MAKS 2021 Airshow is going on in Russia and this year UAC/Sukhoi have presented a new fighter aircraft, dubbed the #Checkmate, a lightweight, thrust vectoring single engine fighter aircraft aimed at competing with and surpassing the capabilities of the american F-35 by virtue of being faster, flying further, being stealthier and... cheaper (among others). ( :
The new Checkmate (Su-75 apparently?) design is quite interesting, featuring a delta planform layout (no canards) with full-flying V-Tail stabs. It also features a quite uncommon chin inlet design that reminds of the X-32.
That's all cool and well... but we know who the REAL CHECKMATE is, don't we? :DDD
The Su-35 remains as the absolute aerobatic queen-beast of the skies and has win our hearts time and time again with the utmost crazy, UFO-like, physics-defying flight displays and post-stall stunts... so, the bar is raised high for the new jet to try and conquer it!
What do you think, will the new fighter live up to the PR hype? Maybe it does... but for the time being, I know which jet I consider the master of the chessboard!
If the #checkmate is a Knight, then the Su-35 may well be the Queen! ;)
On the video we can see Sukhoi test pilot Yuriy Vaschuk at the controls of the Su-35S, yet again performing an unearthly flight demo filled with extreme post-stall aerobatics that seem designed to bully Newtonian physics!
The Sukhoi Su-35 (Сухой Су-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) is the designation for two separate, heavily-upgraded derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are twin-engine, single-seater, highly-maneuverable fighter aircraft, designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and built by the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association.
The first variant (not a Loki... or maybe?) was designed during the 1980s as an upgrade of the Su-27, and was initially known as the Su-27M. This derivative made use of canards and had a multi-function radar that transformed the aircraft into a multi-role fighter jet. It was also structurally reinforced to support its heavier weight. The first prototype made its maiden flight in June 1988. The aircraft did not enter mass production at the time due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and therefore Sukhoi re-designated the aircraft later on as Su-35 to attract export orders. At the same time, the fourteen aircraft initially produced were used for tests and exhibitions; one example had thrust-vectoring engines installed, and the resultant Su-37 was used as a technology demonstrator.
In 2003, Sukhoi embarked on a second modernization of the Su-35 to serve as an interim aircraft awaiting the development of the Sukhoi PAK-FA (Su-57, previously T-50) program. Also known as Su-35, this derivative had a redesigned and highly modernized cockpit as well as an improved weapons-control system, it also featured thrust-vectoring engines (AL-41F1S, formerly AL-117S) in place of the omitted canards. The airbrake was gone and it used aerodynamic rudder brakes. The type made its first flight in February 2008. Although the aircraft was designed for export, the Russian Air Force in 2009 became the launch customer of the aircraft, the production version of which is the currently designated Su-35S.
SU-35S GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Crew: 1
Length: 21.9 m
Wingspan: (with wingtip pods) 15.3 m
Height: 5.9 m
Wing area: 62 m²
Empty weight: 18,400 kg
Loaded weight (50% internal fuel): 25,300 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 34,500 kg
Fuel capacity (internal fuel tanks): 11,500 kg
Powerplant: 2 × Saturn AL-41F1S afterburning turbofans
Dry thrust: 86.3 kN each
Thrust with afterburner: 142 kN each
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed:
At altitude: Mach 2.25 (2,400 km/h)
At sea level: Mach 1.13 (1,400 km/h)
Range:
At altitude: 3,600 km
At sea level: 1,580 km
Ferry range (with 2 external fuel tanks): 4,500 km
Service ceiling: 18,000 m
Rate of climb: over 280 m/s
Wing loading:
With 50% fuel: 408 kg/m²
With full internal fuel: 500.8 kg/m²
Thrust/weight: 1.13 at 50% fuel (0.92 with full internal fuel)
Maximum G-load: +9G
More info about this fighter jet on:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_...
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