wow the factory is so very clean.

some factory in other country its crazy. you see grandmas working there!

Sir, you are truly a troll.

Baltic interceptions 2013… 2 beautiful birds and a very Cold War setting!
Full picture set: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.539737329405330.1073741894.290726467639752&type=3

I just realised that the Mirage was flying in the foreground. That size difference ;D. Interestingly, it seems that the Sukhoi is flying at a lower alpha than the Mirage, very telltale of their relative wing-loading.

An Army Apache (Army Air 301) had a blue laser pointed at it just after 11:15pm this evening.
While flying to the west of Rayleigh. Shame they couldn’t have “returned fire”.

Only one laser beam? Damn! If they did it the Egyptian way it would have been epic!

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Credit: The Huffington Post (Link)

Nice pic, doesn’t the wing area look somewhats small in relation to body ?

Ya this bird always gets me nervous. It looks like it’s got twice the wing loading as T-50 and not nearly as much T/W ratio…

Really, you believe any of the aforementioned will be able to counter the PAK-FA, J-20, and/or J-31 in the next ten years?

With all due respect, PAK-FA, J-20/31 will not be operationally ready in the next ten years.

no, don’t go to viscosity yet, they have gone too far, and already screwed up your mind.

It’s pure pressure difference, nothing else to think of now if you really want to understand it.

hold a piece of A4 size paper by a corner with 2 fingers of your left hand, hold another piece with your right hand, put them in parallel positions at about 10 centimeters from each other. Now blow some air to the gap between them, you will see both pieces of paper move towards each other.
the forces make them move is caused by air-fluid pressure differences!!

…except that still doesn’t explain how lift is generated. So the air pressue on the upper surface of the wing is lower than that on the lower surface, yes, but how? You still need to explain why anything flat can generate lift given the proper alpha angle.

If we compare the aerodynamic configuration and the location of the center of pressure, it appears that J-20 is closer to the S-37, not the MiG 1.42 😉
Red Line – Location of the main landing gear

I’d say J-20 and S-37 should have the AC ahead of the GC. There are photo images of each doing high alpha during which the canard drooped significantly to counter pitch up moment.

I have a feeling that I’m the only one for…