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Army air defense - status report

Recording the narration has been started.

Edit no1.: Recording is at 50%, the estimated length will be 28-30 min.

Edit no2.: Recording is at 75%.

Edit no3.: Recording is done. I cut some minor notes which will be be mentioned later in each SAM's on videos so eventually it ended at 26:30 the recorded length.

The graphical part in theory can be converted easily so the release can happen within some days. Fingers crossed.<...

Army Air Defense - preview

This kind of diagrams will be used to explain the size of an army. The air defense will be added to this kind of diagrams to every level.

Army Air Defense - drawing phase

The YT index image.

(The video won't use NATO symbols, it would be too hard for the average viewer.)

MiG-23 vs MiG-21, Was the MiG-23 soo bad?

Translation is at 70%. It will be longer than 40 min.

Edit no.1: Translation is at 100%, under checking. Translation of the Patreon Extra will start tomorrow.

Edit no.2: Translation of the Patreon Extra is done, it is under review.

Poll result - 31st, 32nd 33rd videos

(29th - Army Air defense)

(30th - MiG-23 was so bad? MiG-23 vs MiG-21 + some other thoughts)

31st - The Legend of the CF-105 Arrow

32nd - OSA part 1

33rd - OSA part 2

Army Air Defense of the Soviet Union

Just three images, these and similar ones will be the backbone of the content.

Poll 31st, 32nd 33rd videos

Here you can vote. Deadline is next Friday.

https://smartpolls.co.uk/p/N4D36

Extra - Wallpapers

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/7k0rlj2giym88/Wallpaper-ENG

Here are available the wallpapers. If you dream about a different color combination just post a comment about your idea.

The pack is updated with new wallpapers.  (04.26.2025.)

List of the Patreon extra contents

The summarized content of the extras, they are written documents not videos. May topics cannot be presented will in videos but they are valuable additional information.

01 - Operation Opera,

* some words about the routes      
* notes regarding the CCIP bombing mode        
* detailed fuel and range calculations of the F-15, F-16 and F-4, combat radius of the planes ...

Extra no.15 - 2K11 KRUG (SA-4 Ganef)

Extra of the new video.

2K11 KRUG (SA-4 Ganef)

Early access of the next video, the processing will be done within ~30 min.

2K11 KRUG - status report

• Translation of the graphical part is done.

• Translation of the Patreon extra is done.

• I added small preview image to the attachment ;)

• Narration is done. Release will be likely on second half of the next week, I will be off at weekend so I cannot work on the video.

• Graphical conversion is az 25 min from the 38. The most diff. parts have been converted. Test version can be rende...

  2025-04-21 06:49:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon extra no.14

Sorry for the delay, it was a very busy week to me...

6th generation Chinese fighters? Generations of fighter planes

Soon will be processed. The extra will be available likely on Monday.

Starting work on the 2K11 KRUG

New kind of index image. ;)

27th video - 6.th gen Chinese figthers? - status report

Recording of the narration has been started, 20% has been recorded.

Edit no.:1 Graphical conversion is at 50%. Tomorrow I can continue the recording to make a bigger progress.

Edit no.:2 Recording at 65%. Likely it will be finished tomorrow.

Edit no.:3 Narration is done. Maybe some later here and there fix will be needed. Early access seems realistic at the middle of next week.

Edit no.:4 I had only a very few time to w...

30th video, poll result - schedule

Was the MiG-23 so bad? MiG-23 vs MiG-21BIS the last Fishbed [Mythbusting] won with a clear 75% majority.

27 - Generation classification + new Chinese planes

28 - 2K11 KURG / SA-4 Ganef

29 - The structure of the Army air defense of the USSR & WPACT

30 - Was the MiG-23 so bad?

Poll - 30th video

Unscheduled video

About the "6th generation Chinese" fighter will be video. It means the KRUG will one video later.

It will be a "bullet point explanation of fighters since WW II" to show the generation classification and its limits. Then based on that the 'rules' will be applied to find out what could be called even 6th generation fighter. I have started the translation.

Originally I planned without early access but the first images have been ...

Patreon Extra no.13

Extra of the PVO part 3.

From Yak-25 to MiG-31 - Fighters of the Soviet Homeland Air Defense (PVO) - part 3

Within 1.5 hour will be available in 1440p.

PVO part 3 status report

Recording of the narration has been started.

Edit no.1: About 2/3 of the narration has been recorded. Likely I can finish tomorrow and start creating the video. It will be very easy and fast as I can judge.

Edit no.2: Recording the narration is done. Maybe only here and there fixes will be needed later if I find such parts which are too LQ compared to the rest.

From Yak-25 to MiG-31 - Fighters of the Soviet Homeland Air Defense (PVO) - part 2

In early access the 2nd episode.

Fighters of the PVO part 2 - status report

50% of the narration has been recorded, there is a good chance that I can finish tomorrow.

Edit no.1: 100% is recorded, the final length is a bit above 35 min.

Edit no.2 Updated with the main title, creation of the graphical part is in progress.

Edit no.3 50% of the graphical conversion is done.

Edit no.4 70% of the graphical conversion is done. Early access release it may can happen on Sunday evening or Monday.

E...

Army air defense of the USSR - status report

This topic won, so I started to translate even yesterday when it was evident that it will win. I have finished the translation of the script, the Extra is also almost done.

Edit no.1 Translation of the Extra is also done, it is under checking.

Last poll of 2024

Poll ends at Friday morning. The winner will be the next video after the 2K11 KURG.

Edit no.1: WOW, the wish of the community seems clear, I have started to translate the army air defense stuff, no matter that the poll has not been closed. At the time of the update the AAD topic leads 5:0.

BTW this topic will have Extra content.

November status report, road to 2025

• The next two episodes of the PVO series are translated their scripts are done.

• The extra of the 3rd PVO video is also translated.

• Translation of the 2K11 KRUG / SA-4 Ganef has been started.

• In this year the 2nd episode of the PVO series likely can be completed, the 3rd will be the first video in 2025.

Edit no.1: Translation of the 2K11 KRUG / SA-4 Ganef is done, it is under r...

Potential topics / videos for future conversions

Here are the videos / topics which has not been converted. Future topics partially will come from these, some of them will be included in the upcoming polls.

1.     Multirole fighter series, EP3, EP4. In English these likely 3 episodes will cover these. The EP4 last in Hungarian was 60 min long = in ENG would be around ~70 min ---> split is needed. (The series ends with the 5th episode.)

2.   ...

Patreon Extra no.12

Here is the first extra of the Homeland air defense fighters topic.

From Yak-25 to MiG-31 - Fighters of the Soviet Homeland Air Defense (PVO)

Here is the first episode of the new series.