I got F-22s now!!!!! For a little while at least……..they’re operating out of NAS Oceana while the runways at Langely are being resurfaced.

They’re a lot bigger than you thought, aren’t they? The first time I saw one, I was surprised at how much bigger it was than the F-16 chase plane flying next to it.

No it’s not a good idea man becouse the SU-34 is long-range theatre bomber and allso a combat aircraft like F-15 and even beter.I saw what this baby can realy do.It is like SU-35 just much more havyer but still have balls of SU-27

Huh? You still didn’t explain why it wouldn’t be a good idea.

With that massive and a very clean airframe I wouldn’t be surprised it it can hit about Mach 2 although I wouldn’t expect much more because like F-16 and F-22 it has fixed intakes. You can have all the power in the world and without the most efficient flow of air to the engine you won’t get much past Mach 2. I don’t think the F-22 can go past Mach 2 for this very reason although I’ve never seen a confirmed number on its top speed.

You’d surprised at hat the F-22 engineers did with its intakes. They pretty much internally regulate supersonic air coming in which rendered the moveable intakes obsolete. It’s a long explanation but I’ll have to go find it.

Oh yes we’ve all heard about it. It will make the F-22 look like a Sopwith Camel.

Sens i’m well aware of that,and how limited(to airshows mainly) is this.The thing is that JFrazier say that russians lack engine with “the envelope of the F119’s”.
Correct me if i’m wrong but isn’t supercruise determinant by T/W ratio with engine in dry trust?So for exampe Al-31FM equiped Yak-130( 😉 ) will be capable of supercruise.And this fictional plane will be with 0 km/h to 1.7 M flight envelope?Russians lack high trust engine for fighters….nothing new.Back to reality P-42(Su-27 record plane)is capable of supercruise and high alfa numbers.Can i say that R-32 is better than F119?No,F119 is superior to any present russian engine,but your statement is just anti-russian BS.The thing that impress me in F119 is different.
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All I’ve stated are facts so far. Firebar wants to act like American engines are inferior to Russian ones so I called him out on it.

No one can deny that Russia lack engine capable of giving an Su-30(for example) supercruise,but your other statement is just crap.There is lost of videos of Su-27/30/35 stunt maneuvers,so i can say “but the engines are also fine down to -80 knots or 120 degrees alpha”.For the -80 knots part,there is a move done by Su-30/35 in which the plane flyes with engine nozzles forward and they still run.

That’s not what I’m talking about. Performance envelope means from 0 knots to Mach 1.7 while in military power. No Russian engine has that capability. Yes, the Russian engines are remarkably resistanat to flame out but I was mainly responding to Firebar who stated the Flankers would be limited to 50 degrees alpha with American engines.