btw this does say there are flying labs being used to test the new engines, but that current su-30sm2s still use al-31f. so it will get them eventually, but not rn
I don’t speak Russian, but according to yt’s translation, the guy is talking about some “New engine”
it’s at roughly ~ 11:31
yeah it’s going to be installed eventually, just not rn
I figured that, all the articles I found on it were saying stuff about “SM2 planned to start production with AL-41 by end of year.” or “First Su-30SM2 with AL-41 delivered”
I’m just gonna blame Russian manufacturing for this.
“The Su-30SM2 will have Irbis and AL-41s… eventually.-”
it already has the new radar, although they just call it upgraded bars. probably means just upgraded n011m, not irbis
huh. Weird. The only place I can find Bars mentioned is in the Special Projects Forums and considered a possibility in Military Watch magazine.
basically everything else I’ve seen says Irbis.
russian mod video says upgraded bars. so its bars and not irbis
I wonder if they’re actually gonna upgrade it at some point like they did the Engines.
it is upgraded, it has 2x the detection range of normal bars-m
you can see it’s still bars, look at the elevation scale. only ±40 like normal bars instead of ±60 of irbis
Is this from that MOD video? if so can you gimme a timestamp? I can’t find any pics of a SM2 cockpit with the radar on to verify.
t=1987, 33:07
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Huh, alright.
I know that the Ibris is technically an upgraded Bars, so I just wanted to check-
But yeah, I guess it is some Bars variant I don’t know of.
i wonder what thread is that, maybe you’ll find me on there lol
it might be the extended scope scale and not the actual range of detection as we see in most fighter who have DL, we know that russian use DL btw flankers and that its might just be around 240-300km.
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This one.
Also I just noticed I wrote Special Projects instead of Secret Projects.- oops
That would make more sense lol.
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Is it at all possible that Irbis can do ± 40* azimuth instead of solely ± 60*?
I mean yeah ofc. but radar screen always shows 60 degrees. its scan can be smaller than ±60
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