Su-27M could become a good fighter with a new engine 2 x 13,600 kgf. Unfortunately, such an engine was not created. The maximum speed of the Su-27M with the AL-31F is 1900 km / h
For what i know, the S-37 was not intended as the fulfillment of a precise operational requisite but as a technology demonstrator, not just about wings but about advanced fly-by-wire, TVC (on a Soloviev D-30…), bombs bay, rear looking radar and so on…
It seems to me that the Russians never made special experimental planes. New aircraft remained in a single copy only as a result of problems (unsuccessful design, the collapse of the USSR, failure with the engine and the like)
C-37 is a deck fighter for the aircraft carrier “Ulyanovsk.” Even the prototype has a folding wing. The serial fighter had to get:
– rescue capsule
– engine with controlled thrust vector P179-300 2 x 17500 kgf (flat nozzle) or AL-41F (izd.20) 2 x 20000 kgf
– PESA “Bars” radar with rotary antenna
– internal compartments for six air-to-air missiles
and much more….
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