RMAF's Sukhois to arrive in May — one year late
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Some of the other western aircraft have more bells and whistles in the cockpit than this one.Originally posted by tankfanatic:oh my god .. look at that cockpit..... -
yeah...bells and whistles. literally....
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Originally posted by duotiga83:
the cockpit were unclutered and simple. A very good traits in a fighter. It means more efficient and easy usage. Easier user interface means the fighter pilot can be more efficient and can concentrate more in combat.
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F35 JSF were design without HUD! it even better. All information were access through the helmet. -
Most western cockpits are similar, but the gyroscopes and all are LCD displays. All glass cockpits.Originally posted by tankfanatic:the cockpit were unclutered and simple. A very good traits in a fighter. It means more efficient and easy usage. Easier user interface means the fighter pilot can be more efficient and can concentrate more in combat.
F35 JSF were design without HUD! it even better. All information were access through the helmet.
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Yeah, I like their c0ckpit "cleanliness" as well. Definitely aids the pilot when he doesnt have to stare at so many guages and switches. Compared to the F-16 cockpit, the Su-30MKM really has a neat desktop feeling.
However, the view from the Su's pit still sucks tho. The bubble feel of the viper still gives the "magic carpet" ride sensation. =D -
Well, of course I know every bit of the above words.Originally posted by Shotgun:...
The missile doesn't have as much fuel as the aircraft, hence, once its out of fuel, its relying purely on kinetic energy and its low drag design to carry itself to its target. As long as you are not in the NEZ, Beaming and maybe a bit of climbing at some point reduces it sufficiently for u to quickly zip out of its radar cone. Out of it, it might go into a search pattern and find nothing and hit air.
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Once I got a heated debate with Yourfather in militarynut.com, what then he said is with AIM-9X and JHMCS, the pilot only need bring the enemy fighter “to be within the forward 90 degree cone “, and with such a belief, a fighter’s own maneuverability is no longer that important, because no matter how you fly, with TVC or not, you will hardly not fall in some one’s 90 degree cone. I refuted with exactly the meaning what is quoted above, that is an AIM-9X’s rocket motor only can last typically around 4 seconds, (in a denser atmosphere at low altitude, can be shorter.) When you attack a high agile fighter like J10 or Su30MKM at a high offbore sight angle using AIM-9X, probably the AIM-9X will burn all fuel out in order to overcome the almost 90 deg turn before gaining any decent speed, so the rest is, the AIM-9X will rely solely on Kinetic energy hoping to catch a powered fighter in high G maneuver. Let alone how the pilot can turn his helmet at a high G load to a high offbore sight.
DonÂ’t like YF, actually I still advocate maneuverability is as important as before in dog fight although new gen dog fight AAM like AIM-9X with high offbore sight attacking ability becomes more and more popular. Simply, nose pointing ability of a fighter is no way to be faded behind the high off boresight AAMs. So, in a dog fighter, TVC equipped Su30MKM will still be very tough for F-15SG or F-16 even the latter are equipped with AIM-9X and JHMCS.
But for AIM-120C, thatÂ’s a different case, donÂ’t like AIM-9X, the AMRAAM features a dual pulse solid fuel rocket motor, the burning time of AIM-120C is much much longer than that of AIM-9X, most importantly, with dual pulse motor, the AIM-120C can burn its fuel in 2 stages, one potion of the fuel is burned so as that AAM can accelerate to maximum speed, the other portion, will be burned slowly when the AAM in cruise stage or in the terminal dash. So, most likely, within all NEZ, the AIM-120C will be in dynamic range which means itÂ’s powered by rocket thrust. -
Do they come with R-77 Missiles?
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DATE:05/06/07
SOURCE:Flight International
Malaysian air force goes multirole with new Su-30s
By Vladimir Karnozov
Malaysia has accepted its first two of 18 Sukhoi Su-30MKM multirole fighters at NPK Irkut's aviation plant in Irkutsk, Siberia. Six aircraft will be shipped to the country during June and July, says Irkut president Oleg Demchenko, with another six to follow in October and November and the final batch to be delivered in the second half of 2008.
Acquired under a $900 million-plus deal, the aircraft are based on the Indian air force's Su-30MKI, but use French and Russian-sourced avionics, targeting and electronic warfare equipment in place of Indian and Israeli technology. Malaysia is considering buying Thales's TopSight helmet-mounted display and MBDA's Mica medium-range air-to-air missile to equip its new aircraft, but will initially use Russian-supplied equipment.
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fcuking beautiful!!!!
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Perhaps the most attractive looking fighter in the air today - along side the rafale without its fuel boom or CFTs.
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it looks like from a Macross saga..
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my god i cannot stop
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Can e RMAF pliots handles such high G ??? Tat is a cos for concern
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my concern is if they intergrate the mica & Thales's TopSight helmet-mounted display, that will be ultimate WVR fighting machine.....Originally posted by spartan6:Can e RMAF pliots handles such high G ??? Tat is a cos for concern -
What makes you think they can't?Originally posted by spartan6:Can e RMAF pliots handles such high G ??? Tat is a cos for concern
Maybe some racial inferiority or something? -
[b]Originally posted by spartan6:Can e RMAF pliots handles such high G ??? Tat is a cos for concern
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They've flown F18s and Mig29s. Don't see why they cannot handle the Gs, as long as the flight suits are good and can compensate for downward blood from the brain to the legs during high G runs. -
so expensive. not gonna be put to use one.. meant for deterence only, wud u smash 10 lambo to fight i afraid not.
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Wat i means in ' Tat is a cos for concern ' is refering 2 us. Im not concern about their pliots can handle high-G anot, i asking becos i dun know
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E Mica is very long range, very accurate & highly resistant 2 ECM due 2 its electromagnetic homing & ECCM. If they sucessfully intergate it , tat will really be a serious cos of concern for us
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Can e RMAF pliots handles such high G ??? Tat is a cos for concern
ask the US navy pilot who participate the cope taufan exercise. I ve read a quote that say somethin like ..."facinating to see RMAF pilot doing sustained 9 g's during mock dogfight..." -
I mean 10G
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10 g? aa only typhoon and raptor pilot can achive that...in theory
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E typhoon & F-22 can only pull 9G operational