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

Su-35BM exist only on paper as engineering note, moreover Su-35 came out to have more relativity to Su-37MR engineering note than to Su-35BM like lack of canards, extended fuel capacity, lack of airbrake and two screen cockpit



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Note the Khibiny pod.

Could definitely use the engine swap

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These engine are big.

Edit; R-79 (LeteckeMotory.cz) Here its said its a 1100mm diameter engine. Vs the 900ish mm diameter of the Al-31.

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R-179 Su-30 when??

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“Stick it in sideways”

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“You need to put it in backwards, god damnit!”

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“Live footage from Sukhoi R&D”

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Thrust vectoring ejection seats?

Their genius knows no bounds…

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They started developing them after seeing this
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damn the thrust on the R179 on the chart is insane

also yeah, big engines

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901 would disagree with you
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901 is Su-35-1… first ptotype. It never was called 35

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Su-35-1 and Su-35BM are interchangable names

Isn’t that the 2nd su35 prototype

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they are not, I showed you what “Su-35BM” was

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didn’t see that, my bad

They have also dev this The R579-300 engine of the AMNTK Soyuz is the future of Russian aviation IDK if they ever going to use it on something.

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But but… the Su-35 had canards no?

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The 1990s one had canards
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2010s one doesn’t have canards
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Both of these are called su-35

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