This figure of 1.3 is just made up anyway. Super cruise M number for any engine for Su-57 never was public.
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Where was that air intake image taken from? Ace combat?
There’s a better image out there, but it’s literally a radar scatter screen like the F-117 had
Edit: Found the pic
I don’t think its the case. MIG23 in the Su-27 discussion said that the Su-35s can super cruise with AL-41. It don’t make sense that the Su-57 couldn’t SC with Al-41.
Hmm, the Eurofighter kicked the F-22´s ass in a dogfight…
Forgetting about IRST? Even then, they are similar in abilities.
The Su-57 is not stealthy. Its famous rcs is like that of the Su-27. And don’t forget that the F-22 appeared about 25 years ago.
In close combat?
It can, but it’s the AL-41F-1S, and your not accounting for it being heavier possibly?
You know what else happened about 27 years ago? The MiG 1.44/42. Only cancelled production because each unit cost was too high as it was completed after the fall of the Soviet Union.
This is why the Su-57 is not stealth. there are too many cracks and holes from which the signal will be reflected again.
Considering it’s a dogfight, I’d say yes.
Wow, you gonna reflect virtually no waves from a 1/4 inch gap between the fuselage and intake 😒
Not like the F-35 has those on its surface.
The F-22 sacrificed its maneuverability for the sake of stealth. It was created in order to launch missiles at the enemy before the enemy notices it.
Well, the Soviet Union had a smaller military budget than the United States.
Congrats, all your missiles use TWS, which pings RWR giving a precise location of your plane, there goes your stealth out the window, not to forget you can notch the AIM-120 like it’s an early radar missile from a long range.
Soviet Union was also communist/socialist…
Yes.
But the German Pilot said, he knows, in a real scenario, he wouldn’t even have the chance to get that close, coz the F-22 would have shot him down from 120km away…
hahaha a 120km shot on a EF Typhoon?
Good luck bro. Meteor can do it but AMRAAM? nope
also irl Fighter jets operate in tandem with AWACS and early warning radars. its a whole environment. good luck with stealth at any range closer than 50km. may you be russian or american. no stealth is impervious.
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… the 120km was just a phrase for… The Raptor would have killed the Typhoon way before the Typhoon would have even noticed the Raptor…
Here is a more detailed explanation than I can do.
Spoiler
Raptor-Salad… I like :D
That’s why the Typhoon has Pirate…70 miles it would see the F-22 and could DL an Aim120
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The most interesting thing to me was, that the thrust vectoring is not an advantage in a fight. It´s more a disadvantage. It makes the Raptor a slow and easy target… I think that is the same with all thrust vector fighters…
It´s like you have to pull the parking brake to go around a corner… Looks good, but makes you slow.