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flateric said:I just wonder what Babak's S-37 do in that row)))
I asked myself the very same thing! Perhaps I ought to have edited it out!
flateric said:I just wonder what Babak's S-37 do in that row)))
SOVIETS WORKING ON SUPERSONIC SU-25 SUCCESSOR
177 words
26 June 1991
Aerospace Daily
ASD
Pg. 517
Vol. 158, No. 62
English
Copyright 1991 McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Sukhoi is working on a supersonic follow-on to the Su-25 armored attack aircraft, according to published reports in Yugoslavia.
The authoritative Aerosvet magazine quoted Soviet sources who described the Su-37 as a supersonic fourth-generation combat aircraft called the Shturmovik. Provisional details listed for the canard-equipped plane reveal a 38.71 ft. swept wingspan with a total area of about 538 square feet.
Powered by a single 40,000 pounds-thrust afterburning turbofan, maximum takeoff weight of 55,116 pounds reportedly includes an external weapons load of 18,740 pounds on no fewer than 18 external pylons--plus a 30mm cannon. Low-level combat radius is quoted as 431 nautical miles with an 11,023 pound combat load.
Maximum speed is estimated at 809 knots at sea level or Mach 2 at altitude, with a practical operating ceiling of about 50,000 feet. The Aerosvet report also mentions folding wings for the Su-37, implying possible use for deck operations from the new Tbilisi-class carriers.
NII-801 is not NII-801 since something about 1966. Was renamed to Applied Physics Research Institute (NIIPF) then and became NPO Orion back in 1983.All I've been able to discover so far is that it was likely developed by Research Institute 801
Radar "the Beetle" (1986) from MiG-29M, most likelyApparently the radar would have been a set from Leninets called Kinzhal which was also the originally planned set for the Su-39 upgrade and may have been a competitor to the Arbalet system ultimately used on the Mi-28N and Ka-52
Yes the Vikhr is probably correct.The Su-39 (originally intended to have the same Kinzhal radar and to perform a similar role) was displayed with the 9K121 Vikhr.
I know the Suchoi company while they were developing the S 37 fighter (not the super Flanker)to compete with Gripen and Rafale, they build a full size mock up of this single engined fighter this under the guidance of Mr Babak.Could someone tell me if there are photos of this mock up?