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chiru wrote:rahul OT alert ...i know kumarG im speakin to him now ...its a small misunderstanding onlee SHIV saaar please ignore this guys he is just a third your age please cease and desist ill ask him not to post trivial stuff ,as per BR standards

Umm...you could use a spelling/grammar checker yourself. :P
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chiru wrote:
Gaur wrote:^^
No, PAK-FA is using 117S as its interim engine and 117S has full 3d TVC.
gaur saar i too was surprised but it has the al-31 nozzle here is my proof
A provision has been made for using the thrust vector control nozzle similar to that of the AL-31FP
http://frontierindia.net/npo-saturn-fin ... -for-su-35

the 3D TVC will come with the fifth gen engine ...the only 3D tvc is used by Klimov, saturn does not hav a production 3D tvc nozzle including the 117S :P ...it was found on the now defunct su-37 ...dont know what happened to that :-?
Thanks for the link. I was under the impression that 117s used 3D TVC nozzles.
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Russian-Indian work on 5G fighter to go ahead without extra deal
Russian aircraft holding Sukhoi has no plans to sign additional agreements creating a joint venture with its Indian partners in the production of a fifth-generation fighter, the general director said on Friday.

Russian Sukhoi holding and Indian Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) agreed in early 2010 to jointly develop a fifth-generation stealth fighter jet.

Sukhoi head Mikhail Pogosyan had said that an additional agreement would be signed specifying the Indian role in the project, but on Friday he said that the Russian company hoped work would begin soon without any such deal.

"We don't plan to sign a joint venture. We have agreed on joint work with our Indian colleagues," Pogosyan said.

He said the joint work could be carried out under the current agreement.

"We will do our part of the work, our Indian counterparts theirs," Pogosyan said. "At the initial stage it is not necessary to have a joint venture."

Earlier, HAL was reported to be seeking a 25% share in design and development in the project.
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^^^^^

Sukhoi-India ......................
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Russian-Indian work on 5G fighter to go ahead without extra deal
"We don't plan to sign a joint venture. We have agreed on joint work with our Indian colleagues," Pogosyan said.

He said the joint work could be carried out under the current agreement.

"We will do our part of the work, our Indian counterparts theirs," Pogosyan said. "At the initial stage it is not necessary to have a joint venture."
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A Joint Venture will be like Brahmos JV style , so right now what looks like after confirming on requirement both party will be designing their part of the FGFA with India having 25 % of the work share.
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Austin wrote: "We will do our part of the work, our Indian counterparts theirs," Pogosyan said. "At the initial stage it is not necessary to have a joint venture."

According to the info we were getting earlier..
India was supposedly contributing 50% of the expenses.. Russia would concentrate on the structural part of the fighter such as the airframe-development, engine etc... and India would contribute with the avionics...

So is it this what Mr.Pogosyas is trying to say....??
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That we wont get ToT is final
The project will end up with a successful product(s),with little Indian contribution,which will be used to sell the product to us .ie our own technology will be used to sell the product to us ,minus a little discount plus cost of upgrade package
A JV will be made to ensure that we praise pakfa and cant develop our own fgfa for another 20yrs .
Bottomline - We are getting latest product but not the latest technology
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Samay Post subject: Re: PAK-FA and FGFA ThreadPosted: 14 Jun 2010 19:01


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The project will end up with successful products,with little Indian contribution,which will be used to sell the product to us .
A JV will be made to ensure that we praise pakfa and cant develop our own fgfa


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Don't you think that we are at lease part of 5th genration product and we can also devolp further in the future to new fighter like MCA or HCA.
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Our $5bn only gives us a license to buy pakfa,not its technology
and we could start developing any type of aircraft, but we have to develop it from scratch,but not from pakfa's technology,because its not offered anymore .
Thats not what the deal was all about , earlier it was to 'jointly-develop' ... changed as russians got their $$
AFA 5th gen is considered , f35 was also offered by LM,but it was not our intention to just buy it from anywhere .
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Probably we are not seeking many technologies. We could be wanting just the airframe and the engine.
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I think what it says is that what ever was the previous model will continue for some more time -- and none of us know what the previous model was, so all the discussion at this point is moot.
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shukla wrote:Live demo.. PAK-FA test flight in Siberia.. (Apologies if posted earlier)

[youtube]Wx1Z4KJCpOU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Awesome..
see btwn 2:16 to 2:24 with respect to ground reference. As if the plane is stand still. The speed is so low. Is it testing air breaks?

any thoughts and clarification?
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Russia's 5G fighter to be '3 times cheaper than foreign analogs

ZHUKOVSKY, June 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's fifth generation fighter will be about three times as cheap as its foreign analog, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

He observed the test flight of a prototype fighter and later talked to the pilot, Sergei Bogdan.

"It will be a machine superior to our main competitor, the F-22, in maneuverability, armament and range," Putin said.

"Also in morale," the pilot added.

"Above all else," Putin said smiling.

Bogdan said it was the fighter's 16th test flight and more would follow shortly.

The prime minister said 30 billion rubles (around $1 billion) had already been spent on the project and another 30 billion would be required to complete it, after which the engine, weaponry and other components would be upgraded.

He said, factoring in modernization and upgrades, the fighter will have a service life of 30-35 years.
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Austin wrote:Russia's 5G fighter to be '3 times cheaper than foreign analogs

"It will be a machine superior to our main competitor, the F-22, in maneuverability, armament and range," Putin said.
Nothing about stealth capability?
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mukul_chou wrote:
shukla wrote:Live demo.. PAK-FA test flight in Siberia.. (Apologies if posted earlier)

Awesome..
see btwn 2:16 to 2:24 with respect to ground reference. As if the plane is stand still. The speed is so low. Is it testing air breaks?

any thoughts and clarification?
Belongs in Newbie thread...as far as speed goes....it's all perspective (a plane can not slow down below the stall point in any case), as far as I can tell there is no deployment of air brakes at all.
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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100617/159462165.html

Russia's 5G fighter to be '3 times cheaper than foreign analogs'
....to be armed with next-generation air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ship missiles,
  • and has two 30-mm cannons...
Yet another indication of 2 internal guns in pak fa... Looks like russians firmly believe with advent of stealth, all the BVR will be ineffective leading into dogfights where 2 guns will be beneficial.. Just my 2 cents
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mukul_chou wrote: see btwn 2:16 to 2:24 with respect to ground reference. As if the plane is stand still. The speed is so low. Is it testing air breaks?

any thoughts and clarification?
Mukul, the plane might have slowed down and might be checking it's stall speed. But there were no signs of air brakes being deployed.

But it has definitely not come to almost a standstill while flying level. It is simply a case of angular relative velocity. the plane above taking the video has the same angular velocity as the land below with respect to the Pak-Fa, and so the ground seems still!
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India wants 250 FGFA? And Russia only 50ish? That too ad 1/3rd the price of Western ACs? Something does not add up.
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NRao wrote:India wants 250 FGFA? And Russia only 50ish? That too ad 1/3rd the price of Western ACs? Something does not add up.
Looks like they are going to buy in stages.. If the comments are anything to go by, they are buying 'at least' 50 in the 1st stage..
"At the first stage, there will be dozens of planes, more than 50"
The title of that article is tad misleading..
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Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin listens as test pilot Sergei Bogdan explains the controls of the PAK-FA after its test flight in Moscow.

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I just got a cold shiver upon reading that India & Russia will develop the FGFA without an extra agreement. Considering what has happened with the Ghorshkov deal.
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Silence from India only adds to the confusion that may occur due to translation of facts from Russian to English. ???????

However, there are few very interesting points that seem to have surfaced:
* The PAK-FA - for the most part - has been funded by Sukhoi, and, perhaps in the recent past by the Russian MoD
* There is a need for funding the "engine, weaponry and other components would be upgraded". Someone there needs funds and they are not expecting it from the Russian MoD as far as I can tell (note that even AFTER funding the engine it will take 10 years for the engine to come to fruition!!!)
* "Looks like they are going to buy in stages.." Frankly I can buy that, BUT, with not too much hope that they will fund too many of them
* Yes, I now do recall that Russian PAK-FA may have to suffice for India too. I suspect which is why Sukhoi (NOT Russia) does not expect another agreement with India. Play it by ear style of design, etc.

I think/feel, as great this PAK-FA effort is, that there are too many open ends - mainly due to a lack of Russian funds.

I think India has funds but is unlikely to take on most of the risks because the Russians will not allow transfer of technical knowledge (which is OK - not a knock on the Russians). But this will lead to hedging from India and I an foresee India perhaps even looking for an advanced engine from EU/FR for the FGFA. I am fairly confident at this point in time that Russia not having the funds and no real reasonS for a 5th gen, will not take the risk of investing in a 10 year project.
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nukavarapu wrote:
I personally believe that the twin seat FGFA will be significantly different than single seat PAK-FA with some commonalities like Radar, Engines and Avionics.
Me too :). Can't think of a two person cockpit on this air frame straight away. Wouldn't dropping the nose as in the su-30MKI increases RCS?
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Further comments after the test flights..
“The T-50 is capable of making manoeuvers at any engine regime,” says Anatoly Kornukov. “In fact, not all jets can do so. There is a concept known as the acceptable minimum speed, which is the lowest for this jet. For one, Sukhoi-27 can fly at the speed of a car, which is something that Americans have yet to achieve. They cannot keep the plane flying at large attack angles without draft. The Russian plane can do this. This is good for dodging and manoeuvering. The jet is unlike to wage a close fight, and this will do so at medium or long ranges. Firstly, a long-range missile will be launched and then a short-range one will be fired. When all missiles have been launched, the cannon will be used. In this case, the most manoeuverable plane can attack from the back,” Anatoly Kornukov said.

In fact, super- maneouverability is one of the key tasks set by the American Defence Department before the designers. The T-50 fighter jet can hardly be detected by radars, and it is also impossible to locate by its heat emissions. This has been achieved by using composite materials and special coating, and a special design of the plane and measures aimed at lowering the jet’s visibility at various frequencies. When T-50 made its maiden flight in January, foreign military experts said that the U.S. monopoly on stealth was over. According to experts, American F-35 has problems competing with Russia’s Su-35 whose radius of radar reflection is the size of a tennis ball. Most likely, T-50 has a much smaller area than this.

T-50 fighter jet will complete its test programme by 2015, says the head of the Sukhoi Company, Mikhail Pogosyan. “I believe that experience gained by the company in developing the Su-30 and Su-35 fighter jets will be a good basis for promoting the programme successfully,” Mikhail Pogosyan said.
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/06/17/10042740.html (Video link on the page as well)
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The second airframe.

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Vishal Jolapara wrote:The second airframe.

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Vishal, how did you deduce that this is the second airframe?

Meanwhile, here's a good reading:
http://www.defpro.com/daily/details/506/
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That IRST could be a big RF reflector. I presume they have either RAM coated the innards or will put an angled derivative on the production version.
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You have to give it to Putin - he knows how to manage his image. This photo looks like it was taken straight out of a Bond movie.

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Pratyush wrote:I just got a cold shiver upon reading that India & Russia will develop the FGFA without an extra agreement. Considering what has happened with the Ghorshkov deal.
I agree. They will f it up again. Only India engages in this type of sillyness of allowing itself to be extorted.
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indranilroy wrote:Vishal, how did you deduce that this is the second airframe?
Hi,

i concluded that since reg'n # 51 (the first frame) was painted as back as April 2010 - http://www.airliners.net/photo/1699085/L/

therefore, this one has to be the second since the photo was shot on May 28th 2010 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellow01/4648196728/ (see bottom right)

Let me email a few Russian Photographer friends about it, incase i'm wrong Image
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Vishal Jolapara wrote:
indranilroy wrote:Vishal, how did you deduce that this is the second airframe?
Hi,

i concluded that since reg'n # 51 (the first frame) was painted as back as April 2010 - http://www.airliners.net/photo/1699085/L/

therefore, this one has to be the second since the photo was shot on May 28th 2010 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellow01/4648196728/ (see bottom right)

Let me email a few Russian Photographer friends about it, incase i'm wrong Image
AFAIK, the second prototype was supposed to fly in the third quarter of this year, so this is a very welcome move!

P.S. I was looking for the date, but I am new to Flickr :)
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No Problemo Señor! :wink:
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Looking at this cool looking sleek dabba, we will miss looking at weapons load.... :cry:
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What the #$@!
one can see many similar features in the airframes of these two jet fighters. This reinforces the potential that the new Sukhoi T-50 Russian jet may be a formidable opponent to the F-22. The T-50 is a joint project between Russia, India and Israel.
Russia plans on building 150 to 200 for their own national defense. India is committed to buying 200 and will begin to take delivery by 2015. How many Israel will buy remains unknown.
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=6447

:shock: :shock: :shock:

I have no clue how trustworthy this website it.. (mods?) Could just be a whole load of bs.
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Vishal Jolapara wrote:The second airframe.

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Gosh, what a load of garbage the finish is. Just check out the trouser fairing of the engine , the dark part towards the aft which seems wrapped in some kind of plastic.

Look at the way that thing is rippling in the wind, it sounds literally like a "plastic trouser" for the fairing. Looks like someone slapped up some lose saran wrap around that thing. If this is how that thing is going to be finished, it ain't very promising for both stealth and performance. :eek: :eek:


Ah.. just where the wing meets the fuselage lerx, do I detect a nice big fat "carrot" (aka "kuchemann bump") .. Hmm, isn't this going to be a super dooper 21st century fighter and it uses aerodynamic techniques of a century ago to control span wise flow and shock intensity!.. Pah.. is that the best the famed TsAgi could come up with.. And for all those howling about how the elevon/aileron activators in the LCA are in "fat" packages and not "invisible"/neat like in the Mig 21s and other Russian planes and hence are "poorly designed", what do I see here. The famed PAK-FA has exact same "fat" fairings for the flying surface actuators !! :shock: :shock: .. Chi- chi.. What poor design. The Mig 21s and the Mig 29s are surely better designed. They dont need the "carrots" and "fat actuators" kind of fences to control span wise flow and shock. :(( :(( :(( .. Couldn't they have a nice Natasha like waisted fuselage and area ruling rather than put bumps and fairings and other ah.. "protuberances" all over the place ?
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Folks, a small reminder, the way to show your angst at morons who make idiotic comments against Indian equipment is NOT to use their strategy in other places. Just lowers the overall standard.
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Sanku wrote:Folks, a small reminder, the way to show your angst at morons who make idiotic comments against Indian equipment is NOT to use their strategy in other places. Just lowers the overall standard.
Right.. How can anyone so much as dare question the equipment that comes out of The Rodina . Of course it is immaculately conceived and hence perfect in every sense and also "scientific" and all that balder dash. If you don't believe me, ask Messrs P. Karat & Co. Anything to do with the Rodina is beyond reproach. If anyone so much as talks about V. I Lenin , who is justifiably beyond Human Reproach, Messrs P. Karat & Co, will have to come out swinging to defend the fair name and honor of the Rodina :roll: :roll: .

Oh, anyways, OT, so let us "elevate" the standards here. Going back to Yin Jinn Ear Ring from YumBeeYea/Hyoomanities giri, what is that teeny weeny twiddly lil thing at the LERX.. Is that which the folks at ADA named as "LEVCON" ?. Isn't that a lil backward ?. After all, we know that the ADA had to put in LEVCONS because of the "inherent deficiencies" of the tailless delta platform. See, the Americans and Russians never build a plane without a tail. The Europeans put a canard in their latest planes. So if 99.99999% of all airplanes fly with tails and you build one without tails , you must be wrong of course !. See, because you did wrong, you have such a low alpha limit and such poor control limits on the LCA.

The Gripen is "soup-e-rear" because it's canards can flap this way and that! Don't you see ?

Now the Pak-FA has a tail, and on top of that, it has thrust vectoring engines and it has a massive massive LERX that is bigger than the width of most dining tables..nay.. it is the width of a king size bed as far as I can see.. Now with thrust vectoring AND a king size bed wide LERX AND two massive elevators in the tail, WHATPHOR does the el - PAK-FA need the LEVCON like the YellCeeYea ?

Ah.. Bingo ! Eureka! That is because the Pak-FA is badly designed of course!. It does not have enough control authority . So all that "unlimited alpha" capability is so much BS. Whyphor this extra "backward" control surface if you have "unlimited" alpha if you have the tail and thrust vector engines?. Does the F-22 have a canard or a control surface at the LERX? . Do 99.9999% of planes have a control surface in the LERX?. So obviously wrong and poor design to cover musharraf for performance shortfalls.
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