Here is some additional comment on the Su-35 TVC ,
from Sukhoi test pilot Sergei Bogdan:
“Sukhoi pilot Sergei Bogdan underscores the benefits of vectored thrust at slow speeds. “We can fly slow, keeping a high angular speed during a bank. Inertial forces try to increase the angle of attack when the airplane rotates with the ailerons, but we use vectored thrust to create a compensating force generating a pitch-down motion,” he explains. “Thereby we keep the angle of attack under control. In the end, the airplane remains controllable in a much wider flight envelope. Besides, it can demonstrate faster angular speed in bank.”
Thrust vector control provides a maneuvering advantage in air combat, with the pilot having the ability to get the enemy in sight faster than its opponent to shoot first.
Bogdan acknowledges, however, that air-to-air combat is more and more rare, leading to some skepticism within military circles about the value of investing in thrust vector control.
Admittedly, thrust vectoring is not only useful at low speeds.
A small nozzle deflection helps in supersonic flight as well and it also can provide stand-by control functions in case of failure with the primary flight controls.
For air combat involving long-range missile engagements, the Su-35’s high climb and acceleration rates, plus super cruise regime, modern missiles and extended-range electronically-scanned radar are considered as clear advantages for the new Russian-developed fighter.
The aircraft’s Irbis-E radar, developed by the V.V. Tikhomirov Scientific-Research Institute of Instrument Design (NIIP), is a follow-on to the Su-30MKI’s N-011M Bars radar.
By combining “something old, something new,” Sukhoi hopes to be able to offer the Russian military and overseas customers a highly capable combat jet with good “out of the box” reliability from its entry into service.”
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=85695
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He’s paid by Sukhoi, I don’t believe a word he says. Remember Mr Beesley, thats right, according to many hear (you know who you are and so do others) that test pilot comments are nothing but propaganda of the worst sort and are pretty much outright lies. :rolleyes:
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