Did he have a weak arm or what?

Cockpit of the MiG-29 and Su-27 are very similar in design.

There’s redundancy in there for obvious reasons… like the airspeed indicator, altitude and attitude indicator, for starters.

How are you guys determining SMT vs non. SMT? The spine fuel tanks?

Could be a MiG-29SM .. less the T (Toplevo = Fuel)

do you want to discuss technology of growing mushrooms in mouth?

Not particularly, no. Is that something you hold dear to your heart? 😮

No offence, but I don’t need expert knowledge or mega-eyeball-radars to be able to tell that the underbody would have a lower RCS if those bumps and bulgers caused by the engine intakes were flattened out and filled in for a uniform, rectangular underside.;)

It may be that the present shape already has low enough RCS to be able to compete with the Raptor or JSF already. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t further room for improvement.

As TR said, what evidence is there that the “bulges” and “bumps” (what bumps?!) are a big issue?

Their entirety might be covered in RAM (which the PAK-FA should be using extensively, given that new, more durable and light RAM materials were developed in Russia).

What if the perfectly flat underside of the F-22 is just a big barn-door reflector of radio energy?

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And as for further improvement – sure.. anything can be improved further. But at what cost?

may be you will be first? proceed…

Maybe you are confusing me for the above poster? I did not claim to know anything technical about it. Especially regarding RCS.

Ok, thanks for summary then. But I.M.H.O, my original question still stands: How will RCS be reduced (bar RAM and inlet blockers)? Sructual changes to the airframe itself, or something more exotic…

And about gathering relyable info on the web, I my self has all but stoped reading russian enthusiastic aricles. Its time they have a colective reallity check. Same with Prez Putin yearly bragging about acquiring 10 000 units of this and 5000 of that within the next three years when ever he attends an arms show.

What are you talking about? There’s enthusiastic BS on all sides of anything. Marble sized ‘effective’ RCS for the F-22 – come on?! :rolleyes:

What RCS reduction do you want on the PAK-FA? Is it even definitively less stealthy than its F-22/F-35 adversaries? Maybe.. maybe not. No one knows. Eyeballing RCS bullcrap from forum clowns who want to make themselves feel bigger than their painfully average existence is just that – bullcrap.

Bottom line is, its going to be more stealthy in its production version. That’s all.

Front-side and rear-side of RCS reduction measures are a 100% guarantee.

Includes badass blocker, “2.5D” stealthy TVC nozzles.

No further details.