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November 8, 2008 at 6:22 am in reply to: First glimpse of new Chinese fighter/bomber or fake #2493591

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That first shot looks more like a JF-17. Are the JF-17 and the JH-8 made by the same company?

EDIT: No wait, the nose/frame is too big; it does look more like a JH-8 in terms of size and it’s general frame…

November 6, 2008 at 8:32 am in reply to: Current designs extended to one-offs hypotheticals #2495216

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I’m not sure what the market might be for something like this(or the cost to get to this spec), but it might be of interest in some markets-

A land based Super Hornet design(losing the extra weight that the navalized version has). A slightly modified wing for lower drag. Uprated engines(25,000-27,000lb class) Blk 3 avionics. LO weapons pods. Possible increase in internal fuel capacity due to space freed up from navalized version.

With the improved T/W, less weight, and lower drag, significant performance increases should be seen(speed, range, acceleration, turn/climb performance).
The Blk 3 avionics will make it very competitive against other potential options. The LO weapons pods will increase survivability/element of surprise, by keeping RCS as low as possible.

Nice little budget competitor to the F-35 there.

Woudnt put it past Boeing to actually market something like this. Hell, they’re already touting a “Block III” right now, to be tied in with a future sixth generation (:rolleyes:) fighter to rival the Lockheed 22/35 hi-lo mix.

November 6, 2008 at 5:48 am in reply to: F-15 pilot opinion about the SU-30 MKI at Red Flag #2495248

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what excites me most is not the MKI, but the Bison..a maneuverable little fighter with a BVR weapon and SPJ it is pretty highly rated by the guy there..so makes me wonder what a Tejas, almost smaller in size, and having a smaller RCS thanks to the larger percentage of composites, and a internal SPJ would be able to do when it enters service.:D

Now all it needs is the chinese cranked delta wing.

And thrust vectoring…

November 5, 2008 at 6:26 pm in reply to: F-15 pilot opinion about the SU-30 MKI at Red Flag #2495595

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I hate to ask this, but can anyone sum it up for me? I’m stuck at work here for the next day and youtube is blocked here… 🙁

November 3, 2008 at 11:22 am in reply to: The PAK-FA Saga Episode V #2496561

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Su-37 and Su-39 already were reserved for Terminator and Su-25TM Strike Shield. But then, the Berkut was also called Su-47.. :confused:

Any of those designations could easily be replaced, just as the “old” Su-35 was replaced with the “new” Su-35BM. The Su-37 never went into service. I’m thinking that the RuAF will concede to Sukhoi and designate the Su-27BM as the Su-35 in service (as they did with the Su-34); then will go ahead and call the PAK FA the Su-37…? :confused: Hmm, quite convenient. Give all the new generations of Russian jets a new series of designations. They’ll be referred to as the “Thirties-Fighters” series of russian jets or something, much like the “Teen-fighters” ‘ere in the US.

/ramble

And what WAS with the Su-47? Where did they get that one from?

EDIT: Wait, aren’t Mikoyan, Sukhoi, and a few other countries merging into “United Aircraft Corporation”? In russian, that would abbreviate into “OAK”.

Oak-1 has a nice ring to it… 😉

November 3, 2008 at 7:58 am in reply to: The PAK-FA Saga Episode V #2496635

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But dam, would it not be funny if the PAK-FA ended up bein the Su-35? ;p; 🙂

Indeed, I’ve already got a Pacard Facepalm pic ready to be posted on every Military Aviation forum in the world if that turns out to be true. 😮

Hey, question. The Su-35BM is still officially the Su-27BM in the RuAF, as ALL Flanker models are technically classified as Su-27xx, including Su-30 and Su-33 from what I recall. Su-34, however, has recently been made official, and the Su-29 is a prop plane, though I dont know if that counts…?

So what’s the PAK FA gonna be called, I wonder? Su-31? Su-50/51? (after T-50, or after Su-47) Su-37? (to **** off the Ace Combat fanboys :diablo:)

November 1, 2008 at 9:51 pm in reply to: The PAK-FA Saga Episode V #2497405

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Another possibility could be to open a new section of discussions or devide this one into two: One for the serious guys (and girls !), who want to discuss, learn and get informed … and another one as a “playground” for the “fan-boys”, where they can post their believe in the own or other one’s superiority, to bash on otherones types … and so on !

But that’s the problem. EVERYONE thinks their opinion is fact and it should belong in the first category.

(and girls !)

Females don’t exist on the internet. :p

November 1, 2008 at 8:46 pm in reply to: The PAK-FA Saga Episode V #2497436

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What we NEED is a western equivalent of Star49 on this board to preach the very same rhetoric about American/European equipment, and let him and Star49 duke it out endlessly in their own little thread. :diablo:

October 31, 2008 at 5:20 am in reply to: The PAK-FA Saga Episode V #2498204

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the mistake is thinking the pak-fa will actually be a flying device. I say the PAK-FA will be Sukhois break into the sex toy market — the worlds stealthiest vibrating sex toy. You need 14,500kg of thrust to power the strap on version hence the new engine.

October 30, 2008 at 6:57 am in reply to: The PAK-FA Saga Episode V #2498765

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Anyone think that the PAK-FA will be unveiled at MAKS-2009?

Or you think they will reveal the jet officially before that?

I’d bet they want to test fly it before it gets to an airshow.

Probably at MAKS, but we’ll probably find leaked pictures of its first flight before then.

I wonder if they’ll unveil it with Russian supermodels? Maybe they can get our own Star49 to pose next to it in lingerie. :p

October 28, 2008 at 6:44 am in reply to: Ukrainian fighter replacement #2499995

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Hmm… a Flanker with Meteor and SPECTRA… :diablo:

October 28, 2008 at 6:16 am in reply to: Ukrainian fighter replacement #2500011

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Ukraine will have to either take bold steps to create a new combat aircraft…

What the…?

Is that to imply that Ukraine has an aerospace industry independent of the former-Soviet aircraft manufacturers? :confused:

October 28, 2008 at 5:14 am in reply to: How would you form the European Air Force? #2500029

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You’re absolutely right about the Rafales. When it comes to the other fighters (Mig-21, Alphajet, AMX) I think an EU force could do without them.

The numbers would be quite large even if the types are limited.

With a unified Europe, it would probably become more viable to undergo a mass modernization and ditch a hell of a lot of the old types in service. You think the Indian AF have it bad? Trying to operate over thirty different redundant designs with generally similar roles would be a logistics nightmare. The number of different jet trainers alone is quite frankly scary.

I say get rid of the older Cold War types and settle on ONE jet and ONE prop trainer for the whole EUforce. All of those various lightweight designs (AMX, F-5, Mirage F1, Mig-21) could probably be replaced with the JAS-39E/F and the Tornado could solder on as the heavy strike craft for a while. And for the moment, keep the F-16 since it’s so widespread throughout Europe. Maybe the same with the Mirage 2000. If you want, sell all those different jets to all the various third-world jingoistic states who want to waste their money on weapons. Or fill them with explosives and an Exocet guidance system to make them into makeshift cruise missiles. 😉

Would bring a whole new dimension to the F-35 controversy. It could be seen as redundant with the Rafale already available. And it all depends on if the EU Airforce even sees VTOL carrier aviation as worth it at this point.

Here’s a question: What kind of aircraft designation system would you use with the EU Airforce?

October 26, 2008 at 1:03 am in reply to: Hutton serious about JSF pull-out? #2452447

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w2. the Rafale costs more than the F-35

What?? :confused:

October 24, 2008 at 7:52 am in reply to: A-7D / YA-10 fly off #2453091

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The contest duly took place at Fort Riley, Kansas, in April and May 1974, and proved what the Air Force basically already knew: the SLUF might be much better for strikes into the enemy’s rear, but the YA-10A was much better for getting down in the dirt with the grunts. In one particularly devastating test, the YA-10A flew to a remote field location and loitered on station for two hours; the A-7D was only able to hang around for seven minutes.

Source.

And it wouldn’t be the last time the A-7 tried to reclaim it’s throne, either.
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