Since the older thread was closed, I started this new thread with the same name as the earlier one to avoid ambiguity.
Link to the last page of the earlier thread.
there is not a chance a su-30 can carry 5270 kg for a range of 1500 km. Even su-34 can’t achieve anywhere close to that.
tphuang, I agree with the above as actually the figures are 4000 kgs of weapon-load at 5020 kgs of fuel, whereas I had earlier mistakenly interchanged the two.
The empty-weight of Su-30 MKI is 17,700 kgs and weight in ‘normal’ fighter configuration is 26,600 kgs. The fuel-load in this config is 5020 kgs. Thus, the weapon-load is 3300 kgs. As per vayu sena website, on a fuel load of 5270 kgs, the combat radius is 1,500 kms.
Hence, the figure is 3,300 kgs at 1,500 kms on an internal fuel of 5270 kgs.
Upon addition of an external fuel tank, the weapon-load can be increased to more than 4000 kgs (and so weapon-load + fuel pod shall be > 5500 kgs) at the same combat radius.
The corresponding figures for Tejas were quoted by members at Bharat Rakshak forum after attending the Aero India 2007 air show. The figure is fighter configuration (presumably 3000 kgs) at 1000 kms.
References :-
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/su_30mk/specs.html
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January 5, 2008 at 4:14 pm