I though the cold war was, like, you know, OVER!? 😮

I know Russia wants to regain it’s tough-kid-on-the-block image, but this is cutting it a little too close, dontcha think?

Or better yet, paint a fewMig-29’s in black paint and call it the PAK FA.

Shhhh. You don’t want to give the russians ideas, now do you? :dev2:

Bring on the CGI I say. I’m a crack addict for shiny special effects.

The letter “T” was used to denote a ‘treugol’noe krylo’ – triangular or delta wing.

Since the PAK FA’s in-house designation is currently T-50, that means without a doubt that the PAK FA is a delta or tailed delta aircraft. Narrowing down the possibilities of what it may end up looking like. THUS increasing the chances that it will turn out something like the Saturn image (yes, I know I am obsessed with that pic. :eek:)

Unless there’s some misinformation going on…
/idiot moment

EDIT: Since I’m just full of questions, I’m gonna veer off topic and ask: The Mig-21 is technically a “tailed delta” as well as the saturn image. What’s the difference between a tailed delta wing and a standard swept wing, really? When you look at them, they don’t look all that different…

Speaking of which, where DID they come up with the Su-47’s designation? I sure skipped a lot of numbers there…

Here’s a thought…

I wonder what official designation the PAK FA will receive when it goes into RuAF service? Some have called it the “Su-50” or “Su-51” as a play off it’s current T-50 designation, but I suppose it could end up being called the Su-37. They already “reused” the “old” Su-35 designation for their new Su-35BM, and the former Su-37 terminator sure as hell isn’t going into service, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they reuse it for their new jet. I could just imagine the ensuing ****storm in Ace Combat fandom circles… 😮

Or since Sukhoi is now part of “United Aircraft Corporation”, it could recieve a whole new designator, like UAC-1 or in it’s native russian, OAK-1, which kinda sounds cool. :diablo:

Your thoughts?

Good god, you people are still going at it after eight pages!?