George N confirms no N035 on SM2
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Was it George that was working at sukhoi/UAC?
Yes, George is the UAC engineer everyone on the Forums loves.
Here’s a link to his profile
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what is even better
my message that i linked was in response to yours
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Now you just have to convince gaijin
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And for them to, effectively, kill the jet and make it slightly better than regular Su-30SM (because I’m damn sure that AL-41 are next on the chopping block)
Oh well, we still can hope for Su-35S to come and do it thing… right?
Irbis removal has been accepted for so long, gaijin takes ages to take action. Also it confirmed to be fitted with al41f
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AL-41F-1S is at least in testing, and according to the documentary new SM2 airframes are already produced with modified intakes and engine mounts to fit them in. In reality SM2 was never really needed in-game, regular SM was strong enough for the top tier.
Actually i am curious if new SM2s with dark radomes are fitted with AL-41s or not.
Fighterbomber complained that white radomes made Russian jets very noticeable in the sky if the weather is clear, up to tens of kilometers. Maybe that’s the reason why new SM2s use dark radiotransparent paint
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gets provided primary source informations
“Secondary sources are not accepted”
marks as not a bug
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wait and see they correct it in the same patch with new airframe to make people grind.
Well, words of someone allegedly working in UAC is anything but a primary source.
They could also be painted over, but could be ditched entirely as well. Maybe they are too expencive for the purpose they are doing, or don’t offer any good integration, considering that SM2 still rocks N011M and not N035
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I would assume this maybe the case.
I’m still intrigued as to what function they provide, since “Multifunctional Interrogator” is hardly a comprehensive list.
Also, According to George N, the extra antennae are what’s used for Datalink, likely for the R-37M, so our hypothesis of the AESA’s working in tandem with the R-37M and R-77M’s 2 way DL maybe incorrect.
Location of the antennas is a bit weird, as well as the ffact that they look more like recieving antennas rather than trasmitting ones. Maybe DL he talks about is for the communication of the Aircrafts in the network, not between Aircraft and the Missiles. But i am no engineer (at least not a radio engineer), so its a speculation at best
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This would make sense, Iirc there was some effort to make more A-100s so maybe this has something to do with that.
I’m not sure, But if we see this new batch with R-37M (or maybe, god willing, R-77M) I think we can rule out the possibility of the AESA’s being used as 2 way DL.
Or they could just be painted over and hard to see, which is also possible.