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First flight of the Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E

Writing by Tolip on Tuesday, 4 of March , 2008 at 1:14 am

On February 19, 2008 at 11:25 Moscow time the Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E advanced multi-role fighter made its first flight. Flown by Sukhoi test pilot Sergey Bogdan from Zhukovsky airfield near Moscow, the test flight lasted 50 minutes and the set flight program was performed in full. The new “Super Flanker” is expected to be delivered to the Russian Air Force in 2010 and reach initial operating capability in 2011. Currently, another two planes are completed and are to join the first prototype in a series of test flights. The Su-35 will enter service under the name Su-27SM2.

Su-35 is not a new name in the world of Russian fighters. The name first appeared in 1992, when Su-35 was paraded at various international airshows as a modernized export version of the well known Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker. The new Su-35 is still a modernized variant of the Su-27 using all of the solution implemented in earlier models, such as the Su-30. One of the main design features of the Su-27 family of aircraft in general is super agility, and the Su-35 was designed to better its brothers. Two new Saturn 117S engines equip the Super Flanker. The 117S is an upgraded variant of the AL-31F engine, and produces 14,500 kg maximum thrust, a 16% increase over the older engine. It features a fan 3% larger in diameter (932 mm versus 905 mm), advanced high and low pressure turbines, an all-new digital control system, and provisions for thrust-vectoring nozzles similar to the AL-31FP.

The independent asymmetric thrust vectored nozzles are similar to those used on the Su-30 family. Russian engineers tried to make the airplane more easy to mantain. The engines have an interval between overhaul increased to 4000 hours, an auxiliary power unit equips the Su-35 to provide cockpit and aircraft equipment power supply without the use of ground support teams. The aircraft uses a triple-redundant fly-by-wire flight control; compared to its predecessors, Su-35 has an improved, integrated aerodynamic and propulsion control enabling the flight control system to perform acceleration, deceleration, roll, pitch and yaw utilizing thrust vectoring in addition to classic aerodynamic control, alleviating the need for the super-sized air-brake and canards used in previous models. Availability of improved controls enabled the designers to reduce the aircraft radar signature (radar cross section RCS), particularly in head-on engagement pattern.

The Su-35 features a glass cockpit design, utilizing two large 15″ multi-function color LCD displays, a head-up display and full HOTAS functionality. The main sensor is an X-band E-Slavia radar allowing detection and tracking of up to 30 air targets while scanning a wide sector (track while scan). The radar and fire control can simultaneously engage up to eight targets. Production models will be fitted with the Tikhomirov NIIP Irbis radar, capable of detecting and tracking aerial targets with average radar cross-section of three square meters, operating at ranges of up-to 400 km (216nm). Irbis offers a wide area coverage of Irbis 70 to 120° with azimuth resolution of (in 2 -2.5 times), increased range, and better ECCM compared to its predecessors.

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Comment by fulgueras

Made Tuesday, 2 of September , 2008 at 10:28 am

red star is always win in air superiority.there are no other country in the world that can overtake russian military ingeniuity even the american which is always left behind by russian military technology.

Comment by russian

Made Wednesday, 17 of September , 2008 at 5:30 pm

fulgueras you are totally right, red star is number one in the air!

Comment by fap-85

Made Saturday, 1 of November , 2008 at 9:11 pm

el sukhoi-35 flanker, ES BEST ONE BEST, Y ESPERO Q RUSIA LE DE UN CREDITO POR UNOS DOS MIL MILLONES DE DOLARES A MI PAIS PERU, YA Q SIEMPRE HEMOS TENIDO CONVENIO CON LOS RUSOS, CREDITO POR 24 SUKHOI - 35 FLANKER, 24 MIG-35. UN LOTE DE 300 MISILES R-77, 6 SUBMARINOS AMUR CON LANZADERA DE MISILES, 30 MISILES BRAMHOS, OJO 30 0 50 MISILES BRAMHOS, TANQUES T-90, T-92 UN LOTE DE 300 TANQUES MISILES PARA LOS SUKHOI X-31 AIRE SUPERFICIE LOTE DE 200 X-31, EL PRESIDENTE DEL PERU HA DICHO Q NUESTRAS RESERVAS SON DE 35,000 A 40,000 MIL MILLONES DE DOLARES ASI Q POR FAVOR SR. PUTIN CONCEDANOS UN CREDITO POR TODAS ESAS ARMAS, MUCHAS GRACIAS

Comment by Fajar

Made Thursday, 4 of December , 2008 at 7:00 pm

is Red Star have stealth strategic bomber, be careful US have one

Comment by Alfredo

Made Wednesday, 7 of January , 2009 at 12:37 am

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Comment by Haha

Made Friday, 30 of January , 2009 at 1:21 am

Ha ha russia always waits to the USA is done producing and then the make theirs. f-35, f-22, and father of all F-15. Russia was behind F-15 thats why them made the flanker. I can talk all i want and so can you, until its one on one in the air we will never know. And as always im sure the flanlker is over rated.

Comment by jimo

Made Wednesday, 18 of February , 2009 at 4:26 am

Red star has lost every war fought, with the exception of WWII, with the help of the world doing that. I think Russia technology should be used as to practice on for advanced technology. SU 35 is a copy of F15. Big deal, 1970’s technology, & still a copy. You cannot be competitive drunk on Vodka. It is easier to produce the same thing, over, & over on a hangover.

Comment by Glenn

Made Tuesday, 24 of February , 2009 at 8:37 am

Russia is and ALWAYS will be full of shit. All they do is COPY off Everybody. If We(American leaders at the time) Make the stupid decision of letting you damn Commie bastards into Germany first, you would still be in the Stone Age! *Gives the russian Commie Bastards the Finger!!!!*

Comment by idiot

Made Tuesday, 24 of March , 2009 at 7:42 pm

you are not the best! So Shut the fuck up american Shit!

Comment by qwerty

Made Tuesday, 31 of March , 2009 at 5:38 pm

The Flanker has more fanbois than any other aircraft~~ Just because it can do those fancy airshow tricks.

Radars that can detect stealth….. yah, prove it~ go to florida and provoke the Yankeee raptors~~

Unless that’s another Russian sci-fi flick idea~ Yep all of it is top secret because they couldn’t even devlop it.

Comment by UK Guy

Made Friday, 10 of April , 2009 at 2:09 pm

These Super Flankers are nothing more than 80’s aircraft on steroids, thier design philosophy of pure brute force is out dated and weak to the brute force plus unprecedented stealth route which the Americans have taken with the F-22.
This is much like the upgraded USAF Eagles, that is a stop-gap measure until series 5th gen production of the PAK-FA can commence though it is doubtfull Russia can afford to do this now in this troubled economice climate.
Even America has had to face that economic reality with the recent calls for no more F-22’s from the guys in charge and if America can barely afford a top notch 5th gen fighter it is most doubtfull Russia can to say the least.

Comment by Zoran

Made Wednesday, 17 of June , 2009 at 4:44 pm

JIMO you are one stupid sad man for making that reference…if it wasn’t for russians the whole Europe would be speaking German now!
Uk guy knows this!
Tell me how many Americans died in WW2 how many Brits?
Do you even know?
Russians lost 7 milion soldiers oposed to 400.000 Americans…president Rooswelt even insisted upon the Russians that they join the war effort against Japan when Germany capitulated!!!
Learn the History man instead of eating Big mac all your life
and making stupid comments!
Americans couldn’t win the war in Korea,Vietnam and you had all
air power on your side,you are known better said famous for only attacking third world undeveloped countries and even then you are scared of casualties!!!
Stop eating Big mac it is affecting your brain man!!!

Comment by The Only Wise One Here

Made Friday, 19 of June , 2009 at 12:28 am

It amazes me how off subject you have all gotten. Reduced to trash-talking about who’s country is better and WWII conversations. the Flankers didn’t even exist then so I don’t see the relevance. Also, the Russians perfected the vector thrusting technology and to date no other aircraft is as manueverable. You all should also use spell check a little bit more. I have more trouble reading what some of you wrote and if my dog were to have wrote it. America is more about stealth and targeting aircraft at further distances with faster ammunition.

Comment by januz

Made Friday, 19 of June , 2009 at 4:39 pm

calm your heads guys..none of you(russian or american) can outsmart german ingeniuity.you(american and russian) are just copycats of german technology (i.e. rocket booster of V2 rocket,sweep wing technology of jet aircrafts,chemical and biological weapons and the lists goes on..almost all of russias/americas hi tech military hardware are based on captured nazi technology..so i guess you guys better cool your heads…

Comment by PeterC

Made Tuesday, 30 of June , 2009 at 5:30 pm

How come you US fanboys come on with such ignorance and redenck hillbilly demeanour? Jesus wept…It’s like you are a bunch of 13 year old school girls drinking your first beer! OH my dad’s car is faster than your dad’s car… etc etc…

Why not just respect aviation technology here as an art form and relax…

Comment by Pieter

Made Friday, 10 of July , 2009 at 3:25 pm

AMEN…to PeterC…you said it well my friend!!!

Comment by AL-bob

Made Sunday, 2 of August , 2009 at 10:08 pm

Sukhoi has really driven the hard edge in “classic” aircraft design. It’s likely the Super35 will be the ultimate manned “most manouverable” in years to come. Unfortunately this does not equate to “air battles won”. The game HAS changed, for better or worse, and in the end the victor will be he who has the better vision of what actually WORKS. My money is on the same formula fighter pilots have used since WW1. He who see’s first kills first. Suprise is more important than anything else. Still, in the context of this thread, the latest Sukhoi is a thing to be marveled at.

Comment by kugan

Made Saturday, 15 of August , 2009 at 9:24 am

wonderful aircraft………

Comment by Jimo

Made Tuesday, 29 of September , 2009 at 6:11 am

zoran your the fucking bloody idiot, Germany lost it’s own war it created. point 1, We all contributed major to that war, but these fucking drunk, reversed engineered, commie cock suckers give no one else credit! Point 2 Russia probably lost over 1/2 by getting shot in the back from their own comrads,just to fight. Point 3, if you can supply a fucking drunk to do the brunt of the fighting while you ramp up your resources before diving in head 1st, who was the 400,000 lost smart ones? point 4 dumb fuck, you look at every mig design, space shuttle, TU, aircraft carrier, vacuum bomb was all reverse engineered, or a copy from underground resources. See what Hitler said, or the Germans said about the stabbing in the back drunks, & their reverse engineered shit. Get a life you liberal commie ass licker. The Russians are along way behind, all the seeable stealth of the US is of 70’s Technology which the drunks yet posess. See hunt for zero point, & quit blowing.

Comment by Jimo

Made Thursday, 1 of October , 2009 at 2:53 am

Zoran I cant understand you have Ivan’s big mac in mouth, & the russians lost over 21 million, so check your resources. They probably dont even really know the total numbers. Stalin was something to Marval about when he exterminated over 3 times the amount Hitler performed, Then after taking berlin raped over 100,000 women. The(Ally?)communists also took Americans captured in eastern german POW camps, & took them to the Gulogs of Siberia. Tell their familys what they did w/there allies? Your liberalism runs down your chin after Ivans done feeding you his big mac. Zoran probably a soviet, or muslim.

Comment by Jimo

Made Thursday, 1 of October , 2009 at 3:06 am

Another point, America fought two fronts like Germany only accross two Oceans. It takes time to produce,supply, move troops/equipment,eventually 8 million alone. We also built a 1500 mile hwy accross Canada, manhatten project (also spied from the russian ally)plus supplied spam, equipment by the lend lease via AK/Siberia, which the soviets claim we only supplied less than 4%, which was a lie. They also never paid back that bill.

Comment by Jimo

Made Friday, 2 of October , 2009 at 5:00 am

Zoran fucking dipshit who cannot even get casualities correct, check out every war who the US fought, & find out the enemy losses, not what the media potrays. Veitnam lost over a million communists to 58,000 US, & roughly the same in Korea in only 3 years. Iraq, afghanistan. We give a shit about loss, but not you fucking communists.

Comment by Josh

Made Friday, 27 of November , 2009 at 10:25 am

i agree with you jimo with USA and nato countries now the number 1 priority is keeping troops safe and alive and to come in short wars for public backing them . on another light russian tactics and weapons almost denny this. most russian weapons are still similar to ones desingned in the 50s only difference in russia is helicopters. not fighters

Comment by tornado

Made Monday, 28 of December , 2009 at 12:58 am

hola!!, me dirijo a todos aquellos que ponen en alto y sobredimensionan el poder y la tecnología yankee, quiero decirles que están ciegos o ignoran que después de la guerra de vietnam, los yankees de pacotilla salieron correiendo con el rabo entre las piernas y eso es verídico, además ¿cuándo los yankees han ido solos a una guerra ?, siempre se han ido en bandada (formando coalisiones) con otros países y atacando e invadiendo a quienes no podían responderles, ¡así cualquiera gana una guerra!, además estos hijos de puta tienen a su merced a todos los medios de comunicación existentes, entonces pueden publicar o decir lo que les venga en gana (si dijeran que la tierra es cuadrada, tengan por seguro que cnn, reuter, abc, y demás lamedores dirían y propagarían que la tierra es cuadrada), así es amigos ya se dieron cuenta, estos hijos de … son unos mentirosos de mierda.

Comment by kiro

Made Wednesday, 24 of February , 2010 at 4:51 am

HEY JIMO sober up man you americans go to the war usually when i s done this what you do now is absolute bullshet you can compare with russians by any means specially military technology
you fucks stol try to steal the shkval tecnology remember ????
good luck american fucks

Comment by kiro

Made Wednesday, 24 of February , 2010 at 4:53 am

HEY JIMO sober up man you americans go to the war usually when i s done, this what you do now is absolute bullshet you cant compare with russians by any means specially military technology
you fucks still try to steal the>> shkval

Comment by kiro

Made Wednesday, 24 of February , 2010 at 4:57 am

WELL jimo STUPID BRAINWASHED AMERICAN GARBAGE LET ME TELL YOU RUSIANS LOST 22 MILLION PEOPLE IN WW2 SO DONT SPEAK IF YOU DONT KNOW YOU BRAIN WASHED AMERICAN GOOF
GOOD LUCK
KEEP EATING YOUR MCDONALDS AND SHUT UP FAT GOOF

Comment by JIMO

Made Saturday, 27 of February , 2010 at 10:56 pm

I am not American, I am Canadian Kiro the commie pussy idiot. Did you read hunt for zer point? Oh your probably too drunk on vodka depressed on us kicking your ass @ hocky in Vancover? You also better watch your ass @ our northern border too. Our defense minister will send your vector thrust to the bottom of sea next to the flag you dropped there. I also noticed that you do not read well, only insults. LETS HAVE FOR INSTANCE ON YOUR IDIOT COMMENT: “YOU USUALLY GO TO WAR WHEN IT IS DONE” I also like A&W burgers better than McD’s. How about drinking Polish, or Finland Vodka, who also makes it better than the Russians. It is also interesting about the Finish kicking your ass before/during WWII?

Comment by JIMO

Made Saturday, 27 of February , 2010 at 11:21 pm

Oh by the way readers, is it not funny once again the reverse engineered Russians once again coppied 1980-90’s tech of the F22 raptor to develop a T50? Even if sadly enough none of you read Hunt for zero point, we will just use 2 dimensional thinking as Kiro, Idiot, Zoran. It is well known that the US is not going to be using pilots @ all soon, so F22/T50 is a waist of tax money. The can now control everything from ground, also with smaller, faster fighters that have no limits to G force. What the hell do you think all these UFO’s flying around? Oh we forget it is Russian Vodka seeing pink elephants. It is very funny to read what hilter said of the Russians reverse engineering feats. Yeah the Finlanders also taught russian army how to use skis during a catastrophic clash in which you stold Finish territory, as you still have Japanese. Why wont you conduct peace, & return them? I would kick your drunken ass with my one fat hand. It takes only one westerner to kill 10+ enemies, & I only lost a hand in Afghanistan, with a hell of alot more of them killed. Tell me the true number of Soviet losses there?

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