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

Keep in mind this is statshark plots but if you try and equalize fuel loads to equivalent afterburner time, the Su-27 might have some hands. Doesn’t necessarily mean the Su-27 wins. In this plot the Su-27 has 22.4% fuel load while the Gripen is at 30% or min fuel. I reduced the fuel on the Su-27 so both have around 160 seconds of afterburner time at 400 mph.

I feel this better represents an actual in-game situation as min fuel on a Su-27 has so much more endurance than other planes since the 30% fuel standard for measuring performance hurts planes with large internal fuel capacity.

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Apparently in a high speed dive one Soviet Foxbat pilot clocked 11G when trying to pull up.

If the aileron reversal above 4.5 G was implemented it’d be a decent historical correction to the overperformance.

Passed to devs (December)
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Huh, surprised Su-47 actually got passed

Mini rant: I am so frustrated about not having a moving map mode, that I unironically would love to have a hand held GPS device in the cockpit of any modern Flankers and the Su-24M2 just so I could get one lol.

Same here, unless Gaijin has some internal Sukhoi documentations about how operational Su-47 would look like, there is literally no way Su-47 can be added. And I am very much doubting the existence of such documentation because first and only airframe was a technology demonstrator.

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Honestly, I really liked using it on the Su-25BM as a fighter jet; I could get in unseen and get two kills. As someone who has 5,524 battles on platforms that use the R-73, the only thing I’ll say is that the missile is mediocre and only works when it wants to.

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Seeing the December passed suggestion list I thought I’d see the Su-57 there too, this list pretty much passed almost every 5th gen aside from maybe the J-20.

Maybe the Su-57 and J-20 were passed before and I simply don’t remember, and also I agree with your point on the Su-47.

You will get your Su-35S against 5th Gen aircrafts and you gonna love it.

As long as i can get R-37/77M I’ll be fine.

Tho Felon would be more nice Xd.

Su-35? Too much model rework, Su-30SM(3) instead :D

But I wanna test side looking Felon radars :(

Comerade Major wants to have a few words with you. It’s not negotiable.

Su-27SM3, Su-35 is a single-seater after all

I’m absolutely certain that the F-22 will arrive before the Su-57; just look at the latest major updates. When the Eurocanards arrived, Russia was stuck with the Su-27SM. This last December update didn’t include the Su-30SM2; it’s clear it was planned in a rush instead of the Su-35. Now I’m sure that when the F-22A arrives in the game, we’ll have Su-35s to fight against them, which won’t be a problem with the R77M and R37M.

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There won’t be advanced missiles at the arrival of 5th gens, mark my word

I wish for event where full team on 4.5gen fights aganist F-22 and Su-57 boss bots equipped with belkan witchcraft.

They’d better start working on new missiles so we can see what happens in the next 2 or 3 updates. Multipath should be nerfed; otherwise, it will be a big joke. Missiles need to have a FOV smaller than 7, or smaller than Mica’s. Maps should be enlarged, and mountainous areas should be added.

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According to leaks the F-22, J-20 and Su-57 are gonna be the first to rollout, most likely in the same dedicated update.

Not gonna happen - infantry is the main focus, you are suggesting to rework like 90% of the maps. And with upgraded missiles gameplay will just become “I shot first therefore I won” wit barely any counter to that.

BVVD himself basically said: “muh big maps boring, matches that last 3 minutes fun and better suited for short attention span players”

And he is not wrong. People that complain about maps and matches being too short are the minority of the community

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