Posted on 07/02/2008 7:51:25 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Testing New Fighter Jet Is Successful
Sukhoi Design Bureau is testing a new multipurpose jet Su-35, and the tests are successful, test pilot Sergei Bogdan announced in the interview with the Military & Industrial Courier edition. Thirteen flights have been made, Bogdan specified.
Even the first flights of Su-35 confirmed the excellent flying and technical characteristics of the jet, and were completely in line with the stand tests.
Stability and controllability of Su-35 was evaluated at the altitude of up to 11,000 meters. The fighter was accelerated up to the speed corresponding to the Mach number of 1.3.
In terms of tactical and technical characteristics, Bogdan went on, a new jet leaves behind most of the foreign analogues, including F/A-18 Hornet, Mirage, Rafale, Gripen and Typhoon and is capable of opposing the G5 fighter F-22A Raptor.
The bulk production and supplies of new jets to the RF Air Force and overseas customers are slated for 2010-2011.
What a gorgeous machine.
As an aside, I used to have an employee named Sergei “Serg” Bogdan. Must be a common name?
Successful = It didn’t crash................
............as a target...........
Pretty airplane, but it doesn’t look particularly stealthy
Marketing to gullible third-world AF procurement agents.
“Take on F-22” seems to be meaningless in over-the-horizon standoff warfare, doesn’t it?
With all the exposed armaments it must have the RCS of a metal hangar door.
It will be seen first => hull loss.
Correction - he won’t even see the F22. He will just feel suddenly warm, then nothing.
They use a special plasma to coat the jet and make it nearly invisible to radar...... I thought that was a big deal until someone I know that builds and maintains fighter jets told me we've been using the same thing on our fighters for a loooooong time.
The original Su-35 was a derivative of the Su-27 and essentially a ground-based variant of the Su-33. While the official Russian Air Force designation for the aircraft remained the Su-27M, Sukhoi rechristened the model as the Su-35 in the hopes of attracting foreign customers.
The Su-35 design was largely identical to the Su-27 but incorporated the canards of the Su-33 and more powerful engines plus a new digital fly-by-wire control system. The Su-35 was also equipped with a new multi-mode radar, infrared detectors, and upgraded weapons. The Su-35 development program experienced many delays due to the collapse of the Soviet economy, and the Russian military ultimately chose not to purchase any. Sukhoi instead used the eleven prototypes as technology demonstrators to interest the export market in funding a production model.
The most likely chance for success appeared to be Brazil’s strong interest in co-producing the Su-35 that lasted for several years. Brazil required a replacement for its aging Mirage III fighters, and the Su-35 was considered the front-runner over the competing Mirage 2000, Gripen, and F-16. The Su-35 deal came quite close to being finalized in November 2004, but Brazil declined to sign over cost concerns. Russia later offered second-hand Su-27 aircraft as a cheaper alternative to the new-build Su-35, but Brazil opted to purchase twelve refurbished Mirage 2000 fighters from France instead.
The Brazilian decision appeared to have ended the Su-35 program once and for all since Sukhoi had little success finding other customers. Hopes were briefly revived in May 2006 when Venezuela announced interest in the Su-35, but the nation instead chose a variant of the Su-30. The move is largely politically-motivated given recent tensions between Venezuela and the United States over America’s ban on providing support for the Venezuelan F-16 fleet.
However, the Su-35 was revived at least in name in 2007 when Sukhoi announced the aircraft had entered production for the Russian Air Force. This incarnation is also a derivative of the Su-27 but does not appear to be directly related to the earlier Su-27M/Su-35 prototypes. The new Su-35, sometimes referred to as the Su-35BM, is instead an upgraded variant of the Su-30 series with a more powerful engine, an improved 2D thrust vectoring nozzle, and larger air intakes. The Su-35BM lacks the canards of the original Su-35 prototypes, although some sources indicate these can be fitted at customer request. Other upgrades include an improved radar, glass cockpit displays, compatibility with additional weapons, and incorporation of newer electronics.
Antiquated technology, only good against equally old aircraft. Cannon fodder for the F-22.
While the F-22 pilot is taking souvenir photos...
Unless it has plasma stealth.
Given the recent events at DoD and the USAF command shakeup, we won't have enough F-22s to make a difference anyway, so all it has to do is be able to beat aging, G-limited F-15Cs.
>>capable of opposing the . . .F-22A Raptor<<
Pardon me, not to be rude, but. . . bwahahahahahahahahahah.
(There, I feel much better)
LOL. . . .good one. . . .funny
Plasma coating stealth.
They haven’t taken it to the Paris Air Show to demo the ejection seat yet.
Nifty name, though, “plasma stealth,” sounds so. . . .what. . . .oh yeah, “X-File”-ish.
Link to the original article please, not some promo site dedicated to disinformation-—and from 2004? Four years ago? A little more recent would be nice.
They simply do not have the technology because “plasma” was found ineffective.
But hey, knock themselves out trying to make a whale of a metal jet “stealthy. They could do much better by a few engineering modifications.
LOLOL!! Not saying plasma stealth is all that great. Just saying it exists, and we’ve been using it on all of our fighters. In fact, we use spray cans of the stuff on our F-18’s right now. The guys on the carriers go out and spray it on like spray paint.
But don’t believe me. Keep thinking I’m talking about x-files or something. HEHE! :-D
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