But you are the only one showing incompetence. The Su-30SM was not used with AL-41 engines. Never. While the Su-27SM used both AL-31F and AL-31F-M1. I heard that there were even more powerful engines, but I can’t vouch for that. And the F-15E used 229.
If you want Su-30 with good thrust - wait for SM2.
The situation is ridiculous, if we demand Su-30SM with AL-31F-M1, then other nations can justifiably start demanding improved engines for their ac. For example, GE-132 can also be put on F-15E if GE is to be believed.
Idk what the requirements for being a bug reporting manager are but they don’t seem to be that high.
It is just annoying when you have to escalate the bug report through other ways, just because the guy who sees it first thinks it isn’t a legitimate bug report
I escalated the situation with the “higher ups” and I’ve been basically told that this guy is a member of the Russian team and that “he says that the source doesn’t say anything about Vne”
@Gunjob Perhaps you can try to explain the situation to them …
It quite literally says “Max speed = 1400 km/h. Reason: Structural strength”
It’s possible (though not probable since the brochures explicitly mention a ± 60 tracking zone) that it might have software provisions to keep tracking targets that exit the elevation limit by using the roll axis, but generally the roll axis is used for stabilization purposes (I.e. to maintain the ±120 deg horizontal limit when you are not flying level).
IRL 60 deg is plenty as far as elevation is concerned …
