Russian sources call it the LBL
this picture was shown to the chocolate man. aimed to be a replacement of the mig-29.
anyone got more info?it being two engines seems realistic, probably a derivative of the AL-222. two of them can likely give decent power to a gripen sized aircraft
– short chord wing,
– large wingspan.
Do you think it is suitable for an aircraft due to dogfight?
Maybe a photo of the T-50-6-2’s first flight :
http://www.komcity.ru/news/?id=22798
At the airfield “Dzemgi” was the first flight of the sixth prototype of the Russian fifth generation fighter T-50 PAK FA. As specifies news Agency “Arms of Russia”, the aircraft received the designation T-50-6-2.
Earlier, the chief of the HQs of Russia Viktor Bondarev said that all 11 will be created the flying prototype of the fighter. Three samples for ground tests have already been built. According to the commander’s readiness extreme, 11-th plane is 60-70 percent, completed the docking of center. Serial production of PAK FA will begin in 2017 year.
Comment on airforce.ru forum :
The local newspaper published news about the first flight T-50-6-2 + photo (suspiciously similar to 5R):
http://forums.airforce.ru/matchast/4618-t-50-a-12/#post135491
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