Combat aircraft - Su-35 wannabe
Here comes another aircraft, this one looking much more Russian than the first one. I believe it can be confused
with a Su-35 on a cloudy day. I tried to be as accurate as possible, while not impeding my artistic freedom, but
you be the judge of that. Let's go.
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The plane is a typical single-seat 4.5th generation multipurpose fighter with Su-27 genetics, a classic cropped
delta wings with LERXes, canards, and twin tails with massive turbofans and a rearward-looking radar housed in
between.
Here's a sprinkling of images, from all kinds of angles.
I had the fighter armed with four R-77 (AA-12 Adder) and three R-73 (AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missiles,
deliberately omitting one of the pylons to create a bit of asymmetry. This time, I felt I had to make sure the
missiles were realistic. My previous aircraft design featured a mixed batch of Western and Eastern weapons, none
too faithful in its looks.
The R-77s have the rear cruciform wings missing, which is understandable, considering they are dummy rounds,
painted red in the best of Russian tradition. The Archers are training rounds, missing the warhead, but they are
still live (indicated by the black stripes).
Notice the pale-gray radar proximity fuse windows on the forward missile body on R-77s.
Here's a closer look on a lonely wingtip Archer.
The plane is dead sexy from angles, even from below. Notice the massive engines and the wide separation between
them, reducing the chance of a dual engine failure in case of a missile hit. Plus, lots of goodies can be carried
on the centerline pylon.
Dead aggressive!
Here are a few chase plane camera views.
Notice the powerful engines and the rearward-looking radar, a novelty seen only on Russian fighters.
Finally, a couple of mid-distance shots.
That's it, I hope you liked it. If you fancy more screenshots of this work, don't email to hesitate me.
Cheers.
