Sukhoi T-50 Fighter Starting Flight Tests

[Rubicks13]

Hi All,

Does anyone have any other information or pictures on T-50? It would be interesting to see this thing.

Here is the article I came across. T-50 Starting Flight Tests (http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/SUKHOI12289.xml&headline=Sukhoi%20Fighter%20Starting%20Flight%20Tests&channel=defense).

CUBE

[Old Ned]

R13

Googled and found the following link:

Re: Sukhoi PAK FA T-50 2012 Design Completed 2009 [ PowerRussia ] - AOL Video (http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/re-sukhoi-pak-fa-t-50-2012-design-completed-2009-powerrussia-/3933821946)

As your article says, unlikely to have any real pics until it flies.

A HNY to all our readers!

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ON

[SASless]

Now I see where the F-22 program went to!

[ab33t]

F22 look alike, these guys are doing a few new planes

[Jamboesque]

On one of the You-tube animations it lists some 'facts' about the aircraft and one the 'facts' it lists is the wavelength of the radar which is quoted as 3mm.

Either this is a typo, in which case what others have been misreported or its a new ball park in military aircraft radar. :eek:

[kiwi grey]

Unless my maths is astray, 3mm wavelength ~= 100GHz frequency. :ooh:
That's gotta be a typo.
3cm (Ku-Band) seems rather more likely

[Fatnfast]

Millimetre wave radar is a possibility, I worked on a development airborne one in the late eighties, 98GHz if I remember correctly. However, not too sure if it would be any good as an AI radar as atmospheric attenuation can be very high at those frequencies.

[RumPunch]

I wonder if these guys will have years of test flights money issues and delays like most modern Western aircraft or I am just having a dig at BAE only.

[wondering]

Here is the new kid on the block:

YouTube - Top-secret Russian 'Stealth' fighter test flight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxWZiSdWvns)

[gareth herts]

It's already 3 years late - no difference there then!