Sukhoï Su-37
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Air superiority fighter
technology demonstrator |
Other Designation | Terminator, Super Flanker, Flanker F (NATO) |
| Manufacturer(s) | Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Aircraft Production Association |
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| Prototype first flight | 2 April 1996 |
Status | Development ceased |
| Number built | 1 (conversion from Su-27M) |
Crew | 1 |
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 21.935 m |
Empty Weight | 18500 kg |
| Wingspan | 14.698 m |
Loaded Weight | 26400 kg |
| Height | 5.932 m |
Max takeoff weight | 34000 kg |
| Wing area | 62 m² |
Wing loading | 458 kg/m² typical mission weight, 607 kg/m² maximum |
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov
GSh-30-1 autocannon in right LEVCON root |
Ammunition Carried |
150 |
| Other armament | Up to 8000 kg externally spread
over 12 hardpoints; consisting of 2 wingtip rails, and 10 wing and
fuselage stations Air-to-air missiles (mainly R-27, R-40, R-73A, and R-77), Air-to-surface, air-to-ground missiles (Kh-25ML, Kh-25MP, Kh-29, and Kh-59) and various types of bombs |
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| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 2 ×
× Saturn AL-37FU afterburning turbofan engines
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| Dry thrust | 11000 kgp (83 kN) each |
Thrust with afterburner | 18500 kgp (142 kN) each |
| Thrust/weight | 1.54 with 56% internal
fuel,
1.03 with full fuel |
Fuel Capacity | 8300 kg internally |
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | Mach 2.35
(2500 km/h) at altitude |
Supercruise | Mach 1.12 (1400 km/h)
at sea level |
| Rate of climb | 230 m/s |
Service ceiling | 18800 m |
| Range | 1390 km at sea level, 3300 km at
altitude
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