Some more PAKFA concepts from a engineer and artist are up on gizmodo. Got to say they look sorta neat.
Most people know the US fifth generation wonderplanes—the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II—but the Russians are working on their own
stealth superfighter: The Sukhoi PAK-FA. These concepts—by industrial designer Aleksander Dultsev—are simply amazing:
Nobody knows if the real PAK-FA will look anything similar to any of these three models, but we will probably discover it sooner than later: The
Sukhoi PAK-FA will replace the MiG-29 Fulcrum and the Su-27 Flanker in the Russian Air Force, with a first flight initially projected for this
year.
What we know for sure is that new Sukhoi fighter will directly compete against the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II. I, for one, hope that they
never have to engage in combat. [Duler via The Dew Line]
Below are a couple of the more interesting pics. As always there seems to be a lot of overlap of previous US aircraft designs in the idea/images
proposed.
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