Matej
Multiuniversal creator
Why I think we will have monothematic day today? Really nice! What do you think, will there be some basic 3 view? I must do the color reconstruction ASAP.
flateric said:side view screencap
it reminds me F-35s. in future, it will be replaced by frameless canopy on T-50Deino said:1. The cockpit-canopy reminds my very much (like the T-50 at all) of the YF-23 -but there seems to be a strange middle frame..
exactlyDeino said:4. The overall fuselage - esp. the inner section between the engines - is very wide and IMO we can see to weapons bays.
yesDeino said:5. Again in typical Sukhoi or Flanker fashion there's one gun on the right side of the T-50
no official Su- designation is given yet, but in some contractors documents a/c directly called Su-50Deino said:(some say it is now officially the Su-50) ??
Abraham Gubler said:And moving LERXs are going to cause a lot of change to the airflow into the inlets. Is this something that has been trialled before? This should take a far bit of development to make work across a fighter's flight envelope.
Matej said:No need to rush. I prefer accuracy.
Sundog said:flateric said:two large ventral bays, one behind the other
two side weapon bays for short-range AAMs
said that 'each can hold NO LESS than two missiles' (well, imagine side bay for two RVV-MDs and front ventral bay for three RVV-Mds, or two Kh-58UShKEs), with total internal hardpoints being 10 (ten)
Well, then I'm guessing, by the looks of them, those bumps/housings, under the LERX are the side missile bays for the short range AAM's.
starviking said:Do they have the depth required? It doesn't look so to me - unless they're using a lot of volume from the wing too?
bassmonster said:1. Some kind of groove or slot in the intake wall - boundary layer control of some kind, or just a manufacturing joint?
2. Gap in the seam down the flat bottom - two weapon bays? (Confirmed, I think?)
3. These pods seem too small to be auxilliary missile bays to me - could they be a) stealthy hardpoints or b) a means of controlling the airflow, either directing air to the tail or preventing spanwise migration?
Michel Van said:bassmonster said:1. Some kind of groove or slot in the intake wall - boundary layer control of some kind, or just a manufacturing joint?
2. Gap in the seam down the flat bottom - two weapon bays? (Confirmed, I think?)
3. These pods seem too small to be auxilliary missile bays to me - could they be a) stealthy hardpoints or b) a means of controlling the airflow, either directing air to the tail or preventing spanwise migration?
1. this look more like a Groove for 2D inlets system
3. those pods are part of the Landinggear system (Hydraulic or Electric ? )
Colonial-Marine said:Seems good looking from those angles, I look forward to more photos.
Anyone want to bet how many get produced in this day and age?
Stuka said:The VG LEX could be for inlet shock control. A clever way of having a variable inlet with a fixed duct. Also note the lack of s curve to the inlet ducts.
I am confident that our joint project will surpass the Western counterparts by the criterion of cost-effectiveness
airrocket said:No DSI inlet cone, lip appears to be offset from wing to allow boundry layer to flow beneath. I was expecting to see a DSI inlet, still looks like cool design. Russia fields a new stealthy jet while the USA cuts production and development. Meanwhile USA space program funding cuts appear on the horizon, no moon, no Mars etc... I think this is good news for Russia aerospace as they are poised to take up the slack of launching US astronauts while it comes to soon and to fast for the US commercial private industry to get in the game. So big day for Russia aerospace industry and sad day for US dwindling aerospace industry.
Congress on Monday, will direct NASA to invest in the development of U.S. commercial space taxi services ... The move is meant to reduce reliance on Russian crew transportation services after the retirement of America's aging shuttle fleet.
flateric said:thanks to Sukhoi media services - they are very operative
http://sukhoi.org/files/2010/VTS_01_1.VOB - high-speed taxi tests on 01-23-2010
http://sukhoi.org/files/2010/20100129T-50.mpg - maiden flight on 01-29-2010
recorded news flashes from Russian TV (no more one file allowed per session)
http://narod.ru/disk/17386242000/20100129-1300.avi.html
http://narod.ru/disk/17385018000/20100129-1330.avi.html
http://narod.ru/disk/17384049000/20100129-1100.avi.html
http://narod.ru/disk/17382237000/20100129-1030.avi.html