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Hey guys - check out these renderings for the new Russian 5th Gen fighter! If it ever looks anything like either of these it will be amazing! That top shot is just gorgeous..! :wub:

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First flight is due to take place soon... so we may not have to wait too long to find out!

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Hey guys - check out these renderings for the new Russian 5th Gen fighter! If it ever looks anything like either of these it will be amazing! That top shot is just gorgeous..! :wub:

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Doubt it will look like that. Those intakes would starve the engines of air in high AoA and tight turns. also, the length of the intake tunnel is too short - fighter designers like long intake tunnels to channel the air more effectively - looks nice though!

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Hey guys - check out these renderings for the new Russian 5th Gen fighter! If it ever looks anything like either of these it will be amazing! That top shot is just gorgeous..! :wub:

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I bet the designer of this one has the Clint Eastwood "Firefox"-movie on his video shelf!!! :-)

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  • 3 weeks later...
Apparently the first ground runs took place on 23 December - must be only a month or two until we see some real photos!

You mean this is more than just a paper aeroplane!?!

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Shame there are no photos in the Aviation Week report. The more I look at the artists impressions the more I can't help thinking it looks a development of the Su-47. Time will tell.

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The rumours doing the rounds indicate that it might look a bit like a cross between the YF-23 and the F-22; think F-22 but longer and flatter.

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  • 5 weeks later...

Reports doing the rounds on several sites indicate that, all being well, the first flight is about to take place (it's already Friday morning in the Russian far east). Tomorrow morning we could be waking up to pictures of a new 5th gen fighter...

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Looks like a cross between an F-22 and Testors old 1/48 F-19. Remember that one? Except the leading and trailing edges were rounded off, not angled. And the vert. stabs. were canted in not out. But close enough! Still looks pretty bada$$!

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http://www.sukhoi.org/news/company/?id=3142

http://pilot.strizhi.info/2010/01/28/7484

PAK FA = ПАК ФА or перспективного авиационного комплекса фронтовой авиаци

Raptorski?

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Source: Сухой http://www.sukhoi.org/img/content/news/IMG_9631.jpg

V.P.

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As great as it looks, I'm sure it'll still be a fight to get the dev. money for it...

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