are those kh-29 t?
if so, how does he aim them ? shouldnt he watch the display until impact ?
Kh-29T is a fire and forget missile + MIG-27 are equipped with Kaira targeting system which includes display in the cockpit.
(hint hint, it wasnt Davidenko)
Correct.
Alexander Davidenko
When, where and what exactly he said? What parameters? Maximum speed?!
I am sure they settlet for a compromised design back in 2004.
But didn’t the PakFa program officially start back in 2002?
How much could they know about the T_50 performance this point.
Who are “they”? As Mikhailov said, speed requirement has been reduced from 2.15 Mach to 2 Mach because this 0.15 dosen’t make any significant difference but makes plane more expensive and heavy due to materials and design solutions that would be required to achieve these 2.15 Mach.
Also I seem to remember the PakFa Chief designer say in a pro advs video that the T_50 has even surpased several key requirement points?
What parameters, exactly? Name of that “Chief designer”?
Ergo, there is no testing data for max. speed relaesed……..? Say nothing of degressive speed!
I repeat, that was a statement of the head of RuAF. Believe it or not.
Scandalous? Hardly. This is the sort of compromise that often makes advanced engineering projects practical and/or affordable.
Yes, scandalous. There was much butthurt and holy wars in the aviational Runet.
May I require the source of the degressive speed for PAK-FA?
12 years ago, there was pretty scandalous and famous statement of that time’s RuAF commander Mikhalov.
Москва. 8 декабря, 2004 г. ИНТЕРФАКС-АВН – Тактико-технические характеристики (ТТХ) перспективного авиационного комплекса фронтовой авиации (ПАК ФА), который создается компанией “Сухой”, продолжают корректироваться, сообщил “Интерфаксу-АВН” главнокомандующий ВВС генерал армии Владимир Михайлов.
“Мною принято решение несколько уменьшить скоростные параметры, заложенный в тактико-техническое задание (ТТЗ) ПАК ФА”, – сказал главком.
По его словам, предложенная корректировка “не только не снизит боевой потенциал самолета, но и позволит избежать многих конструктивных сложностей, которые неизбежно возникнут, если параметры скорости реализовать в соответствии с первоначальным ТТЗ”.
“Новое значение числа М (М – число Маха, равное скорости звука. – “ИФ-АВН”) более чем достаточно для решения тех задач, которые будут возложены на самолет 5-го поколения”, – отметил В.Михайлов.
http://govorim-vsem.ru/viewtopic.php?t=11779
Question: What is so wrong with the Russian military-industrial complex that it has continued to very obviously fail to produce a simple UCAV according to the Predator/Reaper model
Nothing. We just never tried.
Former Sukhoi test pilot Anatoly Kvochur in the front seat – looking a bit old now.
Ken
Not Sukhoi but MIG and Gromov LII.
Ok.
Su-25
Inside Syria?
No
Today Aviation Week newsletter brought me this. Opinion: Defining The Next Fighter
IMO, the main problem for us is not the UCAV itself, but the absence of the proper lightweight missiles with a high off-boresight capability. Our traditional ATGMs simply aren’t suited for that.
Off topic, but it’s no wonder Su-47 never bore fruit with it’s tiny internal compartment.
Actually, this compartment was installed on S-37 when it has been refitted to be used as a flying-lab for PAK FA program.
Here is a photo of original S-37.
It is hard to imagine from a political perspective and likely to be one of if not the least impressive aircraft from a kinematic perspective.
Why?
f-16.net is the nest of the most ignorant and arrogant US/West ‘hooray-patriots'(i.e. fanboys) – a marvelous home for myriads of misconceptions and misinformation.