB in mid 80’s was squadron CO (as memory serves) of that squadron at Tonopah. He missed general officer due to one of the MIGs lost during his watch. Of course he had zero to do with it but those are the rules. He wrote an excellent book about it, search under Col G. Peck on Amazon.
America's Secret MiG Squadron: The Red Eagles of Project CONSTANT PEG (General Military)
If I’m not mistaken our good friend Vlad flew MIG23’s as well, help us out Vlad..
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