Sukhoi Su-27/30/33/35/37 Flanker series & Su-34 Fullback - History, Design, Performance & Dissection (Part 1)

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There was none.

The Soviet Union original specifications of the N001 were supposed to use a phased array antenna similar to the MiG-31’s N007/RP-31 Zaslon radar.

But Soviet Dissolution was imminent & the industry to develop quality electronics en masse was nonexistent.

It was either use a Cassegrain radar dish like Dev team Rubin at Phazotron did for the Mig-29 or the Su-27 would have no radar at all.
The Mig-29 was also supposed to have a much better radar capability but was unable due to the economic struggles in the last years leading to the collapse of state. Dev team Rubin came up with the plan of using the Sapfir-23 ML radar dish to stand in for the dish they were not able to produce.

NIIP Tikhomirov decided on the same method Phazotron did for the Mig-29 & the rest is history.

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2371

Say it to V_S_N, not me.

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@Ziggy1989
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Best loadout out so far imo :)

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This might be the best loadout so far. A common Su-35 loadout. ETs are actually very advanced IR missiles that GJ decided not to prop up but rather the R-27ER. A shame imo.

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Stupid so he sticks to the 50 degree (+/-25 degree) investigation radius. In other words, if the target leaves the range, the lock-on will be interrupted lol.

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ET is horrible in the game in terms of IRCCM, 9L for real ignores flares more often

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If you get a good launch, the ET is basically a 10km stealth kill

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Or the enemy might pop 1 random flare and flare it even when it’s 1 km away, without even knowing an ET is coming.

Btw even 9B/9J is a free stealth kill from 2 KM if the enemy doesn’t know it. That argument is invalid.

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Has anyone noticed the engine problem of the Su-27SM in the game?
In fact, according to the official website of MMPP “Salut” and interviews, we all believe that the Su-27SM should be equipped with a more powerful AL-31FM1 (99M1 or АЛ31Ф сер42) engine. But in the game, it is shown as AL-31F and is the same as the regular Su-27. Since the Su-27SM is heavier than the standard Su-27, its flight performance must be reduced.
I tried to submit an issue, but it was rejected due to lack of information. I wonder if anyone in the forum can help me?

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@MiG_23M @BBCRF any thoughts/Source on this for a report?

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If only the documents for the plane.It is said from open sources that the new engine appeared with the SM3 version

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Could it be that some SM versions upgraded to M3 models and recieved new engines or used as testbed for new engines?

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ZVO_12_INCH and Fantom2451 mentioned before that Su-27SM that came in later batch had the upgraded engine

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Of course, the factory aircraft tested the engines

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Isnt that enough to make a bug report for it? New engines will increase the efficiency alot.

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Please report this to developers. I can’t read Russian so I cannot report this.

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Why would the SM be heavier? it received digital avionics etc. I would assume it gotten lighter.

However, it seems to perform much better because of no longer having to be strapped down with R-27ERs.

So maybe it is heavier.

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It’s not nonsense, the Oswald coefficient is not linear by any means in anything but an elliptical wing.
An example of an aircraft that in game currently has a de facto (talking about what the Oswald coefficient calculated with lifting line theory would to be, the “Oswald coefficient” in the game files has nothing to do with it) linear Oswald coefficient is the gripen which has a clearly wrong flight model

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