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The sukhoi with a stable airframe is anyday more agile than any delta winged unstable airframe
Originally posted by Stealth Spy
f-22
Su-30MKI
EF-2000.
The Su-30MKI is 4and half gen.
Its radar , menuverability, 3-D TVC is better than the F-22's.
Its better than the Ef-200 in all areas.
also it costs only USD 22million per unit !!!
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The sukhoi with a stable airframe is anyday more agile than any delta winged unstable airframe.
besides even if the ef gets its TVC soon, it still cant be half (exaggerated!)as agile as a sukhoi.
true, the ef is slightly more stealthy than the sukhoi, but that hardly makes a difference in long range combat simply because of the 5+ gen radar on the MKI. besides its not invisible to the MKI's radar, it may show up with a negligible RCS reduction, thats all.
The Su-27SK is equipped with a Phazotron N001 Zhuk coherent pulse Doppler radar with track-while-scan and look-down/shoot-down capability. The range of the radar against 3-square-metre targets is over 100km in the forward hemisphere and 40km in the rear hemisphere. The radar has the capacity to search, detect and track up to ten targets with automatic threat assessment and proritisation.
Originally posted by Hockeyguy567
The Su-30MKI utilizes 2D axisymetrical thrust-vectroing nozzles steerable +15/-15 degrees along the pitch axis.
Originally posted by titus
Originally posted by Hockeyguy567
The Su-30MKI utilizes 2D axisymetrical thrust-vectroing nozzles steerable +15/-15 degrees along the pitch axis.
whf? Su-30MKI got 3D TV Engines, not 2D.
su-37 has 2D, but su-30 has 3D which makes it more maneuverable that su-37
and, i always thought that su-30 three wing scheme was UNSTABLE:
In terms of aerodynamic layout, the aircraft is an unstable integral tri-plane; wing + horizontal tail + canard. Stability and control are assured by a remote control system.
Originally posted by ChrisRT
Originally posted by titus
Originally posted by Hockeyguy567
The Su-30MKI utilizes 2D axisymetrical thrust-vectroing nozzles steerable +15/-15 degrees along the pitch axis.
whf? Su-30MKI got 3D TV Engines, not 2D.
su-37 has 2D, but su-30 has 3D which makes it more maneuverable that su-37
and, i always thought that su-30 three wing scheme was UNSTABLE:
In terms of aerodynamic layout, the aircraft is an unstable integral tri-plane; wing + horizontal tail + canard. Stability and control are assured by a remote control system.
As far as I know the Su-30Mki has imitated 3D TVC. It's nozzles are pointed inwards the nozzles point up and down but are also vectoring thrust from their slight inward stance giving it ~a 3D effect...
Active camouflage has its roots in the diffused lighting camouflage first tried out on Canadian Navy corvettes during World War II, and later in the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the United States.
The modern version began with a United States Air Force program which placed low-intensity blue lights on aircraft. As night skies are not pitch black, a truly black-colored aircraft might stand out to the naked eye. By emitting a small amount of blue light, the aircraft appears to blend into the sky more easily.
Active camouflage is rumored to have taken a new turn with the development of the Boeing Bird of Prey, which apparently took the technology to a higher level. However, as the Bird of Prey was a black project, specific information is sketchy.
This technology is poised to develop at a rapid pace, with the development of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and other technologies which allow for images to be projected from oddly-shaped surfaces. With the addition of a camera, while not allowing an object to be made completely invisible, theoretically the object might project enough of the background to fool the ability of the human eye or other optical sensors to detect a specific location. As motion would still be noticeable, an object would merely be more difficult to hit, and not undetectable under this circumstance. This has been demonstrated with videos of "wearable" displays where the camera could see "through" the wearer.
Originally posted by Hockeyguy567
Originally posted by ChrisRT
Originally posted by titus
Originally posted by Hockeyguy567
The Su-30MKI utilizes 2D axisymetrical thrust-vectroing nozzles steerable +15/-15 degrees along the pitch axis.
whf? Su-30MKI got 3D TV Engines, not 2D.
su-37 has 2D, but su-30 has 3D which makes it more maneuverable that su-37
and, i always thought that su-30 three wing scheme was UNSTABLE:
In terms of aerodynamic layout, the aircraft is an unstable integral tri-plane; wing + horizontal tail + canard. Stability and control are assured by a remote control system.
As far as I know the Su-30Mki has imitated 3D TVC. It's nozzles are pointed inwards the nozzles point up and down but are also vectoring thrust from their slight inward stance giving it ~a 3D effect...
No, the Su-30MKI/MKK thrust-vectors only from the pitch axi, it does not have yaw vectoring, therefore it's only 2D.
Originally posted by W4rl0rD
What? Good try,but the EF2000's CAPTOR radar has a longer range and blah blah blah,so does the AN/APG-77 or the AN/APG-73 or AESA radars. The MKI still is 3rd on my list, but it is still utlizing the basic flanker airframe from the cold war.
Originally posted by rajkhalsa2004
Of currently operational fighters, I'd have to say
1. F/A-22
2. Typhoon
3. Su-30MKI
4. Rafale
5. F-15C (AESA equipped)