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Real world facts about the Sukhoi Su-37 Super Flanker
Maiden Flight: June 28, 1988
Power: Dual Lyulka AL-31M Turbofans
Armament: 1 30mm cannon and 14 hardpoints that can accommodate various weapon combinations and drop tanks up to 6000 Kg’s.
Maximum Speed: 2500 Kph
Range: 4000 Km
Country of Origin: USSR Commisioned, Russian Operated
Manufacturer: Sukhoi
The Sukhoi SU-37 is a brilliant but hard hitting Russian dogfighter. Don’t let its massive size fool you, it has the dogfighting capabilities of a Mig-21 with better agility and a powerful 30mm cannon. In fact, the Russian designer challenged any American aircraft to a mock-up dogfight, literally saying “Any time, any place”. He wasn’t kidding either. Those two bizarre looking fins on either side of the cokpit are canards. They give an aircraft absolutely incredible agility, meaning the SU-37 Super Flanker can literally Super Flank you. It can out maneuver enemy aircraft, flank them, get beside them and down them with the 30mm.
It was an improvement upon Sukhoi’s also potent SU-27 Flanker. However, the SU-35/37 is basically a giant Flanker. It has increased thrust, better fuel consumption, better thrust vectoring, and although the canards are the same, there was a brilliant computerized fly-by-wire system. It allowed the aircraft to analyze and respond to outside conditions. Sukhoi got bad publicity after a tragic accident when on of their SU-27’s or perhaps Su-37’s lost control at a public airshow. The aircraft was performing a standard barrel roll, but the pilot’s controls jammed. The pilot swerved to a low altitude, and was barely able to control his aircraft. He finally hit telephone wires and the aircraft rammed right into the middle of the crowd, killing hundreds.
It carries a beautiful Phazotron radar which gives it even better radar capabilities than it’s cousin, the SU-27 flanker. At another airshow, Sukhoi’s brilliant test pilot Frolov put the SU-37 through totally lethal(Dangerous=Fun) maneuvers. I don’t think that you quite understand what I mean by lethal. Google the 1996 Farnbourough airshow. The pilot literally flipped the jet upside down on its back, so that it was facing the opposite direction it was flying in. Upside down. He did this for two seconds, which is a huge accomplishment. He then successfully did a 360 and righted the aircraft while ground crew supplied toilet paper to the fans who were busy soiling their pants and muttering “Comrade, Holy crap” to each other.
Real world facts about the Sukhoi Su-37 Super Flanker
Maiden Flight: June 28, 1988
Power: Dual Lyulka AL-31M Turbofans
Armament: 1 30mm cannon and 14 hardpoints that can accommodate various weapon combinations and drop tanks up to 6000 Kg’s.
Maximum Speed: 2500 Kph
Range: 4000 Km
Country of Origin: USSR Commisioned, Russian Operated
Manufacturer: Sukhoi
The Sukhoi SU-37 is a brilliant but hard hitting Russian dogfighter. Don’t let its massive size fool you, it has the dogfighting capabilities of a Mig-21 with better agility and a powerful 30mm cannon. In fact, the Russian designer challenged any American aircraft to a mock-up dogfight, literally saying “Any time, any place”. He wasn’t kidding either. Those two bizarre looking fins on either side of the cokpit are canards. They give an aircraft absolutely incredible agility, meaning the SU-37 Super Flanker can literally Super Flank you. It can out maneuver enemy aircraft, flank them, get beside them and down them with the 30mm.
It was an improvement upon Sukhoi’s also potent SU-27 Flanker. However, the SU-35/37 is basically a giant Flanker. It has increased thrust, better fuel consumption, better thrust vectoring, and although the canards are the same, there was a brilliant computerized fly-by-wire system. It allowed the aircraft to analyze and respond to outside conditions. Sukhoi got bad publicity after a tragic accident when on of their SU-27’s or perhaps Su-37’s lost control at a public airshow. The aircraft was performing a standard barrel roll, but the pilot’s controls jammed. The pilot swerved to a low altitude, and was barely able to control his aircraft. He finally hit telephone wires and the aircraft rammed right into the middle of the crowd, killing hundreds.
It carries a beautiful Phazotron radar which gives it even better radar capabilities than it’s cousin, the SU-27 flanker. At another airshow, Sukhoi’s brilliant test pilot Frolov put the SU-37 through totally lethal(Dangerous=Fun) maneuvers. I don’t think that you quite understand what I mean by lethal. Google the 1996 Farnbourough airshow. The pilot literally flipped the jet upside down on its back, so that it was facing the opposite direction it was flying in. Upside down. He did this for two seconds, which is a huge accomplishment. He then successfully did a 360 and righted the aircraft while ground crew supplied toilet paper to the fans who were busy soiling their pants and muttering “Comrade, Holy crap” to each other.