Single-seat multi-functional super-maneuverable
fighter.
Text © 2009, Carlo Kopp
All images © 2009, KnAAPO.
Text © 2009, Carlo Kopp
All images © 2009, KnAAPO.
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Su-35S-Flanker.html
New
engines with all-aspect TVC nozzle and thrust of 14,500 kg are installed on the
air-craft. The inner fuel capacity is increased and the aircraft can carry two
external fuel tanks with 2,000 liters capacity The aircraft is equipped with
the new Integrated digital aircraft con-trol system (ICS) carried out the
functions of Fly-by-wire and Automatic Flight Control systems, Signal limiting
system and Air Data System, and Landing Gear Wheel Braking Control System. The
aircraft boasts of new avionics with the use of multiplex communication links,
and phased array radar. Wide-angle colour head-up display and two large-format
colour MFDs form the aircraft indication system. Due to the cockpit lightening
equipment the pilot can use night vision goggle.
The aircraft is equipped with the
auxiliary power unit providing for the cockpit and aircraft equipment power
supply and conditioning while ground maintenance without ground support means application.
The Su-35 aircraft is designed by
“Sukhoi Design Bureau”, but its production is mastered at the
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association named after Gagarin
The Su-35 merits are the following:
·
Supreme
flight performance, superagility mode
·
Long
range information targeting system
·
Advanced
jam-resistant secure communication system providing data link between the
aircraft and ground-based command centers
·
High-performance
air-to-air and air-to-surface long- medium-, and short-range guided weapon mounted
externally on 14 hardpoints
·
High-performance
EW and ECM systems
·
Electronic
reconnaissance system
·
Design
features aimed at stealth capability enhancement
·
New
indication and signaling system with Multifunctional Display, notable for its
enlarged capacity and advanced quality of provided data
·
In-flight
refueling system.
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