Nice little video here on one of my favorite DCS Modules.
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Did we ever have a Get Out Of The Hangar MiG-21 event? I’m so behind on things…
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@bunyap2w1 released a Red Eagles campaign for it, it is excellent. It will not teach you the balalaika however. To do that, read the instructor in the training mission in thick slav accent, preferably after downing a vodka or two. Is good. Make fly the jet, da?
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I’ve been flying the mig 21, albeit briefly. I’ve always found landing to be totally terrifying but somewhat manageable
Takeoff is another story. I seem to have so much roll authority that it makes a very very twitchy time.
Can I ask what sort of curves people are using? Any dead zones?
I have a centered cam on roll, so I leave the stick centered on takeoff. No curve.
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Mig 21 Lancer is an amazing plane to see at airshow as well.
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I actually fly the DCS Mig-21bis a lot. Made several fun missions with it and always working on more. I just find this aircraft fascinating in many aspects. It’s so alien in terms of the cockpit ergonomics, seat of the pants flight model, situational awareness is practically non-existent. You always have to be on your toes when in the AO. And then if you survive, you have to work hard and really concentrate just to land the thing.
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The DCS bis is one of the only planes that gives me a genuine RUSH when I fly it. I’ve said before its actually so aggressive with the afterburner kicking in that it gets my heart rate seriously pumping. Combined with the almost out control nature of it at low and slow speeds its a beast. Love it.
I really ought to actually deep dive into it now I have a decent system and my reverb. I might actually be able to read the cockpit labels now 
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but this came up as a suggested topic while I was browsing. Thank you @RedBravo65 for posting that video. The Mig-21 is my favourite cold war jet and was a ‘must buy’ DCS module for me. Now that I know I can get english cockpit labels I will have to dust it off and have another go at it 
Man, talk about a flashback. When I was in East Timor (1999-2000) we used Russian ‘contract’ aviation, especially to get us up to the Oecusse enclave. I will never forget as I was about to board a Mi-8 one of the crew saying (in a thick slav accent) - “Listen for safety brief …pause… we crash, we die. Get on” 
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What can be said about the mig21 … it’s fast, it is scary to fly and even scarier to land … and if the big red light in the centre of the front console lights up… it’s time to get out 
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