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To: MikeWUSAF

There have been many speculative images created as to what the PAK FA aircraft would look like, but that is NOT the Sukhoi T-50 that flew yesterday.

The T-50 has twin all flying vertical stabilizers (no rudder,) and the engines are widely separated like on the Su-27/30. The T-50 also has a more delta shaped wing, not diamond-like as in this image.

Sukhoi T-50:


28 posted on 01/29/2010 4:25:31 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Has stealth design changed to the point that surfaces are no longer angular and flat?
Is radar absorbent material all that is needed with current technolgy?
Or am I missing something in the pictures?


30 posted on 01/29/2010 4:58:08 PM PST by Optimist (I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here.)
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