The Su-35 Flanker

SUKHOI Su-35 (Su-27M) Flanker

TYPE:

Single-seat all-weather air superiority fighter and ground attack aircraft.

PROGRAMME:

The experimental version of the Su-27 with foreplanes (T-10-24) first flew in May 1985.
The first of six prototypes (successively T-10S-70, Su-27M, Su-35) flew on June 28, 1988.
The final stages of flight testing ended in early 1993 and 11 prototype and preseries aircraft ('701' to '711') were built by September 1994, of which '711' was modified for thrust-vectoring experiments.

Top view of the Su-35 - Click to enlarge

Su-35 on the runway - Click to enlarge

Su-35 on display with air brake up - Click to enlarge

DESIGN FEATURES:

Advanced development of the Su-27 including upgraded airframe, power plant, avionics and armament.
Uses a:
- quadruplex digital fly-by-wire controls
- tandem 'triplane' layout
- foreplanes
- taller, square-tip twin tailfins
- integral fuel tanks
- reprofiled front fuselage for larger-diameter radar antenna
- and an enlarged tailcone for rearward-facing radar

Su-35s on the runway - Click to enlarge

Back view of a Su-35 at an airshow - Click to enlarge

Two armed Su-35 in the air - Click to enlarge

POWER PLANT:

Two Saturn/Lyulka AL-35F (AL-31FM) turbofans.
Each 137.3 kN (30,865 lb st) with afterburning.
Retractable flight refuelling probe on port side of nose.

Su-35 ready to land - Click to enlarge

Su-35 banking left - Click to enlarge

Back side of a Su-35 taking off - Click to enlarge

ARMAMENT:

One 30 mm GSh-30 gun in starboard wingroot extension, with 150 rounds.
Mountings for up to 14 stores, including:

R-27 (AA-10 'Alamo-A/B/C/D')
R-40 (AA-6 'Acrid')
R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid')
R-73E (AA-11 'Archer')
and RVV-AE (R-77; AA-12 'Adder') air-to-air missiles
Also includes: the Kh-25ML (AS-10 'Karen')
Kh-25MP (AS-12 'Kegler')
Kh-29T (AS-14 'Kedge')
Kh-31P (AS-17 'Krypton')
and Kh-59 (AS-18 'Kazoo') air-to-surface missiles
S-25LD laser-guided rockets
S-25IRS IR-guided rockets
GBU-500L and GBU-1500L laser-guided bombs
GBU-500T and GBU-1500T TV-guided bombs
KMGU cluster weapons
KAB-500 bombs and rocket packs

Maximum weapon load: 8,000 kg (17,635 lb).

Ground-attack weapons for the Su-35 - Click to enlarge

Ground-attack weapons - Click to enlarge

Other weapons of the Su-35 - Click to enlarge

DIMENSIONS EXTERNAL:
Wing span, over ECM pods:	15.16 m	49 ft 8 3/4 in
Length overall:	22.20 m	72 ft 10 in
Height overall:	6.36 m	20 ft 10 1/4 in
WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:
Weight empty:	17,000 kg	37,479 lb
Max fuel:	13,400 kg	29,542 lb
Max T-O weight:	26,000-34,000 kg	57,320-74,957 lb
Max power loading:	124 kg/kN	1.21 lb/lb st
PERFORMANCE:
Max level speed:
at height:	Mach 2.35	1,350 kts; 2,500 km/h; 1,555 mph
at S/L:	Mach 1.14	755 kts; 1,400 km/h; 870 mph
Service ceiling:	18,000 m	59,055 ft
Range: with max internal fuel:	2,160 n miles	4,000 km; 2,485 miles

3 view drawings of the su-35 - Click to enlarge

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