For the aviation enthusiasts: New Russian stealth fighter
Mar 20, 2015 13:39:20 #
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08AxiE2HwU&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
Interesting plane. It will be interesting to see if it ever gets into production and how it will perform in battle.
Interesting plane. It will be interesting to see if it ever gets into production and how it will perform in battle.
Mar 21, 2015 11:11:08 #
bcheary wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08AxiE2HwU&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
Interesting plane. It will be interesting to see if it ever gets into production and how it will perform in battle.
Interesting plane. It will be interesting to see if it ever gets into production and how it will perform in battle.
I hope we never have to find out!
DePratt
Mar 21, 2015 11:17:01 #
Mar 21, 2015 12:39:05 #
bcheary wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h08AxiE2HwU&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
Interesting plane. It will be interesting to see if it ever gets into production and how it will perform in battle.
Interesting plane. It will be interesting to see if it ever gets into production and how it will perform in battle.
Nice one Brian.
Looking at the cross sectional frontal view, the huge intake ducts are very hard to disguise, It also has huge exhaust cans that don't appear to possess thrust vectoring. They also have a huge heat signature. Good basic design but needs a lot of work to really be stealthy.
Mar 21, 2015 12:43:06 #
bcheary wrote:
Yup. :-D
Me too, those leading edge wing slats are huge. That'll give the aircraft a huge advantage at slower, close-in gun combat. That aircraft looks like it can turn on a dime without bleeding off too much energy. That's the key element in one on one close-in combat, not bleeding off too much energy so that one can accelerate either to disengage or chase after ones adversary to finalize the "kill".
Mar 21, 2015 13:29:35 #
WereWolf1967 wrote:
Nice one Brian.
Looking at the cross sectional frontal view, the huge intake ducts are very hard to disguise, It also has huge exhaust cans that don't appear to possess thrust vectoring. They also have a huge heat signature. Good basic design but needs a lot of work to really be stealthy.
Looking at the cross sectional frontal view, the huge intake ducts are very hard to disguise, It also has huge exhaust cans that don't appear to possess thrust vectoring. They also have a huge heat signature. Good basic design but needs a lot of work to really be stealthy.
Thanks Werewolf. :D
Mar 21, 2015 13:31:25 #
WereWolf1967 wrote:
Me too, those leading edge wing slats are huge. That'll give the aircraft a huge advantage at slower, close-in gun combat. That aircraft looks like it can turn on a dime without bleeding off too much energy. That's the key element in one on one close-in combat, not bleeding off too much energy so that one can accelerate either to disengage or chase after ones adversary to finalize the "kill".
I wonder if it will ever make it into production given the Russians history of invention and lack of follow through. Maybe this time it will be different.
Mar 21, 2015 13:49:29 #
bcheary wrote:
I wonder if it will ever make it into production given the Russians history of invention and lack of follow through. Maybe this time it will be different.
My GOD, I hope not. Every time you see a Russian flight demonstration it always shows these fantastic flight maneuvers. Unfortunately those are not used in actual combat. All you're trying to do is score a kill on your opponent before he scores one on you.
Mar 21, 2015 13:50:41 #
WereWolf1967 wrote:
My GOD, I hope not. Every time you see a Russian flight demonstration it always shows these fantastic flight maneuvers. Unfortunately those are not used in actual combat. All you're trying to do is score a kill on your opponent before he scores one on you.
Are any of our planes that maneuverable :?:
Mar 21, 2015 13:55:19 #
Mar 21, 2015 13:56:28 #
Mar 21, 2015 13:58:03 #
bcheary wrote:
:shock: That's not good.
I know. BUT, the Russian coalition air forces are extremely micro managed. Their pilots have to get permission to take a good healthy.
I hope that never changes.
Mar 22, 2015 01:40:17 #
Mar 22, 2015 09:28:09 #
Marc-Wi wrote:
Still it should be giving some thought to those in charge of our air power.
That's a fact Marc. Hopefully there is something going on behind the scenes that we don't know about.
Mar 22, 2015 11:11:03 #
bcheary wrote:
That's a fact Marc. Hopefully there is something going on behind the scenes that we don't know about.
Guys,
I'm afraid that we all know who is leading the destruction of our armed forces.
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