I think the SU35 is far too large for many countries. the MiG35 is a true russian equivalent to the Eurocanards IMHO… if only they’d make the damned thing!

it is closer to being a Russian equivalent but its also a lot larger and heavier than the Eurocanards and weighs almost as much as the F-15A

:confused: ?????

the upgraded version with new intakes, definitely shows the F-4 lineage

What’s that plane?

basically a single engined F-4

The USSR would’ve taken longer to wipe out Iraq because they didn’t have the resources as the US and were in great financial difficulty at that time

however, the USSR probably would’ve been thorough and hunted Saddam down and bring his corpse back to Moscow where Gorbachev would’ve created a toupee from his moustache and parade around in public with it. This would’ve negated the need for a second iraqi war.

There new plane. 😀

topspeed’s dream airplane

No sir !

Do you remember how F-104 reached 103 000 ft ? And Ye-66 ( Mig-21 ) 113 000 ft without rockets ?

Let’s calculate a bit..plane empty 2270 kg…few missiles couple rounds for that cannon….zoom flite fuel 300 kg …glides back to base…no lets add another 150 kgs. What do have now ? We have 159 kg/m2 wing loading in a plane that has extremely little drag. This goes easily to 60 km if needed with double the power than D-21 had and half the weight.

This is the extension in the both ends of the envelope that I mean.

please, F-104 was a normal size plane that had enough room for fuel and a pilot.

your design has no room for a pilot because the cockpit is too small to house both a pilot and a dashboard, no room for the radar you want because the radome is too small.. and you expect it to fly at mach 2.5 when there’s no room for an engine because the space is taken up by your internal bay, let alone fuel to power such a powerful engine. whats even more ridiculous is that you expect it to glide down on those puny wings.
what’s next? your unicorn fighter will be able to shoot down F-22s?

Apologies for resurrecting this thread from the dead. Just came across this plane and thought it deserves more discussion.

I think this plane looks beautiful and what’s more it looks like an early 1950s JF-17. Here are some interesting points:

1. One of the variants had potentially the first DSI intake.
2. Was among the first area ruled planes.
3. Shot itself down, first plane to do so!
4. Used alloys and milling to lighten weight.
5. Lost out to the Starfighter, a plane that never should have been bought. Some suggest bribery by Lockheed may have been involved.
6. Is probably the grandfather of the F-5, Mirage F-1, F-16 and JF-17.

What a mistake Pakistan did in choosing the Starfighter! Grumman was willing to hand over licence production to Germany and Japan on what appears very easy and reasonable terms.

here’s another similarity.
7. only one customer
8. quickly made obsolete.. although in the JF-17’s case it already was obsolete when it entered service

ps, other than the single engine, there is nothing similar about its design with the JF-17. wishful thinking strikes again.

i dare you guys try find a Spanish EF-18 in former USAF aggressor markings