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LOL bs you cant drop in new engines like its a ford pick up truck because the weight and thrust and design of the body are taken into account when making the plane. That means they would have to redesign the whole plane over again. Try you tube buddy that's where i saw both of the planes fly and make turns the f-22 stops and moves in the air with control the Russian junk makes a slow low g turn and almost sits still till the thrusters kick on they know its a bad design. LOL arm chair general try being in the united states air force with an mos of Aerospace tech.
Originally posted by maloy
Originally posted by pcrobotwolf
i have seen the Russian junk fly that they compare to the f-22 it is much slower turning wise
Where have you seen it fly? And you are of course aware that it is a prototype that has not been pushed anywhere near the limits yet? Moreover the production PAK-FA will have completely new engines, that are not installed on the first prototype, and should make an appearance on the third flying prototype.
No one at this point except the higher-ups in Russia knows the functional and operational statistics of the PAK FA.
Originally posted by pcrobotwolf
LOL bs you cant drop in new engines like its a ford pick up truck because the weight and thrust and design of the body are taken into account when making the plane. That means they would have to redesign the whole plane over again. Try you tube buddy that's where i saw both of the planes fly and make turns the f-22 stops and moves in the air with control the Russian junk makes a slow low g turn and almost sits still till the thrusters kick on they know its a bad design. LOL arm chair general try being in the united states air force with an mos of Aerospace tech.
Originally posted by maloy
Originally posted by pcrobotwolf
i have seen the Russian junk fly that they compare to the f-22 it is much slower turning wise
Where have you seen it fly? And you are of course aware that it is a prototype that has not been pushed anywhere near the limits yet? Moreover the production PAK-FA will have completely new engines, that are not installed on the first prototype, and should make an appearance on the third flying prototype.
No one at this point except the higher-ups in Russia knows the functional and operational statistics of the PAK FA.
Originally posted by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi
Looks pretty sexy.
Profile is reminiscent of the Su-47 Berkut demonstrator, though lacking the forward-swept wings.
Did Mikoyan corp help develop this too? I see some MiG-1.44 in it too.
Originally posted by Helmkat
Well, she is a "Big Girl" and certainly shows a lineage that points to the current generation of Stealth Aircraft. I doubt very much this plane is meant to get into a furball. My guess is that is meant to sit on station for a long time with lots of internal arms and fling missles long distance at incoming foes. However that same internal space could be used to store more fuel for longer missions and or larger munitions. A nice stealthy air to surface missle set would be just the thing to load up against an incoming carrier battle group.
Anyway its amazing what investing in American debt will buy these days.
Originally posted by LifeInDeath
reply to post by stirling
Even the F-22 is not designed for carrier use. It's really a big plane, but this Chinese plane and the Russian plane they show, as well, are just enormous as fighters go. Modern fighters are now about the size of WWII bombers - just think about that! The next generation plane for our carrier force is to be a variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
China doesn't have a carrier force, anyway, though they are fiddling with ideas about building some. Only France has a a full-sized carrier along the lines of the US carriers, and they only have one at that size (I think they have 3 or 4 smaller ones, too). The UK has smaller carriers, and Russia has only one as well, I believe (it carries about half as many planes as the Nimitz class carriers of the US Navy). Some other nations might have some small carriers, too. I'm not sure.edit on 12/27/2010 by LifeInDeath because: (no reason given)