The Su-30SM looks unrealistic

Nothing new is coming up as of right now, but I will edit the post when there will be new things to discuss about.

its also too big god damnnn

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Agreed with that.

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I’ve seen plenty of images with the SM using centerline pylons.

but not the Su-34 centerline pylon like it is ingame


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For this you gotta take into account the depth of field, like here for example:

as you can see it looks more accurate, but then again, the IRST is too big, and the canards are not tilted upwards, so the inaccuracies are noticeable.

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@shacortes-psn
It wasn’t even bug reported for more than one major update.
Give it time.

We got a total of 3 new different airframes from last update, one would expect that for 3 planes that are not copy and paste, they would do a good job.

But maybe i am setting the bar too high.

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I waited a year for the Su-27 FM fix.
I will wait another year for the Su-30SM model fix.

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Su-30SM’s model is entirely unique. It’s not copy-paste, it just has a number of errors.

@Silversting
A year? December 2024 - December 2023… yeah, a year.
FMs are more complicated than 3D models though, so we shall see.

Thats exacly what i mean

We got a total of 3 new different airframes from last update, one would expect that for 3 planes that are not copy and paste, they would do a good job.

3 new airframes that arent copy paste (Su-30SM goes here)

It looks like a plane.

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good eyes

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the nose has been copy pasted from the Su-33 you can see that by looking at:

  • the IRST and refueling probe
  • the canards not being angeled

the main fuelsalage,wings and airintakes have been copied from the Su-27sm you can see it, by looking:

  • at the paneling on the airintakes
  • how the wing blends into the fuelsalage
  • the hinges on the tail
  • the small antenas on the rudders

the only part the didnt copy from a different flanker is the cockpit itself and the area directly behind it

and they probably copied something from the su34 as well because why else would it have the centerline pylon of the su34

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Gaijin changed FM in just a few days…
They just didn’t want to change FM all this time

Why is there a seam from the SPO-15 antenna here?
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The centre pylon is copied from the Su34 and clips into the rear of the Su30SM but underneath it is the normal pylons that the Su30SM is supposed to have, additionally the pylons under the engine intakes are also copied from the Su34 and clip into the inside of the intakes

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Yeah, I’m seeing a lot of these inaccuracies too. Definitely feels like Gaijin cut some corners on the Su-30SM’s model

The canards being horizontal is pretty glaring, considering how they should be angled like on the real aircraft and the added centerline pylon, that shouldn’t be there is another odd addition,these kinds of details make a difference when it comes to realism.

The flaperons extending too far and the misplaced IRST just add to the list of issues.

I get that no model is ever 100% perfect, but for a high-tier aircraft like this, you’d expect better attention to detail.

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The discrepancy is massive, both in terms of the mistake and its scale! =)

I would say that the f-18 model is pretty accurate and that they tried to cut corners for the su30 by Frankensteining the other Flankers together

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Well, of course, it’s just that there are bug reports on other things that have not been touched for months or years.