i think it might just be a Su-27ub tbh looks like its lacking the canards as well in the pic you sent
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Hmm, you could be right. Angle makes canards really hard to see so they might not be there at all. And IRST bubble seems to be closer to the middle as well.
also the Su-30SM has the black paint on the canopy for the belarussian models aswell, also just noticed it has a single wheel landing gear aswell yeah its def a Su-27ub
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yeah, now i am 95% sure that it is 27UB and not Su-30SM. False alarm
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I wonder, Su-30SM2 was planned to SPECIFICALLY get AL-41F1S or just new engine with comparable thrust. Because Izdelie 177S is pretty much AL-41F1S but designed for AL-31F engine mounts. Could it be that SM2 waits for those engines to become available. It’s just, iirc AL-41F1S requires some airframe changes to be installed.
Honestly, I’m predicting it will be delayed, and the worst part is we’ll have to wait for the trailer because there won’t be any leaks this month, at least that’s what Zabi said.
Teaser should release quite soon i reckon, unless gaijin wants to roll out the update during holidays.
that link is not working
The Su-27SM has aged like fine wine, but back when the F-15C completely dominated, it was a very difficult aircraft to use in the Spamraam meta, 10km HMS, 6 R77s, and it didn’t even have better engines. When the Eurocanards arrived, I simply switched to GRB because I didn’t have the patience to use the Su-27SM even with the improvements.
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thats just hearsay but i heard that the EW pods have RWR antennas in them, improving RWR coverage when equipped
but thats not confirmed
You forgrot radar that requires 3-5 business days to do a full sweep. As well as artificial buffs to FM that came a bit later as well as SPAMRAAM nerfs
Good first few pages for learning about su30sm with general characteristics. Though after like 10 pages gets too complicated
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true with the shift from long range spamraam meta with players actually learning how to defeat these missiles kinetically and with notching and just making the average engagement distance getting much shorter now favoring the MICA and R-77/-1 much more now
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They don’t have RWR antenna in them as far as I’ve heard, the thought process is that it can pick up the general direction radar emissions are coming from, but it’s nothing accurate…
i have a similar one talking about the TVC
http://elibrary.mai.ru/MegaPro/Download/ToView/9808?idb=NewMAI2014
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It was a really bad time, to say the least. I used to multipath, something I don’t like, having to fly centimeters off the ground, but it was the best way to survive. It’s a shame I deleted several clips I had. We flew low and it just rained AIM-120s on our heads. That’s why I don’t feel sorry for American players nowadays complaining that the AIM-120 isn’t what it used to be… I just find it funny that they’re annoyed that their glory days are over.
Yeah teaser will actually be a surprise this time
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I was there, Gandalf, it was 2000 years ago…
I hit top tier right when Su-27S was released, so i was a part of every single change after that.
It has L-150-30-SM, you can see it on the right vert stab, the white antenna iirc.
In Balta’s post you can see the leading edge or whatever wing part that is, has a white node on it, which is the usual placement for front facing L-150 nodes.