I remember a video of a Russian jet that could do advanced aerobatics and it seemed to have the ability to turn on a dime. It caused a bit of a concern, but I haven’t seen anything of it since then.
This “cobra” maneuver is a typical show trick of the Russian/Chinese SU27 and MIG29 series, which constitute the bulk of their modern combat aircraft. All of them can do it if the pilot is up to it.
You’re talking tail walkers, right?
“I remember a video of a Russian jet that could do advanced aerobatics”
The Sukhoi Su-27 doing the Pugachev’s cobra.
I remember a video of a Russian jet that could do advanced aerobatics and it seemed to have the ability to turn on a dime. It caused a bit of a concern, but I haven’t seen anything of it since then.
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SU-35S is the plane, now superseded by the SU-57