Sukhoi Su-27/30/33/35/37 Flanker series & Su-34 Fullback - History, Design, Performance & Dissection (Part 2)

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New digital camo for another flanker now

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Also since compatibility is all that matters we can get a r-73 derivative with an iir seekerhead. Although I would rather have r-74m2 because of its much superior flight performance and datalink, since iir isn’t actually modeled in game currently so it’s much worse seekerhead won’t matter

We could get R-73M RMD-2 before R-74. Increased gimbal limits to 60 degrees (with 90 degrees of targeting angles), dual-band seekerhead with twice the lock range.

That’s r74m

Actually nvm found r-73m, but never made into production due to high costs of 90 gimbal limit. R74m is basically same thing but only 75 gimbal

it will just flatspin if i off boresight it more than 45 degrees

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Interception by gripens close to Latvia
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R-74 also uses TVC nozzle instead of interceptors, which gives a bit more efficient turning (3% thrust loss instead of 5% on interceptors)

first 2 pics aura

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35, SM2 and Foxhounds. Very nice!

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Isn’t the Su-27 massively overperforming at sea level speed?

I read around that it should have a top speed at around 1400kph IAS but in-game it is doing 1530kph IAS or 1545 kph true speed

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ask gaijin why

the FM of the Su-27 is so messed up that they had to compensate with extra thrust

it has certainly too much drag and not enough lift, but gaijin probably had some datapoints they tried to match so they increased the thrust on the Su-27, causing it to underperform at low speeds and to overperform at higher speeds

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It’s structurally limited to 1400 kph. The manual says do not exceed 1400 but that it could fly at the speed indefinitely. In game it should have an ias limit of 1470 kph instead of the current 1540 kph. This has already been reported but gaijin is just twiddling their thumbs unfortunately

iirc current top speed at the deck is just regular gaijin overall buff around 1.15 or something like that. It includes structural limits, pilot G toletance and such

It’s 1.05 buff but for some reason gaijin applied 1.1 buff to flankers
Also same issue with jf17

Probably because they can’t comprehend accurate FM so they gave it unrealistic buffs.

That’s not the case since some aircraft seem to be underperforming in sea level top speed or have a correct or close to correct speed

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because they could be limited by engine thrust not airframe structural limits.

Structural limit of flanker is overperforming. Manual says it can stay at that speed forever which means that it’s not thrust issue it’s structural issue
Even later flankers with more powerful engines have that same 1400 kph limit in the deck

Structural limit of the flanker matches the exact top speed in a straight line which is 1540 kph IAS. Funny coincidence. (base flanker)

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