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Old 31st Jan 2013, 14:21
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John Farley

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What are the sustained turn rates of the MiG29, Su27 and J10?
Not a simple number I fear.

The answer will depend on weight, config, power, height and IMN/IAS. The number may be surprisingly small if all the conditions really are sustained.

I remember Victor Pugachev arrving at Paris in 1989 in a clean Su27 and doing a prolonged yank through 360 deg in the circuit in a tad under 10 secs which had a few people stupified. But I am sure it was not sustained.

Given that for good truly sustained g you need to have a modest induced drag (comes with a high aspect ratio) plus all the poke you can muster then I would guess that the order of merit for the aircraft you mention is likely to be 27, 29, 10.
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