Sukhoi Su-27/30/33/35/37 Flanker series & Su-34 Fullback - History, Design, Performance & Dissection (Part 3)

Also atp it’s only a 175 kg difference.

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unless base weight takes min fuel load into consideration.*

Conceal carry R-73 in case of emergency under pilot seat

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in case the pilot crashes and needs to fight off a very big, flying bear.

never underestimate Russian bears

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Does the base weight in game refer to empty weight or is it no weapons + min fuel?
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brother it’s right there


and here is statshark for comparison

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oh yeah i like totally knew that.

how do you find that on statshark? It isn’t in Global Vehicle Statistics of the FM Calculator, is it?

It is indeed, in the FM calculator

Ohhhhhh I see it now.

Can the Su-35S carry R-27ETs? I looked up a few brochures and they don’t mention ETs. The second one doesn’t mention the R-27T at all which I KNOW is false.


Pic of Su-35S with R-27T
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it definitely can, older brochures list em
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Where is this from? I’ve seen this around but idk if it’s a good source.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220112183103/http://knaaz.org/products/su-35/
scroll down to here
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for the booklet you have to go to 2018

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You’re the best bro.

Would “Long range missiles” be R-37M?

yeah as those didn’t exist yet. though for some reason it doesnt list them underneath the engine naucelles

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That is odd.

Do you also know the top speed of the Su-35S?

The two brochures I posted say 2.35 and 2.25

Also do you know why the 30SME is so slow? I know the other MKI derivatives top out at Mach 1.9 but Rosboronexport says 1.75 for SME.

I would rather say they were refering to AAM-L aka KS-172S-1. In 2007 MAKS prototype T-10BM 901 was shown with 1 or 2 of them on one of the pylons from brochure.
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Same pylon No.11

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I personally think its r-37m cause now those spots are occupied by RVV-BD
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yeah for some reason su-30sme has a lower top speed than even su-30sm, idk why

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