Sukhoi Su-57 Meta Thread

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Russians are stating over 70 Su-57 will be in service by 2027. They had been saying 76. Are the production numbers dropping again?

They're watching, but apparently not all of them and not that closely at times:

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omg. The Russians are reaching and full of...malarkey is the nice way of putting it.

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a reply to: anzha
It outshines due to the big flash as the engines explode...

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Panning around the airframe looks like they havent got the RAM smooth yet.

erm. that looks ... less than ideal.

Structure is till the same as what they have been building since the 40,s..

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yes, but I was thinking of the 2nd picture. The...piece of rusted metal? sticking out of the port. I am hoping Zaph will tell me its not something scary, as in OMG Vlad what did you use?! scary.

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Possibly a Narwhal Tusk.

I thought it was in a bad situation. Very hard at the angle it is mounted to stick it in an enemy fighter. Needs to be straight out the nose.

I get the feeling that they could manufacture a lot more but need external orders to provide the funds for their own fleet.

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originally posted by: anzha
a reply to: Blackfinger

yes, but I was thinking of the 2nd picture. The...piece of rusted metal? sticking out of the port. I am hoping Zaph will tell me its not something scary, as in OMG Vlad what did you use?! scary.

Maybe it's a retractable nozzle for refueling? Or it's the gun which is still being installed, and not in its final position?

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well that's a whole bunch of exposed fasteners.... and at uniform spatial intervals O(1-5 cm) which are of the order of typical radar wavelengths---great for constructive interference and specular reflection?

as its public I guess they have different 'real' manufacturing techniques for the real thing, or maybe not?

Russians may be getting 4 SU-57s in December.

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The Russians are suggesting the Su-57 will get a nozzle like on the Ohotnik (Hunter) B UCAV:

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The Russian delivered 2 Su-57s in late December, not the 4 originally planned:

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The Russians are claiming they are using the Su-57 for SEAD work in the Ukraine war.

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Two more Su-57s may be joining the RuAF:

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a reply to: anzha

It seems useful in the ground attack role to take out long range artillery due to its low RCS.