Aerobatics with a 30,000 Fighter...extreem stuff

[weimedog]

Russian technology at its best....WHAT do they use for their design systems?? How about FEM and Simulation SW?

Their Machining Technology has to be a match of anything out there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as33-0npooQ&NR


SuKhoi vectored thrust advantages as explained by Indian Airforce..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1DmP...elated&search=

[JerryFlyGuy]

Ya its cool, but the reality is that those manoeuvers have no place outside the flight demonstration arena. If a pilot pulled a high alpha manoeuver of these types during ACM they would become a sitting duck pretty darn quick. Most of those manoeuvers will pull 400+ knot's off the airframe and leave a person so slow that they can't react to incoming threats. It's worthy to note that the new F22 can do several of the same manoeuvers, but is limited in yaw driven thrust vectoring [so it can't do the flat spin w/ yaw type manoeuvers] as it only carries pitch thrust vectoring. It is still pretty darn amazing to fly that far outside the aerodynamic control envelope and still be 'under control'. If I had the money I'd be over there and getting me a ride in one tomorrow

I wish my light twin could do that , mind you.. I'm not sure I'd want to clean up the 'mess' afterwards.. some of my passenger's ask me to not do more than 15deg of bank if I can help it.. Sigh....

Russia is no slouch when it comes to technology, given the correct environment [ie; funding to get the job done] they can produce some pretty crazy stuff! Did you know that a large portion of the world Titanium comes from Russia? [ or at least it did at one point..]

Dreaming of 120D-AOA....

Jerry