Multi-role SU-35 Terminator
Hello All,
I wanted to share this YouTube video clip and some information about the advanced Russian fighter Sukhoi SU-35 (NATO code-named Terminator).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ilcodoppc&feature=related
In this video, the aircraft demonstrates literally unbelievable maneuvers that were simply impossible before this aircraft came into operation.
Ok, I want you to concentrate on the following clips of the video:
- Minutes 1:50 till 1:58 = the aircraft literally makes a 360 degrees somersault!
- Minutes 2:04 till 2:20 = (this one knocked me off my chair!) the aircraft actually "tumbles backwards" ... wow! (and note how it recovers from the maneuver gracefully).
- Minutes 2:49 till 3:02 = it drops into a deliberate flat spin.
A brief background:
The SU-35 originally stems from the original SU-27 developed by the infamous Russian aviation bureau design “Sukhoi”. The aircraft is an all-weather, multi-role aircraft made initially to counter the American F-15 Eagle.
Besides its blissful aerodynamic design, the SU-35 makes use of the relatively new invention of thrust-vectors, along with huge glove-vanes situated on the fuselage behind the canopy, on the wing root extensions.
The SU-35 is my Russian princess!
Enjoy!
Hani
