The Ultimate Flanker - Su-35S

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[@carlbillingham2670]

I was present at the 1992 airshow and recall how even the US pilots were impressed by its manoeuvrability. Also present was the Yak-38 v/stol aircraft. It took off vertically once, burnt a huge hole in the runway and then was banned from doing it again 😂

[@ajaychawla1000]

That was badass. Where can I learn more about that Yak-38 incident.

[@Galileo1491]

Flankers are flying masterpieces. The su47 berkut is my favorite jet of all time.

[@PAFYZ665]

i LOVE THESE AIRSHOWKING.........but in a real battle i prefer Gripen, Eurofighter or F 22

[@homebase5934]

The radar on the Su 35 must be massive, that nose radome at 6:31 is huge. A very beautiful aircraft and a fierce 4+ jet no doubt.

[@x-raygamma]

That specific aircraft was the venerable su34 which I think has an air to ground and air to air radar in it's nose and is also wide because it is a two seater. The su34 is a multirole fighter so it can carry all the missiles of other flanker models, but it is primarily used as a ground attack aircraft. One of my favorites for sure!

[@entommazeta]

It is indeed a beautiful aircraft

[@joachimstroebele8602]

Absolutly great footage.🤙🏻👍🏻

[@michaelogden5958]

Jets lolling about in the sky at low speed and crazy angles are entertaining at air shows and such. Is there a practical application for such maneuvers? Obviously, some of the same control features can be judiciously used to great effect in real-world situations.

[@jamesharris9816]

Its good for domestic consumption. Exciting airshow performances create a feeling of competency. But don't underestimate its WVR and BVR capabilities. Its presence will make sure the west will never enjoy air supremacy.

[@RandoUploader3]

@@jamesharris9816 The Ruskies and their Su-35s can't even achieve air supremacy against a tinpot agrarian shithole right on their own border. God forbid they face NATO, they'll be wiped out.

[@frank871]

Could give a pretty significant advantage in dogfights(however its unlikely they'd get into a dogfight in the first place). Depending on the type of pylons used to launch missiles they could get some high offbore sight shots off on target.

[@xyzaero9656]

@@jamesharris9816 The West will never have air supremacy ... all because of some 100 souped up Flankers? 🤣 Russia does not even have air supremacy over Ukraine AND NOT EVEN OVER RUSSIA. Better habe yourself checked out and do an MRI 👍🏻

[@Nero-Caesar]

Thanks for the just the facts analysis

[@SukhoiWolf]

The DCS clips used in this lol

[@korana6308]

What a great plane. 👍👍

[@jasperzanjani]

definitely the prettiest fighter jet ever made

[@Krhys1]

Yeah, this amazing aircraft will be around for many years to come.

[@DJEDzTV]

Su-27m was just renamed to su-35 and thats it? Thats a crazy thing to say but I guess people twist facts however they like these days.

[@WhiskeyTango84]

what song is at the end?

[@harishadrovic6465]

Echoes of Eternity

[@WhiskeyTango84]

@@harishadrovic6465 thank you

[@Kneedragon1962]

Yes, I get the feeling the stealth might be a little bit ordinary, but otherwise it's a very competent, airframe. Very agile for such a big bird. Good payload, good range, excellent low-speed high alpha ability. You wouldn't want to get in close & tight against it. I notice it still uses a mechanically steered radar array. That suggests the electronics and avionics are still about 20 years behind what the Americans have got. On the plus side, I wouldn't be all that surprised if the infra-red suite is actually better than what the yanks and NATO have.

[@rajaydon1893]

The latest variation of the su35 has an rcs less than the f16

[@Kneedragon1962]

@@rajaydon1893 ~ well, I'm not sure that's something I'd be bragging about. The F-16 was designed in 1972 and stealth was never a consideration in the first 20+ years of it's life. '70s planes from America, had twin tails at 90 deg to the airframe. They started to go away from that with the F/A 18. Russian air frames, they're still making them that way. Twin vertical tails is like a deliberately made radar reflector. There are very good reasons for them, in aerodynamics and handling and high alpha and agility, but from a stealth stand-point, that's a nightmare. Now consider the Su-35 again ~ it has a smaller radar cross section than an F16. Ok, good. But that's still like an old metal bookshelf from the local library. Let's make another comparison. Turkey is starting to make a stealth fighter, I can't quite remember the name, but it looks like an F-22 except it has round exhausts, not the rectangular thrust vectoring ones. If you told me it had pretty good stealth as long as it was faced mostly toward you, I'd accept that. Now how does your Su-35 compare to the latest from Turkey? Don't compare it to something that was designed before the fall of Saigon, compare it to something that's in the prototype stage now.

[@myplane150]

"Air Supremacy early in the war" (10:06)... When did that happen? Did I miss sonmething?

[@accountantthe3394]

Refer to RUSI's report by Justin Bronk during the early days of the war.

[@rajaydon1893]

During the early stages of the war the Ukrainian airforce could do little against the the Russian aircraft so they made the wise decision to move there aircraft to western Ukrainian and let the air defenses deal with the Russian aircraft, if they stayed and fought they would have been wiped out, they Russians didn't have air superiority thanks to Ukrainian s300s and manpads but they had air dominace

[@DJEDzTV]

You did indeed but I am sure didnt miss out the ghost of kiev bullshit which didnt exist and was created to boost morale.

[@mg63shooter83]

Su 35 is credited with downing about 25 aircraft in ukraine in one month using new 400km R 37 missile designed for su 57 the planes shot down are a mix of su 24/su 27/ su 25/mig 29s donated by Eastern European countries

[@xyzaero9656]

R37M has a limited range of 150km if used by an SU-35M, since the Irbis-E radar is a quite primitive PESA radar with just 20kw peak output. Only the MIG-31BM with its massive 400kw peak output Zaslon-M radar can THEORETICALLY use the weapon at 400km. 400km is still propaganda since EW and missile steering to hit a target drastically reduces Radar and missile kinetic performance.

[@xyzaero9656]

R37M has a limited range of 150km if used by an SU-35M, since the Irbis-E radar is a quite primitive PESA radar with just 20kw peak output. Only the MIG-31BM with its massive 400kw peak output Zaslon-M radar can THEORETICALLY use the weapon at 400km. 400km is still propaganda since EW and missile steering to hit a target drastically reduces Radar and missile kinetic performance.Such stupid propaganda numbers. Russia already shot down the entire Ukrainian AF 10 times over, if one believes these russian troll’s numbers. 😂

[@ridhobaihaqi144]

Russia hyperfans from indonesia's top idol 😂😂😂

[@rodneypayne4827]

Are you being stupid on purpose or does it take effort?

[@vimalkumar3815]

After su 30 mki they made there own same quality fighter know as su35. In 2019 after balakot air strike when Pakistani airforce attacked brigade headquarters at Jammu and Kashmir these su30 mki proved there superiority in air skirmish. Only 2 su 30 mki controlled more than 15-20 Pakistani aircraft..

[@solowingborders3239]

Not so sure about "ultimate Flanker", I'd bet the Su-30MKI or J-16 would be more advanced.

[@voidtempering8700]

The Su-30mki uses a weaker radar and engines that aren't as good as the Su-35. The J-16 though, does have better avionics but worse engines.

[@mod3353]

@@voidtempering8700 won’t matter as the mki ‘s are going through a upgrade project with new radar & engines etc

[@accountantthe3394]

​@@mod3353If you're counting upgrades, then J16 with WS-10 engines would still be far better than Indian MK-Is

[@mod3353]

@@accountantthe3394 you’re kidding right ? Haven’t you seen the numerous issues china has had with these engines vs proven Russian AL-41F-1S engines? New radar & avionics …. I think they’re gonna be fine

[@accountantthe3394]

@@mod3353 No really I'm not lol What issues/crashes have there been in recent years? You realise PLAAF just tested their WS-15 engine?

[@lorenzoo90]

Why did you not mention that the Russian are updating them with AI there was a report around 2018 that they have been updating them with a AI modula aka R2D2

[@JohnR.T.B.]

Flanking the F-35 isn't going to be that difficult anyway

[@montys420-]

??

[@solowingborders3239]

You're right, it'd be damn near impossible.

[@montys420-]

@@solowingborders3239 with AWAC's, it will be.

[@jg3000]

You're right if its stuck on the ground.

[@DJEDzTV]

su-27 intercepted a F-35 in the baltic and pilot filmed it. Just pissed all over the f-35, find it on FIGHTERBOMBER channe.

[@craig4867]

Russia makes the most beautiful and capable aircraft in the world! 🌍🌎🌍🌎🌍🌎🌍🌎🌍🌎🌍🌎

[@Castragroup]

Russian jets so badass

[@alfredchurchill2328]

This is not the ultimate flanker. The Chinese j16 is better than the su35 in every way

[@mrrolandlawrence]

No. The Chinese engines are not up to snuff. They also really only bought the su35 for the engines to try to reverse engineer. The j16 is more a stepping stone. Everyone laughed at Chinese cars 20 years ago. Now they are better built than German cars. I’m sure the platform after the j16 will be a contender.

[@WangGanChang]

Su-35 has better kinematics, but that's about it when compared to the J-16. Supposedly in internal drills, Su-35's avionics are easily overwhelmed using electronics warfare, supposedly they even lose against J-10s and J-11Bs due to EW and combat integration in exercises. The unit that received them was kinda pissed about it, since they used to be a fairly elite unit before hand and they believed the plane held them back during exercise and in case of real conflict, the poor electronics and interoperability would relegate them to secondary roles.

[@alfredchurchill2328]

@@WangGanChang VKS Flanker EW wingtip pods ‘Sorbstya’ are said to be extremely disruptive to not only other aircraft in the flight but to the flanker carrying them as well. Which sounds fairly detrimental. With that said, you never see VKS flankers over Ukraine fly without them. Which says something considering it’s just extra weight/drag. Either way, I’d rather fight a su35 or j16 in a modern typhoon or Rafale, yet alone an f35 or f22. The east still has some way to go to catch up to the west. Although the Chinese have improved a lot, thanks to stealing western tech

[@CaliforniaMISC]

Horrible plane and propaganda

[@vimalkumar3815]

Misleading

[@brucemcglasson]

Overrated.😊

[@eliomarlacerda2364]

As well as the F14