Did su27 ever have BOL pods?
BOL is a nato western countermeasure system why would a Russian aircraft have BOL?
So Russia stuck with 96 cms
He probably meant a similar system on which you could install more CMs
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Yes
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What does the Su-33 even offer over the current Su-27SM ingame?
All I can think in terms of improvements of are canards, slightly larger wings, x2 additional R-27 slots and… nothing else. It’s kinda a downgrade overall and at best a sidegrade for top tier no?
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Nothing beyond capping naval/Yak line?
SU-33 is a lovely addition especially since it should not be ate the absolute top BR.
Both SU-27 we have in game currently are great fun.
My biggest issue these days are friendlies not minding their missiles.
It’s exactly that, it has a slightly improved engine but it’s insignificant, it’ll never make up for the 4 ton weight increase.
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Are the canards on the Su-33 moving or fixed canards?
Someone here said fixed canards, no idea how true
I believe it moves just like the su34
It can potentionaly have S-8PM chaffs what is additional 80 chaffs (20 per B-8M).
https://roe.ru/esp/catalog/las-fuerzas-aeroespaciales/misiles-de-aviones/s-8pm/
Correct me if i am wrong but the Su-33 not only has less countermeasures but also moves them to a different location right?
48 cm without S-8PM (which are not in game - +80 chaffs). Probably in naval line.
Further up the planes spine
Su-33 can be equipped with Zhuk-ITU radar with 85 degree gimbal range, same radar as MiG-29SMT.
In theory, it is possible to use R-77 on this airframe if it was provided the upgrade.
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Not much - from tail sting to further up, about between engines. Still same trajectory
Zhuk-ITU? never heard of it before (too bad it was never done either, gotta wait till 33UB to get a naval flanker with R-77s)))))
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Flanker uglier than Su-34, impossible.
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