Sukhoï Su-35
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter
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Other Designation | Flanker E (NATO) |
| Manufacturer(s) | Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Aircraft Production Association |
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| Prototype first flight | Su-27M: 28 June 1988 Su-35S: 19 February 2008 |
Introduction | February 2014 |
| Produced | Su-27M: 1987–1995 Su-35S: 2007–present |
Number built | Su-27M: 14 Su-35S: 114 (3 test and 111 serial a/c) |
| Status | In service |
Crew | 1 (2 for SU-35UB) |
| Variants | |||
| Su-27M/Su-35 | Single-seat fighter design with a factory code of T-10M (Modernizerovany, "Upgraded"). The first two prototypes had a new forward fuselage, canards and updated fly-by-wire flight-control systems. Like three of KNAAPO's nine flying pre-production aircraft (T10M-5, T10M-6 and T10M-7), they were converted from Su-27 airframes. The third aircraft (T10M-3) was the first of seven pre-production aircraft to have the taller vertical tails, two-wheel nose undercarriage and in-flight refuel capability. The Su-27M was powered by AL-31FM turbofan engines. Two prototypes, nine pre-production and three production aircraft were constructed by 1995; two static-test aircraft was also constructed (T10M-0 and T10M-4). The aircraft did not enter mass production. | ||
| Su-35UB | Two-seat trainer designed and built by KnAAPO. The single aircraft (T-10UBM-1) featured the canards and taller vertical tails of the Su-27M and a forward fuselage similar to the Su-30MKK. The Su-35UB also shared the avionics suite of the Su-30MKK, although it had a different fly-by-wire flight-control system to accommodate the canards. The aircraft was powered by AL-31FP engines with thrust-vectoring nozzles. Although a training aircraft, the Su-35UB was designed to be fully combat-capable. | ||
| Su-35BM | Single-seat fighter that is a major redesign of the original Su-27. The type features significant modifications to the airframe, including the removal of canards and dorsal air brake as found on the Su-27M. It features the updated N035 Irbis-E radar and a redesigned cockpit. The aircraft is powered by thrust-vectoring AL-41F1S turbofan engines that are capable of supercruise. Also known as T-10BM (Bolshaya Modernizatsiya, "Major Modernization"), Su-35BM is not the actual designation used by Sukhoi, who markets the aircraft as "Su-35". | ||
| Su-35S | Designation of production T-10BM design for the Russian Air Force. According to Aviation Week & Space Technology, "S" stands for Stroyevoy ("Combatant") | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 21.9 m |
Empty Weight | 17200 kg |
| Wingspan | 15.3 m |
Loaded Weight | 25300 kg (50% internal fuel) |
| Height | 5.90 m |
Max takeoff weight | 34500 kg |
| Wing area | 62 m² |
Wing loading | 408 kg/m² w/50% fuel, 500.8 kg/m² w/full internal fuel |
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov
GSh-30-1 autocannon in right LEVCON root |
Ammunition Carried |
150 |
| Other armament | 12 hardpoints, consisting of 2 wingtip
rails, and 10 wing and fuselage stations with a capacity of 8,000
kg (17,630 lb) of ordnance,with provisions to carry combinations
of: |
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| Rockets | S-8KOM/BM/OM, S-13T/OF, S-25OFM-PU | ||
| Missiles | 6 × R-27R/ER/T/ET/P/EP air-to-air missiles, 4 × R-73E AAMs | ||
| Bombs | RBK-250 cluster bomb, RBK-500 cluster bomb | ||
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov
GSh-30-1 autocannon in right LEVCON root |
Ammunition Carried |
150 |
| Other armament | 12 hardpoints, consisting of 2 wingtip
rails, and 10 wing and fuselage stations with a capacity of 8000
kg of ordnance,with provisions to carry combinations of: |
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| Rockets | S-25 | ||
| Missiles | Air-to-air missiles | 8 × R-27RE/TE, R-40, R-60, 6 × R-73E, 12 × R-77M/P/T, 6 × R-74 |
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| Air-to-surface missiles: | Kh-25ML, 6 × Kh-29L/TE, 3 × 3M-14AE | ||
| Anti-ship missiles | 3 × 3M-54AE1, 6 × Kh-31A/AD, Kh-35U, 5 × Kh-59MK, 1 × Yakhont |
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| Anti-radiation missiles | Kh-25MP, 6 × Kh-31P/PD, 5 × Kh-58UShE | ||
| Bombs | 8 × KAB-500KR TV-guided bombs, 8 × KAB-500L
laser-guided bombs, 8 × KAB-500OD guided bombs, 8 × KAB-500S-E satellite-guided bombs, 3 × KAB-1500KR TV-guided bombs, 3 × KAB-1500L laser-guided bombs, GBU-500 laser-guided bomb, GBU-500T TV-guided bomb, GBU-1000 laser-guided bomb, GBU-1000T TV-guided bomb |
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| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 2 ×
Saturn AL-41F1S afterburning turbofan engines
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| Dry thrust | 8797.15 kgp (86.3 kN) each |
Thrust with afterburner | 14475 kgp (142 kN) each |
| Thrust/weight | 1.13 with 50% fuel
0.92 with full internal fuel |
Fuel Capacity | 11500 kg internally |
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | Mach 2.25
(2400 km/h) at altitude |
Cruise speed | Mach
1 (1250 km/h) at medium altitude |
Mach 1.13 (1400 km/h)
at sea level |
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| Rate of climb | 280m/s |
Service ceiling | 18000 m |
| Range | 3600 km at altitude, 1580 km at
sea level / Combat range: 1600 km / Ferry
range: 4500 km w/2 external fuel tanks
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| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | militaryfactory.com | ||
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