Drawings of 5th generation Russian Fighter Handed Over to Manufacturer

Kommersant,Russia ^ | Aug. 08, 2007

[sukhoi-30mki]

Drawings of G5 Fighter Handed Over to Manufacturer

Elaboration of working construction documentation (WCD) for the G5 fighter jet of Russia has been completed, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Air Forces Commander-in-Chief Col.-Gen. Alexander Zelin. The drawings have been passed to a manufacturer that will make a development prototype.

Most likely, the G5 aircraft developed by Sukhoi Design Bureau will be produced in series at facilities in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. A maker of engines will be determined via a tender.

Sukhoi Design Bureau has been developing a front aviation G5 fighter jet of PAK FA Project since late 1990s. The promising aircraft is also known under the names of I-21, T-50, Izdelije 701. According to the chiefs of Russia’s Air Forces, this jet will be tested in summer of 2009 and launched into mass production early in the next decade.

www.kommersant.com

[sukhoi-30mki]

The possible view of G5 fighter jet of Russia

[Pistolshot]

Wow.....looks just like another target to me.

[VaBthang4]

ROTFLOL

[IronJack]

Knowing the Russians’ odd proclivity for building aircraft that look remarkably like ours, I would expect this to be something like the F22 or the F35.

[gridlock]

Is this kind of like the Airbus A350 XWB Pie-In-The-Sky?

The pretty picture stage is a looooooong way from production. Though it does look like the Russkies are moving in the right direction. Note the Russian standard divertable upper air intakes for rough field work.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

So is that how they work it? Their military draws up a plane and then wants it built as such, not that they ask for given specs and then manufacturers have to design something to meet the requirements?

[Weeedley]

A non stealthy one at that...

[madvlad]

No, its more like the F-18 on steriods w/ the sweep of the “wing”
starting much higher up the fuselage.

Without stealth no less.

Notice the twin tails angled markedly outward.

I can’t wait for the next edition of the Arms Race! We’ll win that
one too! Its so exciting!!!

MV

[MarineBrat]

I’m a bit surprised that it’s not an “F-22ski” myself.

[beethovenfan]

The Raptorski.

[gridlock]

The twin tails did seem a wee bit... conspicuous.

[longtermmemmory]

I think for marketing it HAS to look similar to the US planes.

It is a “same as” sales pitch.

[Spirochete]

Whoop-dee-doo. Its a gussied-up Saab Draken.

[Spirochete]

Twin stabilizers and inlet/engine configuration of an F-15 with a Draken fuselage.

[TexGuy]

Hey! How did they get my 2nd-grade son’s drawings?

[sukhoi-30mki]

Umm,are you saying that the laws of aerodynamics have nothing to do with aircraft(or anything) looking similar??????

[CCGuy]

We’ll see how this turns out. Many times when Russia goes for a high-tech solution they have a lot of problems. Their history shows they are much better at producing more basic systems that are tough with a few unique features.

If they are trying to build a counter for the Raptor it will take them a LOT more than a couple of years to reach production. Maybe they aren’t even trying and this is really going to be a 4 1/2 generation aircraft like the Typhoon.

Kind of sad if your nation celebrates the “Pretty Picture” stage of development.

[CougarGA7]

Kind of looks like a delta version of the MiG-29.

[GBA]

It looks like an interesting evolution of the MiG-29. Is it similar in size?

[madvlad]

What, are you smoking Thai weed again?

Weren’t you at the lecture what said that the laws of aerodynamics have
been repealed!!?? And no! Don’t ask me for my notes or the homework
assignment!

Lift is irrelevant now!!!! Its all in the thrust component!

All you need is thrust!

MV

[madvlad]

Kinda looks like ANYTHING the US has produced w/ twin tails
since 1972!

MV

[fuzzthatwuz]

Sorry I do not know how to enter link. Unbelievable footage.

http://www.sonnyradio.com/F15.wmv

[LIConFem]

Not to the point where two independently-designed aircraft will look identical to each other (and this one doesn't look identical to any U.S. aircraft that I know of).

As is the case in many things, there is more than one path to the same desired result. The odds of two aircraft being independently designed from the same set of performance requirements looking identical to each other are slim to none. Those Russian aircraft that did strongly resemble U.S. hardware were copies, plain and simple.

[duckln]

Do in you include helicopters in your term ‘aircraft’?

[sukhoi-30mki]

There is very little accurate information about this project barring a few drawings & some photoshopped F-22 pics!!It’s said to be bigger than the Mig-29,but smaller than the SU-27 in size.

[GBA]

It looks very Russian to me. There may be some aspects that are similar to various other aircraft, but it's Russian, and with that tail, MiG. The Drakken might have been the first to use the double delta, but LOTS of others have used it since. It's either that or a delta with a canard, both of which the Swiss have used, as have the Russians. We seem to prefer the double delta, such as with the F-16, F-18 and the F-22.

People are far too quick to dismiss the Russians. We improve, then they improve. The F-22 will keep everyone playing catch up for a while, but it's expensive and there aren't that many flying. In the mean time, the newest Sukhois are giving F-16, F-18 and even F-15 pilots, ours and our allies, something to think about as they show up in ever greater numbers.

[longtermmemmory]

not at all.

[Little Ray]

Pretty!

Looks stealthy, too.

[Oztrich Boy]

Those Russian aircraft that did strongly resemble U.S. hardware were copies, plain and simple.

Nobody's denying thta.

Bit was a long time ago

[IronJack]

Do in you include helicopters in your term ‘aircraft’?

Not so much, but still true in many cases.

[LIConFem]

"Nobody's denying thta.

Coulda fooled me. Every time a thread such as this is posted, we get at least one poster claiming that striking similarities between two aircraft are due solely to "the laws of aerodynamics".

As for the Russkie B-29 clone, one need not go back that far to find examples of Russian reverse-engineering:



Left: US Shuttle. Right: Russian Buran.

I've heard folks make that same silly "the laws of aerodynamics..." argument regarding the Russian shuttle. Look at the pic above and tell me that the Russian ship isn't a copy.

[klpt]