Su-35. How the hell it did that?

Patriot · by **Patriot** » 13 Nov 2019, 11:45

2:14 minute mark :shock:

https://youtu.be/5vTUkLrxPfw

marsavian · by **marsavian** » 13 Nov 2019, 13:22

Probably the best nose pointer of them all, best taken out with missiles at range

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sferrin · by **sferrin** » 13 Nov 2019, 14:00

Patriot wrote:2:14 minute mark

https://youtu.be/5vTUkLrxPfw

With TVC. You could make a brick do that with TVC.

Patriot · by **Patriot** » 13 Nov 2019, 15:42

What speed could he be at? Some 300kts? How these wings did not broke away? From this angle this looks like he just made an u-turn with a car, almost like all the inerital effects were cancelled :doh:

knowan · by **knowan** » 14 Nov 2019, 06:31

It burned a hell of a lot of energy doing that turn; notice that afterwards the plane dived for over 10 seconds before making any more turns.

Also note this was a clean Su-35 with a low fuel load.

Corsair1963 · by **Corsair1963** » 14 Nov 2019, 08:12

It's not what they tell you, it's what they don't..... :wink:

sferrin · by **sferrin** » 14 Nov 2019, 13:18

knowan wrote:It burned a hell of a lot of energy doing that turn; notice that afterwards the plane dived for over 10 seconds before making any more turns.

Also note this was a clean Su-35 with a low fuel load.

Also he pulled way back on the gas to lose speed before he pulled the turn. Not sure why anybody would think the wings would, "snap off".

charlielima223 · by **charlielima223** » 14 Nov 2019, 13:38

marsavian wrote:Probably the best nose pointer of them all, best taken out with missiles at range .

If it does manage to get close, keep the fight at a highspeed depriving it of the ability to point its nose.

charlielima223 · by **charlielima223** » 14 Nov 2019, 13:40

Their demo flights are always amazing to watch. Compared to F-22 or other western fighters, their maneuvers appear more ballistic than acrobatic IMO.

sprstdlyscottsmn · by **sprstdlyscottsmn** » 14 Nov 2019, 15:22

charlielima223 wrote:Their demo flights are always amazing to watch. Compared to F-22 or other western fighters, their maneuvers appear more ballistic than acrobatic IMO.

I've described it as thus:

Russian Demo: See what Sir Issac Newton can do with this plane?

US Demo: See what a service pilot can do with this plane?

wrightwing · by **wrightwing** » 15 Nov 2019, 00:07

Patriot wrote:What speed could he be at? Some 300kts? How these wings did not broke away? From this angle this looks like he just made an u-turn with a car, almost like all the inerital effects were cancelled

That wasn't anywhere near 300kts (and was likely not even 200kts.)

sferrin · by **sferrin** » 15 Nov 2019, 03:52

wrightwing wrote:
Patriot wrote:What speed could he be at? Some 300kts? How these wings did not broke away? From this angle this looks like he just made an u-turn with a car, almost like all the inerital effects were cancelled

That wasn't anywhere near 300kts (and was likely not even 200kts.)

And would have probably had a good chance of falling out of the sky without TVC.

Looking at it again (several times) I think this one is still more impressive. The F-22 is going right into a climb vs a dive to gain speed back. (2:40)

boilermaker · by **boilermaker** » 15 Nov 2019, 09:30

Patriot wrote:2:14 minute mark

https://youtu.be/5vTUkLrxPfw

Probably took the limiters away. In vertical climb Indian Mig 21 pilots regularly practice this maneuver against G and AOA limited fly by wire aircrafts which cannot allow this kind of acrobatics. I think that was an article in huskit

mixelflick · by **mixelflick** » 15 Nov 2019, 13:58

knowan wrote:It burned a hell of a lot of energy doing that turn; notice that afterwards the plane dived for over 10 seconds before making any more turns.

Also note this was a clean Su-35 with a low fuel load.

Source for low fuel load? Even if it's only 50%, 50% of a Flankers internal fuel is more than many western fighters can carry in total. 50% is 12,700lbs, or damn close to an F-15's total internal fuel (13, 850). And that's one of the largest Western fighters there is...

I recall seeing at least one Flanker demo with a damn impressive external load. Same for the SH. And if the SH can do it, why not a Flanker with a much better thrust to weight ratio to begin with?

I would agree Russian fighter demo's are much more impressive to watch vs. Western ones, but only if you're the average person. The average person doesn't understand the effect a full AAM loadout would have on performance. They don't understand after pulling a high AOA maneuver off, not re-gaining energy leaves your a sitting duck, or that a plane that loses altitude after such is much less impressive than one gaining altitude.

Which makes the F-35 demo that much more impressive.

charlielima223 · by **charlielima223** » 15 Nov 2019, 14:43

mixelflick wrote:
I recall seeing at least one Flanker demo with a damn impressive external load. Same for the SH. And if the SH can do it, why not a Flanker with a much better thrust to weight ratio to begin with?

I would agree Russian fighter demo's are much more impressive to watch vs. Western ones, but only if you're the average person. The average person doesn't understand the effect a full AAM loadout would have on performance. They don't understand after pulling a high AOA maneuver off, not re-gaining energy leaves your a sitting duck, or that a plane that loses altitude after such is much less impressive than one gaining altitude.

Which makes the F-35 demo that much more impressive.

I think I know what you're talking about. I think it was an Su-30 with inert simulated weapons on it. Very impressive visually but compared to other Flanker demos where they fly clean, it was sluggish.

Both F-35 AND F-22s demos are impressive in their own right. (To me) The F-22 always puts on the best show because its raw power its insane...