Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA

[hulaku]

I will only believe when I fly one

[Brute]

nevermind....

[Breakfast in Vegas]

Hmm. Looks like one of them er... stealth planes.

Looking forward to some more images...)

[lkRaven]

Looks pretty good....its fatter than i imagined :S

[Abbyy]

In fact he may be right :P We don't se plane in the air so it may be recorded during high speed taxiing test some time ago. It doesn't deny fact it flew today, confirmed by many sources.

Yes, watched vid once again. I honestly believe it is taxiing.

[SBL]

What you saw was the video of it landing. It was not a taxi run.

You don't see it land.

I kinda figured we'd see it doing some loop-de-loops or something. At the very least a take-off.

[Alfacentori]

I wonder if any Indian representatives were there for the occasion, either way good effort KNAAPO and Russia, another contender in 5th generation fighters is now a reality

Edit: That and all the new fighter games will no longer have the Su-47 as the top uber secret plane anymore, enter the PAK-FA

Alfa

[marat]

http://www.en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/2...157712091.html

MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's prototype fifth-generation fighter made a 45-minute maiden flight on Friday in the Far East, Russian television reported.
The flight had been postponed for 24 hours due to poor weather conditions in Komsomolsk-on-Amur where the prototype is being tested.
"The plane showed a superb performance. It has met all our expectations for the maiden flight," said Olga Kayukova, a spokesperson for the Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer.
Russia has been developing its newest fighter since the 1990s. The country's top military officials earlier said the stealth fighter jet, with a range of up to 5,500 km, would enter service with the Air Force in 2015.
Russia's fifth-generation project is Sukhoi's PAK FA and the current prototype is the T-50. It is designed to compete with the U.S. F-22 Raptor, so far the world's only fifth-generation fighter, and the F-35 Lightning II.
The PAK FA is to be equipped with the most advanced technology and armed with next-generation high-precision weaponry.
India, which has a long history of defense relations with Moscow, remains Russia's sole partner in the project.
India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) was reported to be seeking a 25% share in design and development in the project. It has also sought to modify Sukhoi's single-seat prototype into the twin-seat fighter India's Air Force wants.


Finally good luck PAK FA

[Flamming_Python]

You don't need to know much to see that there is nothing special With the Intakes and Exhaust with regards to RCS. It is about as LO as a Super Hornet.

Look at that poster of Stealth aircraft a few pages back to see what LO exhausts look like.

Intakes look sorta stealthy. I would imagine the exhausts are the final ones, but lets wait and see until the new engines are installed.

[Husar-T]

Here you go kids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovoo-n9b5Bs

[Breerman]

Well, kind of what we expected. Rather conventional looking plane.

[Xaito]

the ones wondering about exhausts - it's a prototype - it doesn't even have it's own engines yet - too early to speculate.

something different though - comparison PakFa with YF-23 from the side:




there is quite a bit of resemblance.

[datalink16]

missing old days with beautiful aircrafts... nothing to say

[Xaito]

Well, kind of what we expected. Rather conventional looking plane.

who is "we" ?
I've seen some of your crew doubt it even existed just days ago

[RuLavan]

Additional photos and videos will be available few hours later