Sukhoi Company Su-57 Felon - Russia's Stealth Apex Predator

[ron_23]

@Flogger_cbs

no one’s buying it.

Algeria confirms acquisition of Su-57 | Times Aerospace

[Flogger_cbs]

Unconfirmed reports would suggest that 14 aircraft were on order to replace the MiG-25 Foxbats retired in June 2022

Unironically, this is the contract of the century.

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[noister]

@Flogger_cbs

Oh, well, since it’s slightly, that just changes everything (lolno).

and? that paired up with the other points i mentioned, makes it on par with stuff like f22/f35, heck with the irregular slotted TRM i mentioned about apg77/81, su57 might even be better in terms of stealth

no matter how much you try to cope and bring the same old argument back again, su57 is easily a 5th gen

@Flogger_cbs

It’s not hard to understand that convincing the end customer of this is very difficult. Especially when you’re offering your so-called 5gen for export, and no one’s buying it.

algeria bought it, india is probably going to do the same

@Flogger_cbs

This is the normal version.

i dont see anthing wrong, other than the pic being slightly distorted by the poor camera quality

@PercussionCap

Realistically how big would these corner reflections even be?

something significant because radars take up a huge portion of frontal arc

[Flogger_cbs]

@noister

that paired up with the other points i mentioned, makes it on par with stuff like f22/f35

Yeah yeah.

@noister

i dont see anthing wrong, other than the pic being slightly distorted by the poor camera quality

[noister]

@Flogger_cbs

screws wont be a problem since the arent even on the frontal arc, the seem properly flushed and treated this time, still wont be a problem against X band radars,

and the camera seems to make the pic a bit wobbly

[f15j_anmeagle]

are you just now discovering that huge, curved pieces of thick glass create optical aberration and/or distortions?

[Flogger_cbs]

Well, if you say so. Just curious why other 5g aircraft manufacturers don’t agree with you.

[naruto24k]

[noister]

oh most of them actually agree with me lmao

gotta give credit where credit is due, f35 does take care of its screws well, but rest are quite literally the same

@f15j_anmeagle

are you just now discovering that huge, curved pieces of thick glass create optical aberration and/or distortions?

oh, i thought it was only the camera lmao

[f15j_anmeagle]

@noister

oh, i thought it was only the camera

that’s also a possibility, or possibly a combination of both, but it’s not really possible to judge the straightness of something from a not pristine quality picture taken with an unknown lens, through a canopy glass with possible distortions and optical aberrations

but hey, if someone is willing to go into a russian airbase with a known straight precision straight edge and feeler gauges to measure the straightness…

[This_Is_Kitsya]

R74M - yes, it is operated by all Russian aircrafts, R74M2 is specific version of R-74 for Su-57 so it could fit the internal bays

[This_Is_Kitsya]

Maybe he means the shape of the intake. Something’s wrong with that, if it’s so wave-ish, it could only mean that the quality of production is… mid to say the least. And yes, this should have a negative impact on the airframe’s RCS.

Yes, it’s out of topic a bit, there won’t be such thing in WT, but still

[noister]

@This_Is_Kitsya

Maybe he means the shape of the intake. Something’s wrong with that, if it’s so wave-ish, it could only mean that the quality of production is… mid to say the least. And yes, this should have a negative impact on the airframe’s RCS.

it seems to happen due to poor camera quality and the canopy interference