Nah only 1 testbed su-27m bort 710 had more thrust as it was the testbed for the su-35s engines and then pak fa/su-57 engines. Others used al31f with 12500 kgf of thrust
Su-35/su-27m first prototype (701)
“S” stands for the serial production model
“M” stands for a modernised model
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Look at how well maintained that Su35 paint scheme is, I’m sure the devs are looking forward to model it just like that.
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That’s what you would think, but… Sometimes USSR just throws this out of the window.
like what ? gotta give exemple
MiG-21PFS for example. S in this one means “boundary layer blowout”. Another one is MiG-21S, S here stands for “Sapphire” - new radar that was installed on this version
Oh and MiG-21M is not modernized, it’s actually export
ussr aviation and russian aviation is 2 different concept from the same land
Russian aviation mostly kept the naming logic from USSR, with some new additions, like adding a number for a different version or modernisation stage.
Curious thing but this one says 10 air to air missiles. I take it this airframe didn’t recieve reinforced wings with additional pylons?
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It’s a TV missile brother…
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First few prototypes were converted t-10 prototypes and not new air frames
but that stuff always mostly from Mig
Sukhoi has been rather consistent
i agree, Sukhoi tends to be quite consitent with letters. On the other hand it brought a funny moment with 2 Su-30MK2V
Su-35 HUD doing SEAD
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Camera near engines on Su-35S during Dubai airshow.
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Dead link or location restriction? :(
goddamit, lemme try to fix it
Issue could be on my part to be fair haha