They shoulda had an F-102 or F-106. 🙂

It’s very likely that no one working on the show knew the difference!

According to the old saying, “If she looks good, she’ll fly good!”

I saw a diagram showing a max dry speed of Mach 1.75 at 35.000 ft.
Just havn’t been able to re-find it.
The top dry speed was significantly less at 60.000 ft

In other words, the F-22 flight envelope (altitude/airspeed) is shaped like that of a conventional fighter, not distorted like that of the SR-71.

I’ll bet that if one could get a look at a real altitude/Mach (H-M) diagram for the F-22 one would see a big blob of specific excess power (P sub S) right around M=1.5 at 35,000 ft.

If you find the diagram, please post it.

Yes you can consider it to be all aspect, as long as Sukhoi and NPO Saturn do their due diligence and engineer the correct finishing details. Remember, the T-50 that recently flew is a flying qualities airplane at the present time. To become operationally useful, dozens of different stealthy details must be completed. Those details are not trivial and it will take time and money to complete them.

With the prime minister giving the T-50 close to an absolute national priority (right up there with the Strategic Rocket Forces) money does not seem to be a problem. Time requirements will be eased by having cash. All Sukhoi has to do is be about as competent as Lockheed Martin.