PAK FA flies tommorow!

velo.2010

If your interested Russia's 5th gen. fighter takes to the skies tommorow, Jan 29.

Video from Sukhoi showing the possible final versions of how it will look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix0Izx-6Ycw

boomer_ie

Not too different from the F22 at some angles

Original Steyr

boomer_ie wrote: »

Not too different from the F22 at some angles

Beautiful looking Aircraft, MODS, move to Aviation News Thread?

Captain Chaos

Russian fifth generation aircraft prepares for its maiden flight. The test flight will reportedly take place on January 28 or January 29 at the air base in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Interfax news agency reports.

“A very important event in the history of the Russian aircraft-making is about to take place. First runs showed very good results. We decided to conduct the first flight here, not in Moscow,” Vyacheslav Shport, the governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region said.

Only a few people – designers, engineers and test pilots - have seen the new Russian fighter so far. It was said, however, that the plane would develop the speed of 2,100 km/h and fly at the distance of up to 5,500 kilometers.

The first runs of the new fifth generation fighter jet took place in December of 2009 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

The new plane, known as T-50 or PAK FA, was developed by Sukhoi design bureau. The date of the maiden flight has been changed several times. Vice Premier Sergey Ivanov said in December 2009 that the new jet would take off before the end of the year. Afterwards, it was said that the tests had been pushed back to early 2010, but the date had not been exposed, Itar-Tass said.

The current prototype is Sukhoi's T-50 is intended to replace the MiG-29 Fulcrum and Su-27 Flanker in the Russian inventory. A fifth generation jet fighter, it is designed to directly compete with the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II.

""The new jet will be able to take off and land on short runways, 300-400 meters long. The fifth generation aircraft will fly at large distances with multiple refueling in the air.

The PAK FA will use on its first flights 2 Saturn 117S engines (about 14.5 tons of thrust each). The 117S is an advanced version of the AL-31F, but built with the experience gained in the AL-41F program. The Saturn AL-41F powered the Mikoyan MFI fighter (Project/Article 1.44). Later versions of the PAK FA will use a completely new engine (17.5 tons of thrust each), developed by NPO Saturn or FGUP MMPP Salyut.

Russia ’s Air Force will have the new fighter jet in 2015. India’s Defense Ministry already plans to purchase 250 such planes from Sukhoi.""

© 1999-2009. «PRAVDA.Ru».


Very interested to see how this turns out. I love the design of the Sukhoi Flanker series so this should be promising.

Nate--IRL--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XqwDEU0fus

http://sukhoi.org/img/gallery/wallpaper/1_29_01_10/29_01_10_30.jpg

Vids
http://video.yandex.ru/users/russianarms/view/2/#hq
http://video.yandex.ru/users/russianarms/view/3/#hq
http://video.yandex.ru/users/russianarms/view/4/#hq
http://video.yandex.ru/users/russianarms/view/5/#hq

All stuff taken from the MiltaryPhotos.net Forum

Nate

Cookie_Monster

The one in the first post with the wings sweeping forward looked better

Nate--IRL--

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

The one in the first post with the wings sweeping forward looked better

The First post is just 3D concepts by talented 3d artists, that had nothing to do with Sukhoi. They've been all over the net for years. But I agree the Forward swept wings (ala Su-47) look cool.

Nate

Crann na Beatha

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Hande hoche!

Glad to see it in flight. Very nice looking piece of equipment.

velo.2010

Well she flies! Looks good but those engines are bolted on from the Su-27! Expect some major changes in that department.

Dacian

velo.2010 wrote: »

Well she flies! Looks good but those engines are bolted on from the Su-27! Expect some major changes in that department.

A post above noted that the engines are temporary. They are Saturn 117S (14.5 tons thrust each) The actual engine will have 17.5 tons of thrust.

While this is a big step for the Russian aviation industry you have to ask will they sell many of them. The RuAF has not been buying many aircraft in recent years,mostly upgrading older Mig29s and Su27s. And what will this program do to possible sales of the Su35 or the Mig35? Both of these are modern versions of the Flanker and Fulcrum (Will be classed as 4th++ aircraft) and both are at the prototype/testing stage

Captain Chaos

velo.2010 wrote: »

Well she flies! Looks good but those engines are bolted on from the Su-27! Expect some major changes in that department.

It looks like the lovechild of the YF-23 and Su-27.
I'd expect the final design to change a good bit. Both the MiG-29 and Su-27 went through some big design changes. Same with the YF-22 and F-22. The X-35 and F-35 did not change too much externally thanks to improved computer modeling.

Seeing as this is mainly based on a Sukhoi design even though MiG-RSK are now involved look how much the first Su-27, the P42 changed as it matured. Looking at the design some more it has some likeness to the ''Superfighters'' in the Ace Combat series.

Nate--IRL--

Some new Shots









Nate

Dacian

That first shot is lovely.

And sneaking in the Firefox at the end, Anyone thing the guys at Sukhoi may have watched that film before designing the S-47?