I even discussed this months ago with someone, in which they would just bring a engine upgrade to the current 30SM and skip the 30SM2, similar to how it was done with 27SM. If the buff is giving it the 30SM2 engine then i think it would make sense.
I would agree with the statement that only giving 30SM AL-41F-1S engines is extremely bad decision. They were only placed on SM2 model (and not even every SM2 airframes recieved them, iirc first batches of SM2 were delivered with AL-31FP engines), and with SM2 should come new avionics and radar. Tho i wouldn’t mind SM2 being just a researchable module for SM that will give it aforementioned upgrades with R-37M module added later (if gaijin ever gonna add this Mach 6 doomrod into the game)
PS. Oh and not forgetting to mention that AL-41 have completely different TVC nozzles, not only fully 3D but with greater deflection angles as well.
Serial su-30 still isn’t equipped with AL-41 AFAIK
Good point, but Gaijin can easily just ignore this and just slap the raw thrust numbers on it
The most gaijin thing to do for sure. Su-30SM still has incorrect 3D model so making it even more wrong wouldn’g be that far fetched. And we have plenty of fake stuff all around the game anyway.
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5% thrust buff.
from translation?
maybe you should mention that it is for the Su-30SM
as a native speaker, BVVD said that it’s something about spooling time buff that gives it around 5% thrust increase
Ah ok, thank you.
He also said something vague about “bigger buff” so we might cope about SM2 with AL-41 i guess
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question is if it also will aply to the Su-27S
no info, he only said it in scope of Su-30SM. I’ll check as soon as dev will open
so will I
It doesn’t have special mode on engines IIRC
And old plane like Su-35s VS the most modern nato jets… Sure. I sound really balance. These thing should go against a upgrade Su-35s. That was talked at the start of this year. Sadly There is 0 news about it. With only 4 month left in this year. People said that Russia usually reveal new model in the latest month of the Years. But I don’t think it will happens.
Of course it will be. AL-41 have bigger diameter. You can’t just install them without modifying the intakes.
Well, that ends that then, people were panicking for nothing
Well, stream ended, hope dev opens soon
the Su-35S is from like 2010
that is what we are talking about, not the Su-27M