[sukhoi-30mki]

[UCANSEE2]

Coat of wax will make it go 15mph faster.

[Moonman62]

Laurie Hilditch, head of future capabilities at Eurofighter, says the modification kit should give the aircraft the sort of “knife-fight in a phone box” turning capability enjoyed by rivals such as Boeing’s F/A-18E/F or the Lockheed Martin F-16,

The Euros have caught up to the 1970's.

[doorgunner69]

Been racking my swiss cheese memory for what the drawback to canards is on fighter aircraft. I know the Russians have introduced them in the newest Su-27 descendents, but they are very rare other than the Typhoon.

Seems they have some drawback that counters their advantages, but it escapes me. They look like they could open up a lot of options to control airflow over the wings in extreme angle of attack flight where a stall might occur otherwise.