The guessing of the PAKFA’s shape is interesting, some people think it will be a “Raptorsky”, other say it will be a “black widowsky” others (like me) think it will be based on the Flanker layout (which could ending looking like the black widow, anyway)…
Now there is an interesting question, about the bomb bays that supposedly were tested on the su-47…why to test them on that plane?..why the doors and bays were not tested in a su-27?
If we are looking for hard evidence, this could be the “hardest” one :), anyway, is a pakfa feature (the bomb bays), but then of course , is just a speculation.
So probably the pakfa will have the su-47 intakes/airframe , probably with separated engines, with engine cones acting as radar blockers (why not?, no s-duct), and a su-34 nose (based on the aesa shape)
Perhaps the shape will be the approach MiG had with the MiG 1.44 (an evolution of a more or less familiar shape)?:confused:
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