Sukhoi Su-57

[Admiral Beez]

Tell me about it...although, after 6 months, I still enjoy hearing them in the circuit at Hill AFB. Didn't realize how much I missed the sound of freedom.

I thought this was an interesting overview of the state of Russia's aviation industry prior to the invasion of Ukraine.

Why do Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate and Su-57 have visible screws and rivets?

In 1990, the Russian aviation industry was divided into four agencies: Ministry of Aviation Industry, Ministry of Industries, State Committee of Defense Industries and Ministry of Defense Industrie…

www.globaldefensecorp.com

Wow, what a POC.

 

[buffnut453]

Wow, what a POC.

I presume you mean the aircraft?

 

[Admiral Beez]

I presume you mean the aircraft?

Ha, yes sir. That aircraft is a certified piece of crap.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Yeah, My understanding is that the -57 is low-observable from the front, but from the sides has a typical radar profile. Color me underwhelmed.

Chris at MAH has this video on the Russian air service which I generally agreed with.



It's from eight months ago so the opinions aren't colored by events in Ukraine. ETA: the Su-57 and stealth comes up at around 11:35.

 

[SaparotRob]

Have you seen his video of his sound effects?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Have you seen his video of his sound effects?

I have not. He uses software for his accent, right?

 

[SaparotRob]

It's the shortest video in his library. He's also available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

It's the shortest video in his library. He's also available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.

"I could not find anything in the RLM archives about Presbyterian wedding rites."

 

[Macandy]

Horses for courses…

If you want an apex predator fighter that flies so high no other fighter can tangle with it, ready to shoot down anything from its loft perch, or come down and use its matchless kinetamtic performance to close and kill anything with wings … F-22

If you want the best ground pounder money can buy, a Skyborg that can fly through any air defence system and kill it at source… F-35

 

[Macandy]

Yeah, My understanding is that the -57 is low-observable from the front, but from the sides has a typical radar profile. Color me underwhelmed.

Chris at MAH has this video on the Russian air service which I generally agreed with.



It's from eight months ago so the opinions aren't colored by events in Ukraine. ETA: the Su-57 and stealth comes up at around 11:35.

Their 'best' strike aircraft - and it primarily strikes targets with sticks of dumb bombs dropped by Mk 1 eyeball

 

[Macandy]

I still don't like the F-35. It's too obnoxiously loud damnit!

I wasn't a fan of the X-32 - you got vertigo sitting in that damn cockpit!

 

[Admiral Beez]

Their 'best' strike aircraft - and it primarily strikes targets with sticks of dumb bombs dropped by Mk 1 eyeball

Indeed. The Su-2 could do that, and with an internal weapons bay that the Su-34's designers forgot.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I wasn't a fan of the X-32 - you got vertigo sitting in that damn cockpit!

I was talking to a guy at the office the other day who was on the X-32 program back in the day. I'm glad I was never on that program.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I was talking to a guy at the office the other day who was on the X-32 program back in the day. I'm glad I was never on that program.

It's the happiest whale you've ever seen in your life.

 

[buffnut453]

It's the happiest whale you've ever seen in your life.

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So ugly it deserves to be French.

 

[wlewisiii]

So ugly it deserves to be French.

Hey now, the French aircraft are better than that!

 

[buffnut453]

It's the happiest whale you've ever seen in your life.

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Only because they didn't have any mirrors in the house where it grew up.

 

[Snautzer01]

It's the happiest whale you've ever seen in your life.

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Grandson of

 

[SaparotRob]

Only because they didn't have any mirrors in the house where it grew up.

That's why it's smiling.

 

[WARSPITER]

Whenever I am at Hill we curse the 35 because it.

It is nice enjoying lunch at the Hill AFB Golf Couse Club House and seeing them fly around. The only thing cooler is sitting at the Club House at JB Hickam-Pearl Harbor watching the F-22s take off over the water while enjoying a club sandwich.

Club sandwich ? Wood or iron ?

The Su-57 is still not an operational aircraft and is said to have another 5 years of development required. 2027 is a long way off if they are wanted now.