The possible view of G5 fighter jet of Russia
Posted on 08/08/2007 7:19:08 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The possible view of G5 fighter jet of Russia
Wow.....looks just like another target to me.
ROTFLOL
Knowing the Russians’ odd proclivity for building aircraft that look remarkably like ours, I would expect this to be something like the F22 or the F35.
Is this kind of like the Airbus A350 XWB Pie-In-The-Sky?
The pretty picture stage is a looooooong way from production. Though it does look like the Russkies are moving in the right direction. Note the Russian standard divertable upper air intakes for rough field work.
A non stealthy one at that...
No, its more like the F-18 on steriods w/ the sweep of the “wing”
starting much higher up the fuselage.
Without stealth no less.
Notice the twin tails angled markedly outward.
I can’t wait for the next edition of the Arms Race! We’ll win that
one too! Its so exciting!!!
MV
I’m a bit surprised that it’s not an “F-22ski” myself.
The Raptorski.
The twin tails did seem a wee bit... conspicuous.
I think for marketing it HAS to look similar to the US planes.
It is a “same as” sales pitch.
Whoop-dee-doo. Its a gussied-up Saab Draken.
Hey! How did they get my 2nd-grade son’s drawings?
Umm,are you saying that the laws of aerodynamics have nothing to do with aircraft(or anything) looking similar??????
We’ll see how this turns out. Many times when Russia goes for a high-tech solution they have a lot of problems. Their history shows they are much better at producing more basic systems that are tough with a few unique features.
If they are trying to build a counter for the Raptor it will take them a LOT more than a couple of years to reach production. Maybe they aren’t even trying and this is really going to be a 4 1/2 generation aircraft like the Typhoon.
Kind of sad if your nation celebrates the “Pretty Picture” stage of development.
It looks like an interesting evolution of the MiG-29. Is it similar in size?
What, are you smoking Thai weed again?
Weren’t you at the lecture what said that the laws of aerodynamics have
been repealed!!?? And no! Don’t ask me for my notes or the homework
assignment!
Lift is irrelevant now!!!! Its all in the thrust component!
All you need is thrust!
MV
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