If you can get to ETs or 77-1s it’ll get a lot easier, ERs are just broken atm. </3
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Pretty sure thats a separate older issue
I haven’t a clue, hence asking here.
Ate half the lobby
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Does anyone actually have photos of Su-35S with drop tanks?
It’s listed in the brochure, and at the KNAAPO website, the latter of which DOES mention serial production Su-35S so I would assume they wouldn’t just drop the ability to use the tanks.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120730185357/http://www.knaapo.ru/eng/products/su-35/index.wbp
They also look slimmer than the ones found on the Su-34.
I wonder if they ever got photographed, I personally haven’t seen an image of it.
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That’s what I’m looking for.
There was a section on that website I shared about Early Serial Su-35S’, but it seems like not all of the images were archived.
Also the image shows rudder fuel tanks, I don’t remember if those are actually on the production Su-35.
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I would assume so. Pretty sure the Su-27M used them, and it would help explain why the 35S is so h e a v y.
who the hell is De Armas
Bladerunner crush
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Ohhhhhh.
yeah fair enough
yes becasue the Su-34 uses the 3000 litre PTB-3000 tanks and the Su-35S could use the 2000litre PTB-2000
also found this saying that the 27SKM can also use external tanks but i couldnt find where exactly it is from
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from what i heard it is becasue they reinforced the airframe so it can carry heavier ordinance
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i think that they arent inside the rudder but rather below the rudders
bc on the image they are too thick to actually be inside the rudders itself
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Yeah that’s true to be fair, rudder doesn’t look wide enough.
They are probably right under like you said, the part right under looks more like it:
Maybe not exactly before the elevator part like I pointed, since that space would likely be used from the mechanism.
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they do look thicker than Su-27 rudders tho. But considering that Su-35S escorted Putin to Iran without drop tanks - you need some very long range combat mission for them to be equipped with those.
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Dont need for long range combat mission either, I think - just a long patrol will do (considering the sheer size of airspace of Russia - make sense)
AL-41s don’t eat a lot of fuel on mil power from my understanding, on top of the fact that Su-35S won’t be carrying its 69420 missiles for a combat patrol. As i said, they flew to Iran without drop tanks. Pilot fatigue might kick in before fuel situation would require considering drop tanks
the Su-35 carries more fuel than other flankers i think it was around 11 tons of fuel iirc