Thanks for the update Argo.
This thread is in dire need of most recent photos of those migs. I hope we can see some soon.

What is there to comment on? It is an entirely unremarkable development. Unless you happen to be an American, Israeli or Saudi-funded lunatic who wants to wage a war of aggression in violation of international law, that is.

I can only agree that there is not much to comment until we see what actually happens. Otherwise, it is probably THE most remarkable event in recent times considering S-300 is THE biggest conventional political and military chess piece a country can acquire. Specially a country that Global powers are very sensitive about, plus Israel wants to preemptively bomb. in any case it is a game changing move.

I doubt that confirmation of Iran receiving 6-12 Su-35s would be even close to significant as an asset chess piece than 5 regiments of S-300!

As you said, there are lunatics eager to wage war, and find defensive missiles to be very offensive ;-], and thats exactly why this was globally a breaking news.

No offense taken.

As I said before, these threads are copies of the e-mails that I contribute to the Attritions feature in the Air Forces Monthly mag published by Key Publishing.

Yes, you did, but that does not answer my question. Why do we need to have these copies on this forum??? Can you imagine if others did this for all different airforces of the world?

This is a forum where people post topics to be discussed, and opinions are to be shared. These are COPIES of reports. Nobody is discussing anything, and nobody except you is posting replies, so why do you keep doing this?

again, no disrespect, but you did not explain WHY. This is a discussion forum, not a web page place to list such data, imo.

2 Turkish Reconnaissance RF-4E Planes Crash; 4 Pilots Killed
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/turkish-reconnaissance-planes-crash-pilots-killed-29193948
RIP

I am very happy with the thrust numbers I got with 2 x 6 blade fans.

I get often mumbojumbo about the kamikaze nature of my designs.

You can see for yourself. :highly_amused:

Thrust calculator actually counts the top speed at 887 mph ( 1427 km/h ) tips at 307 m/s ( using 900 hp @ rpm 4527 ) !

There isn’t much thrust ( 1.8 kN ) but it sounds interesting ( better watch out at the test flite conditions ). Vne has to be near Mach 1.5 ( below 30 000 ft ).

I admire your creativity and persistence, but…

Do you not see with your eyes, but only through calculations that would most likely not deliver in practice. This is just my opinion and it is purely based only on drawings you are posting. I can be dead wrong.
Somehow, all of them look like the plane as creative and interesting it is, they are all 15-30% too small to say the least.

I accept your side views where there is NOOO space for radar or any cockpit electronics whatsoever. A small watermelon could fit in front of those pilots feet right in the very tip of the nose of the plane, that’s about it.

Also, 4 AIM-120s carried by a plane those small wings?? I love the idea, don’t get me wrong, but it looks so wrong when it comes to wing area/weight/size/internal volume, and I have pretty good sense for forces and mechanics.

Even if the trust was sufficient, the wing area and size of the body would not fly well with such armament. Aerodynamics of the plane would be destroyed as soon as those missiles are attached to the body. Just imagine how much the whole plane would suffer if one of the four AIM-120s was launched only due to weight distribution within such small craft.

Pilot would not want to fly for more than few minutes in this cockpit either.

sorry to be negative. Like I said, I love the design, and I always check in here to see what new you come up with with pleasure, but plane is shrunk too much.

best regards

http://theaviationist.com/2014/09/30/f-15e-strike-sniper-atp/

According to The Aviationist:

F-16….
could the pilot have gotten too eager and went low enough for SA-16 or even SA-24 to hit it??

Chinese journos queue up to inspect Su-35S’ build quality @ Zhuhai:

http://www.sukhoi.org/news/company/?id=5550

I have to agree this time as far as how smooth front end of the plane’s “skin” is. Specially around air refueling pipe. I think i’ve seen smoother panel joints on some Su-30s in the past.

If you look at the close-up photos, and same thing from distance, it is pretty clear that rivets are bending the panels way too much creating extra dents and ribs. Too much rivet force?
Not sure if those are called rivets in this day and age application, but certainly they look like cheap rivet job.