Pak-Fa Thread episode 19

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The Third Pak-Fa prototype just made first flight.
So when will we see the T-50-4 in flight?

Old thread here:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1825361&postcount=1135

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Hope that we can see it in the next several weeks.

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any chance to see the video today about the maiden flight?

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Hopfully any vids will emerge on www.sukhoi.org soon..

Relax people. It will come both pics and vids. It just have to go through Sukhois PR division first to iron out any sensitive stuff.
It is in Sukhoi best interest to go with lots of PR coverage on this program, as they have done to the full earlier(MAKS2011)!

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Hopfully any vids will emerge on www.sukhoi.org soon..

My F5 key is going to wear out by then.....

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no photos will be released in nearest future
may be, video

Thats what Flateric said on SP...:(

Well i did had a feeling they won't hurry to release pics this time, all those dielectric panels unpainted showing many details etc ...*sighs*

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Thats what Flateric said on SP...:(

Well i did had a feeling they won't hurry to release pics this time, all those dielectric panels unpainted showing many details etc ...*sighs*


so no pic and vidios for the moment :(

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I think they will post in the near future, but firstly waiting for the pictures...

Sidesticks are not "western" style, look at Typhoon for example.
Su-37 had sidestick, guess they didn't like it.

Or Gripen, or the Super Hornet, not to mention all the other 4.5th generation designs that are mostly upgrades of 4th generation types, however. I'd say it was a Dassault/LM thing, not a Western feature in general. With 5th generation fighters the whole picture is a bit skewed by the fact that 100% of Western and 50% of ALL 5th generation fighters are LM designs... the YF-23 did not have a sidestick, for example.

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Sigh. Yes, it is T-50-3.

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Yes quite easy to distinguish from the first two prototypes by the lack of the sensor probe on the nose.;)

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No Stealthy Engine nozzles, No Single piece canopy. Boring.

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No Stealthy Engine nozzles, No Single piece canopy. Boring.

Well India can always withdraw if it's not happy and join the F-35 fray so it could get the stealthy nozzles and single piece canopy :D

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No Stealthy Engine nozzles, No Single piece canopy. Boring.

No Plasma stealth too !! ZOMG !! ZOMG !! We are being robbed !! Buy the f-35 !! buy super hornet !! Vote Republican, beg Amrikis to sell us the Raptor !! repeat if necessary !!

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>> I am not the IAF. Just showing my personal disappointment.

Twinny when a real war comes the differences will show.

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We'll find out for sure probably tomorrow, but it appears the 3 EO placements ahead of the main IRST/front canopy are no longer merely placements ;):

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4254/o569221.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3887/o569222.jpg

Looks beautiful btw.

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>> I am not the IAF. Just showing my personal disappointment.

Twinny when a real war comes the differences will show.

Where does these trolls come from?

We'll find out for sure probably tomorrow, but it appears the 3 EO placements ahead of the main IRST/front canopy are no longer merely placements ;):
Looks beautiful btw.

Not sure how you can see KS-U is installed from those pictures, but ok.

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>> I am not the IAF. Just showing my personal disappointment.

Twinny when a real war comes the differences will show.

Why do you want the design bureau to spend considerable funds and energy to reduce the signature of an engine which isn't even the definitive one ?

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Ura!

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like all the fan boys when T-50-1 first went in the air :diablo:

anyways, radome definitely different in this version.. no more pitot tube too..
i guess there's a radar in it now?

personally I think the Pak-fa looks much better unpainted than painted!