How much?
Great video. Some of the closeup shots did a disservice in illustrating this modern day’s superfighter abilities to returning to the acrobatics of a WWI biplane.
A great display of vectored thrust, only it didn’t show off it’s tail walking capability near enough to my satisfaction.
Meanwhile the F-35 program is mired in specification downgrade and cost reduction measures.
Okay... It can dance... But let’s see it do it with a full load of weapons.
That thing maneuvers like a stunt plane. Hopefully its avionics and weapons systems are sub-par.
The move starting at 2:45 is stunning to watch.
We are toast.
>>The takeoff is the most spectacular I’ve ever seen.
I didn’t see anything on that takeoff that I haven’t seen thousands of times before. What am I missing.
An amazing aircraft in the hands of an incredible pilot. Beautiful!
Extremtly high AOA manuevering is and always has been the most important element in a dogfight. That said, few air-to-air kills were ever (even in WWI) the result of dogfights.
Great to see a Russian airshow routine that doesn’t end with an ejection.
Excellent flying by that driver.
I don’t think that low speed aerobatics are going to win anything any more. Qeustion is: Is it fast and does it have the avionics to compete?
Those engine nacelles should reflect radar like a mirror, same for the tails.
In 1982 I worked for Northrop Aircraft.
The company took a bunch of us out to Edwards AFB to see the F-20 Tigershark.
It was AMAZING!
The thrust/weight was incredible.
It rolled about 50 yards down the tarmac, pointed the nose at the sky, and went to 50,000 feet in about 2 minutes.
As the pros on this forum know, we lost two out of the three F-20s to pilots blacking out during 9 G turns.
For it’s time, it was an incredible accomplishment.
20 years ago I saw two Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29’s do the same type of take off at an airshow in Illinois. Went almost straight up after wheels being off the ground for just a few seconds. Extremely impressive
BTW, the best airshow aircraft for maneuverability I ever saw was the A10.
I’m not nearly as impressed with the Russian stuff as I am disappointed in our strategy to stay ahead of it.
Yeah, nice airplane but only because it’s finally looking quite comparable to our own.
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The Chinese are coming along nicely, too. As long as we mess around with monstrosities like the F-35, effectively standing still, the Chinese will eventually catch up.
Meh....We got the F-35...Ruskies ain’t got squat.