Enigma, of Enigma’s Cold War fame, recently interviewed Red Star Simulations on his YouTube channel gathering insight into the creation of the in-development DCS: MiG-17. We get some interesting details behind the project and a couple of behind the scenes videos that give us some great info on how the MiG-17 will fly in DCS.

Interview and video

Red Star Simulations owner ‘GVad’ sat down with Enigma for an interesting video interview that includes several short clips showing off the MiG-17 in action together with some of its quirks. If you’re planning to spend some time flying the MiG-17 when it releases, you may want to watch those video clips specifically to see how best to manage the aircraft’s throttle and some of its quirky behaviours in flight.

Enigma and GVad talked about the genesis of the project and its gradual move from a mod to an official module with Eagle Dynamics signing the team on as a third party.

Although the MiG-17 is closely related to the MiG-15, its added (and optional) weaponry and performance certainly make it an interesting proposition and another worthy challenger on some of the Cold War servers (including Enigma’s).

A few years ago I had the pleasure to see Randy Ball perform with his MiG-17 at an airshow and the combination of impressive maneuverability and the absolutely raw afterburner that shoots flame out the back made it a crowd pleaser and me quite the fan! Check out this video below to see him perform and watch for that afterburner!