Thunderbird Fighter Pilot Reacts to Russian SU-75 Checkmate

In this video, a former Thunderbird fighter pilot React to the news that Russia has developed a new 5th generation fighter jet called the SU-75 checkmate. I will give my thoughts on the what things work, wouldn't work and how it may affect the future of air combat.
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[@davidb6973]

Your bias damages your brain. Lockheed Martin purchased the Yak-141 design from Yakovlev in 2012, in order to build the F-35. The F-35 is nothing more than a Yak-141, built with the latest materials...e.g. carbon fiber, digital dash. Imagine that, the USA copying other countries, LOL.

[@Combat_Pyro]

Face… Missing… Mustache… Bad…

[@marius-cristianplesca1983]

We heard the best in all yours top 10 air planes is F22 with one win (a meteo baloon)😂😂😂

[@marius-cristianplesca1983]

We have also heard that an US stealth airplane was shot down by a '60 era missle😂😂😂

[@brightlord-ov7cm]

You doing great, ignore these haters, keep speaking the facts, some day it will sink into their infinitesimal sized brains.

[@sturmanaskie]

The Russian has the first twin tail jet - the Mig-25 - so you can’t say they copied that from US designs

[@planetfun85]

Actually f15 is copied after mig25. But they wont tell you that...

[@sturmanaskie]

@@planetfun85 yes you’re right the American designers saw the spy shots of the Mig-25 and came up with the F-15

[@oco8783]

@planetfun85 the design of the f15 as we know it was designed prior to the 25s reveal. Although it's performance was improved because of the 25 due to fears of it.

[@Thetequilashooter1]

@@planetfun85The MiG-25 design came from the twin-tailed prototype version of the A-5 Vigilante.

[@ludektrdlica2221]

Besides he talks about "v" tale and this concept was initially used on YF-23 ... so you are on wrong sandbox guys

[@craigharrison5406]

It's so stealthy the world will never see one in service

[@МаксимЛесковец-щ1с]

Ну почему увидите: он Европу бомбить будет. :) 😀

[@colewalters5336]

​@Максим Лесковец just like the su 57😂

[@rogerperez5352]

Yup, lol imagination on computer only

[@rogerperez5352]

@@МаксимЛесковец-щ1с lol Russia military is a lie

[@МаксимЛесковец-щ1с]

@@rogerperez5352 да нет, в реале. 👍 Особенно испанцев - этих верных служанок Америки.

[@jonathangardner3694]

That F35 engine is wound so tight, its not too safe at low speeds trying to land. How many crashes is it up to now?

[@skydriver5709]

No matter your stealthy design, you're going to be seen first when your payload is being carried under the wings. This plane screams, "I'm stealth, LOOK AT ME!"

[@matitjamatheson4395]

not all radar is the same mate

[@skydriver5709]

@@matitjamatheson4395 really? I thought there was just 1 radar, ever.

[@matitjamatheson4395]

@@skydriver5709here is a link to a vid talking about the su57s radars and other tech if your interested in learning more kzbin.info/www/bejne/haK9i6SJi9itfas

[@AK-ky3ou]

It has an internal weapons bay. This is just for the concept 3d representation.

[@skydriver5709]

@@AK-ky3ou So no actual combat ready units yet?

[@peterlangan1181]

Sukhoi designs good jets. Despite what this guy says, I am pretty sure the engineers there know what they are doing. The engine they will use is the new Izdeliye design that the SU 57 will also be equipped with.

[@ahinomas2805]

As soon as i heard he said sukhoi is an asian company , i could tell this was going to be a childish biased video

[@batatzbatatzero456]

Sukhoi HQ is based on Moscow but most of it's production for fighter jets is located in Asian part of Russia under KnAAPO and NAPA.

[@superobob228]

Russia is in Asia

[@sheikhqh716]

That wasn't his point, he is saying he is downplaying the company. Western supremacy tactics.

[@vimfuego8827]

@@superobob228 LOL, Russia spans from western Europe (Moscow, St Petersburg) to northern Asia. It's the largest Country (by land mass) in the world and has several time zones.

[@darekkorytkowski]

Fun facts. Western stealth designs are based on theory by russian researcher Pyotr Ufimtsev. JSF program was influenced by data on the YAK-141 design, which was sourced by US intelligence after USSR collapse of the USSR. \ Aviation progress (as with all techs) is built on imitation.

[@OrataKopata]

Ha! Polish bro for the truth... I was just wondering how to mention the Yak, without starting unnecessary brawl, but you've put it wonderfully. As for the said JSF program I've read somewhere that everything regarding the Yak-141 technical documentation and flying demonstrators was fair and square paid by Lockheed...

[@asatechnics8363]

americans don't go by facts .... they like to speculate

[@marcusmaddenov2451]

The Russian program didn't even start until after the F117 started . And it is true a Russian Physicist came up with the Stealth Equations however the Soviets did nothing with them only the US could because we had the computers that could run the equations. The US is two decades ahead in Stealth nonexistant YAK fighters notwithstanding.

[@jimc1654]

The US have did porotype similar design that the YAK-141 years ago. Lockheed pay an cheap price to get the YAK-141 technical data to help proof that data they have are the same.

[@darekkorytkowski]

@@marcusmaddenov2451 I never said otherwise. Soviets ignored Ufimtsev's theoretical insight. YAK info was more useful for the VTOL, not stealth. I think and hope US lead in weaponry won't change for a long time.

[@VixXZA]

Hold on a sec. The su30 family is way more aerodynamic than the f15 or 16

[@LeoH3L1]

V tails are not just to "look cool", they do have slightly better performance, the downside to them is if you lose one you will have serious flight control issues, both need to be working 100% for it to fly right, if you lose one, then both pitch and yaw will no longer respond as you'd expect, vs if you lose a pure rudder on a twin rudder plane, or one of the elevators, your plane is still going to be flyable, not so with a V tail.

[@briancrawford69]

They lower radar return compared to vertical tails

[@KAFllR]

Вы пишете об этом в комментариях пилоту который, якобы, всё знает о самолётах. Вас ничего не смущает? xD

[@shiva0]

@@KAFllR He's a pilot, not an engineer so maybe he's not informed on that. Or he didn't feel comfortable talking about that kind of design feature being a military guy. There is a very good video on here that talks about some basic stealth design features that discuss it. I doubt either of our governments would sacrifice the control performance he mentions being lost to make war planes look cooler. If you find it you may want to send a link to Sukhoi.

[@Wolverines77]

Talking about the "Hoover" effect of the F-16's. I went back to Ramstein AB, after getting out of the Marine Corps in 1989, to spend one last summer living in Germany. When dad was assigned there as the First Sergeant of the 86th AGS they were in the process of switching from the F-4 to the F-16 and everybody was moaning and groaning about how detailed they had to be on their F.O.D. walks for the F-16's in comparison to the F-4's. Anyways when I came back I worked as a civilian for the 86th CES doing landscape maintenence for the entire base. I remember we would have to schedule when we could mow the area's adjacent to the taxi ways because of the F-16's being able to "suck" in the cut grass if it was still fresh on the surface of the grass underneath. We had to cut it twice, as we were on twin 48" bladed driving mowers and the USAF was not about to spend the money on mulching mowers that big...

[@zafaradeel2107]

🤔🤔🤔Sukhoi is the master of air flow calculations! ! ! don't you worry.

[@joat1979]

Fun fact the X-32 was the only jet ever designed with a cloaca. For its part in the competition vs. the F-35, it laid one egg.

[@simul8guy75]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dwightmcqueen5771]

I'm former army myself but I was wanting to thank you for your honesty and not being negative about Russia I have many friends from Russia and I do know they just want to get along with the west and try to end all the negative russophobia that many Americans are victims of . 🇺🇸 🇷🇺

[@robstanton9215]

The F-14 was notorious for compressor stalls when first released. I’m not sure if that was an intake issue or not. Maybe larger intakes would’ve helped but the Pratt & Whitney TF-30’s they were first introduced with apparently didn’t like sudden thrust changes or severe AOA’s that a fighter pilot often needs to execute. The P&W’s were changed out to GE F-110’s on the F-14A+ model that quickly became known as the F-14B. These seem to handle the abrupt needs of a fighter jock more betters! 🤪👍

[@george849]

I am not too sure, but the TF-30, which was designed for the F-111, was not compatible with the intake of the F-14A.

[@sledgehammerk35]

@@george849 yeah they basically forced them to fit the F-14A and that’s ultimately what led to the compressor stall issue. The purpose built GE engines in the B model and the D Super Tomcat solved the problem.

[@george849]

@@sledgehammerk35 Thank you!

[@LRRPFco52]

It was a TF30 issue going through the growing pains of the first fighter turbofan motor development. Fighters were exclusively propelled by turbojets prior to that in the 3rd Gen designs. F-14 intake geometry and airflow mass was designed for the TF30 and F401-PW-400, which was an F100 variant with longer AB augmentor sections specific to the F-14's nacelles, with a larger fan section that had an additional stage to the front end as well, higher bypass ratio than the TF30 or F100. They were only supposed to build 16 F-14As with TF30s just to keep the line open from 1970-1972, then mass-produce the original F-14B/F401 as the fleet standard air vehicle/propulsion combo. USN dumped hundreds of millions of 1970s dollars into the F401, but it was mysteriously abandoned. They later took the original F-14B/F401 testbed (Red & White Tomcat with racing stripe-like paint job) and tested a GE F101 variant in it for the Derivative Fighter Engine program (DFE), as well as in one of the early F-16s. Thus was the impetus for the Improved Performance Engine program in the 1980s that gave us the F100-PW-220/229 & F110-GE-100/129/400 motors for the Viper, Tomcat, and F-15.

[@swedhgemoni8092]

The engine was the problem, not the intake. Grumman cut a corner there.

[@jackmara7659]

Couple of things... The ruddervators are a RCS thing according to the SU engineers, you are quite right about the traditional arrangement being more manoeuvrable. SU countered by extensively testing a heavily modified Mig 21 by adding a ruddervators and a thrust vectoring jet nozzle, the results where highly impressive with the test aircraft easily out rating a late mig 29 and holding its own against the felons ability to get the nose around...! The original air intake was close to the the under chin arrangement of the eurofighter typhoon or f16 but during testing was found to cause stalled airflow into the engine during high alpha moves, thus they came up with this shape after also trying the circle/diamond shapes. The current intake is rumoured to make the most of air spilled from around the fuselage during high angle of attack flight... And lastly, the engineering, flight control systems and construction methods used in the f35 can be directly traced back to the Yak 141 soviet navel fighter program, however Lockheed didn’t steal them, they purchased them fair and square from YAK back in the late 90 if I remember correctly 👍

[@zarjesve2]

Yes. USA bought blueprints for 400 mil. $ USA also start to use USSR rocket engine RD-180 after the collapse of USSR… USA “build” International Space Station after Russia handover Mir2… Many things USA took (pardon: “obtain”) from inferior USSR.

[@jacobrudder7582]

@@zarjesve2maybe the USSR should have “obtained” some info from the US on how to feed your own population and avoid complete and total economic collapse!

[@daveyjones18]

@@jacobrudder7582 Don't worry mate, western economic collapse is next 👍

[@zarjesve2]

@@jacobrudder7582 USA is the one that talk about "international rules" and he also the one who destroy it's own rules: Bretton Woods system and decoupling dollar from gold - this has tremendous consequences for the entire world, including collapsing of USSR. Russia, and rest of the world, will not allow anymore such powerful weapon (dollar) to be hold only by one nation.

[@garynew9637]

@@jacobrudder7582 you've just described the current usa.

[@midnightgt46]

Sukhoi is a russian company and russia is a european country despite the fact that most of it is in asia due to the capitol moscow being on the european continent

[@brostenen]

Russia is NOT a european country. It is an asian. And not even a country. Russia is a federation and state. Not country.

[@thorbe86]

@@brostenen Russia IS a country, even though it is also a federation. Furthermore Russia is considered European.

[@brostenen]

@@thorbe86 It is a federation. Not a country. And no. It is not European at all by the standards of most countries and nations world wide. But I have a question for you. How many continents are there?

[@thorbe86]

@@brostenen you don't have a clue what the definition of a country is nor why Russia is considered European but here you are asking me how many continents there are.

[@brostenen]

@@thorbe86 I do have a clue... How many continents are there? Or are you afraid to answer?

[@SilentShark]

Fun fact, from what I recall Boeing had plans to put a more conventional tail on the X-32 before they lost out in the JSF program. They had a design ready to go, it was shown in a documentary about the competition.

[@4wazza]

Comments on the tail configuration did not account for the 3d thrust vector effect on pitch and yaw versus a more traditional style

[@kdrapertrucker]

Yes, the prototype did not quite have the low speed pitch authority the Navy wanted, because the navy added the requirement after construction had started so Boeing redesigned the aircraft to have stabilators while the prototype flew the test program.

[@comradedog4075]

Yeah X-32's non delta wing varient.

[@sematic1]

Oh yeah! they have companies that compete for the contract. Did the SU-75 have that?

[@SilentShark]

@@sematic1 I doubt it. As far as I know, all the Russian military plane builders have been merged into one company (UAC), so they only have themselves to compete with!

[@gtdcoder]

They should have used F-35’s dressed up with VFX details to look like these SU-75’s instead of CGI SU-57’s in TGM. Would have made a more realistic looking movie.

[@XerrolAvengerII]

it would have been way too expensive to use f35s for actual film making, my opinion is the 57 looks more compelling than the 75

[@hawaiianrobot]

the CGI Su-57s looked pretty good in the movie tbh

[@tlndblood8776]

Yeah, I couldn’t tell for a minute that the felon was cgi.

[@mikerosoft1009]

There's only a couple of parts it looks CGI and it's mainly camera angle shots when they drop down into the canyon.

[@oco8783]

@halkat The 3 pivot nozzle didn't come from the YAK

[@its2three4]

Aren't the twin tails - besides looking futuristic/cool - also helpful with reducing radar cross-section (specifically the angled twin tails)?

[@ctrlaltdebug]

Yeah. Submarines are also switching to angled tail fins. They do require computer control, which is why the angled design didn't work as well in the past.

[@samh.6788]

yup, the key thing is to not create a acute angle in between anything (essentially). see "corner reflectors" as well as their applications as essentially passive radar strobes. theoretically, just having vertical surfaces and not having horizontal tail would accomplish the same thing, but for the sake of functionality and manoueverability the angle helps a lot, and it doesn't really take an expert to guess that.

[@McHammered403]

My thoughts: They went with a V-Tail because less control surfaces equates to less Radar signature. Also, the intake as shown is probably not the final design. Russia probably didn't want to do a full reveal on all it's technical aspects right off the bat.

[@tshidisootukile5269]

This is what I used to talk about that Russia don't buy weapons they manufacturer look at SU 57 Marveric topgun insane 🐕 and SU47

[@arugulatarsus]

I was thinking that, but the external hardpoints made things weird.

[@McHammered403]

@@arugulatarsus The F-22 and F-35 also have external hardpoints which allow them to fly in "Stealth" mode with no external weapons and "Beast" mode where external weapons are installed. I'd imagine the SU-57 and SU-75 can do the same thing.

[@mysterymask4610]

@@McHammered403 su57 is not acctully the best j’et for stealth but its a really capable j’et i dont know what su75 is like

[@pahmt07]

I consider myself can it take off without tail wing

[@freshkidjo]

Using the v-tail angles would most likely have a better radar cross section than using the conventional ones that creates a wall for radar waves to reflect directly back to the emitting source. Flat surfaces and 90° angles make a great Target for radar returns.

[@justjutroli2206]

Yes they are great but hard if not impossible for the russians to get right

[@asatechnics8363]

@@justjutroli2206 the only 2 jets using it in russia are the su-57 and this new su-75 ...... and the 2 are TOP SECRET jets .... wtf are you talking about? i just love how americans speculate about what they know nothing about

[@stevenspilly]

@ASA TECHNICS the SU57 has horizontal stabilisers

[@asatechnics8363]

@@stevenspilly it has both .... horizontal and vertical .... according to sukhoi .... but you may know something that we don't ....

[@lethalhands7497]

He is biased

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

The Su-75 Femboy is an impressive fighter.

[@unavailableusername9694]

This plane is a private endeavor intended for export. Russian military aviation standards require two engines, so this one won't see service in Russia, but is intended for markets where western jets aren't sold, which is pretty much everywhere outside of NATO. The first prototypes are slated to be built this year (2024). Russia does prototype aircraft cautiously, they build a few, wring them out for a year or so, noting changes along the way. This philosophy was born of the lessons learned from the days of the USSR when once a design was approved they just built it in numbers, as making changes required jumping through insurmountable bureaucratic loopholes. USSR was thick with bureaucracy. The design is intended to be easily maintained and repairable with off the shelf components, sort of the AK of fighter jets. The airframe is mostly titanium, with some aluminum and a composite skin. Rumors abound that the skin will have radar absorbing elements built into it. Russia has a virtually unlimited sanction proof supply of titanium, so most of their airframe designs capitalize on this fact. Its doubtful that this airplane will have the capability to control accompanying fighter drone "wingman" pilotless drones as does the Su-57, which allows standoff engagement of enemy planes and ground targets. The drones themselve are very impressive, said to be able to withstand sustained g loads that would crush a human pilot. There is a lot of ignorance in this comment section regarding Russia's capabilities, which is dangerous imo. Rest assured, the folks whose job it is to know are not swayed by western propaganda. Remember what Sun Tsu said about knowing your enemy.

[@aquilesca5tr0]

Russian aircraft exports are dead, even India preferred the rafale after seeing the performance of the su57

[@mikekopack6441]

I would agree, it would seem like they would have a horrible pitch authority and without that you're not going to turn a very tight circle in a dogfight.. The YF-23 didn't have that issue because the whole tail units twisted, and they were huge compared to the ones on the checkmate which really look more rudder-like and less elevator like. My biggest problem with the Checkmate is that they literally listed every "wish list" item from 5th and 6th gen planes and said "Yup! This will do that", and then claimed it would cost 1/3 as much as an F-35. How do you know a Russian is lieing? He opens his mouth. There's NO WAY they are going to pack all that tech into that plane and have it be that inexpensive. In short, this is nothing more than a Potempkin Villiage wooden mock up to scare the west. Not that it matters, they'll never be able to build them given the sanctions...

[@spicesmuggler2452]

They absolutely can build it with sanctions in place.

[@kh2b573]

The Su75 is technically getting an new engine but it's not technically for the Su 75, the Izdeliye 30 engine planned for it was made for the Su-57 but current Su-57s only use Al-41s as the Izdeliye 30s are still not yet in production, supposedly they are planning on making the Izdeliye 30 Su57s around 2025 which is about in time for the Su75's first flight as well.

[@manuelantoniorivas7113]

Little known aeronautics company Sukhoy? What? But I do agree that ruddervators are not effective and intake is to close to the fuselage so that the amount of air able to go inside is reduced due to laminar flow drag

[@petersmythe6462]

I'm sure Sukhoi realizes this but just so people are aware, those missiles on external pylons could well have like 50x the radar return of everything else combined from some aspects. I would be absolutely shocked to see that on a production aircraft unless true stealth is not the priority and it's only marginal RCS reduction.

[@MysticEagle52]

Stealth fighters have the option to have external hard points if they want to. F22 and f35 also have this option if they ever need to prioritize weapon loadout over stealth

[@MarkoLomovic]

@@MysticEagle52 Yeah that is absolute must, missile bay is just not enough do missions that regular planes do. Especially for nations that are not US lol who can deploy like hundreds of planes. Sometimes you just need to fire missile to get them defensive and if you only use missile bay you can't do it, I think logic here is that you would have gen4 mix in with 5 with clean wings, or both gen5 but some with clean wings. In any case being able to carry more missiles should be capability of any plane stealth or no.

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

​@@MysticEagle52sure, but you'd think in a cgi demonstration video they'd showcase an internal munitions bay rather than external pylons.

[@bluemarlin8138]

Oh, there won’t be any external pylons on a production Su-75, because there won’t ever be a production Su-75.

[@MS-ii1sv]

​@@Aquascape_DreamingMaybe they want people in youtube comments sections to go "Look how stupid the Russians are. They don't even know how to make stuff." I'm sure they don't mind being underestimated.

[@marcusmaddenov2451]

The SU 75 is not even a prospect at this point.

[@mas3ymd]

No offense, but you’re a pilot, not an engineer. Don’t you think the folks at Sulhoi know a tiny bit more about designing airplanes than you do? I’m sure there are plenty of engineers there who’ve done the math and the testing to determine that the air intake on the SU-75 is adequate in size for its engine.

[@jbbeiser983]

That's what I wanted to say, but you did it better

[@strambino1]

Awesome breakdown, it’s good to hear perspective from someone who has so much experience!

[@BojanBojovic]

It is hard to imagine something like this coming out soon, Russia has problems with making enough Su57, and that one was in preparation for 3 decades. I believe this has near zero probability to happen.

[@kinghadi777]

Russia on fire 🔥😏

[@Amalgz6gl]

Yaa ❤🔥

[@matthewtilley7175]

Everyone is fully aware that the "ruddervator" is not the most aerodynamically efficient layout. It's about reducing radar returns. You're a fighter pilot. You "should" know this. It's a trade off. Ether do you value more? Aerodynamic maneuverability or low observability.

[@jesseterrell2109]

The SU57 just got its upgraded engines.

[@Awesome-fm1mo]

kewl its faster and still about as good as a sopwith camel bought off of wish. 🤡

[@jesseterrell2109]

@@Awesome-fm1mo meh. Light years better than the 40 plus year old block 20 F16s Ukraine has been given.

[@osgabriel20]

With all due respect, JSC Sukhoi Corporation (Sukhoi Design Bureau), designer and partly maker of this fighter jet are located in Begovoy District, Moscow, the Russian Capital is in European part of Russian so it’s technically not Asian made. Secondly, such images are in prototypes and development I doubt it would serve the stealth and ergonomics. Thanks for sharing

[@np5227]

Fun fact! The 75 in Su75 stands for the years it will take Russia to develop this airplane!

[@sergevtorino]

It actually stands for your IQ stats.

[@jonasbarbury4013]

Those are going to be 3 of the coolest planes made.

[@dildar2331]

Respect russia 😍😍😍❤️

[@brostenen]

For what? Like honestly for what? Why would anyone ever respect a bully, living in medieval mind set.

[@Amalgz6gl]

Yaa ❤

[@brostenen]

@@Amalgz6gl Ruskie troll....

[@Cougar139tweak]

11:12 As a former USN aircraft maintainer...I have my doubts on aircraft pulling =12gs..... hell 7-8 on the old EA-6B was cause for concern can assume most fighter aircraft surly don't go beyond 10g without significant non destructive tests afterwards.

[@harkamelrandhawa7125]

Hi couple of my thoughts. The Su75 does have a small intake but like the Rafale which has much smaller intakes in contrast to f16s or eurofighter. Maybe it's designed to operate a little lower altitude where the air is thicker like the rafale. Just saying that's a possibility. Also regarding the v tail maybe given Russian fighters like thrust Vector engineers combining that with v-tail it could work. Also we are moving away from dog fighting so focus is on stealth. First look first kill.

[@jamesricker3997]

It must they redesign the intake, It will suffer engine stalls during maneuvers, take offs and landings

[@isaacteo4063]

There's more than 1 reason, my friend. The X32 intake increase radar visibility and decrease the nose storage for a radar

[@roberttanguay8532]

Having just a "V Tail" is not a bad thing. The YF-23 had a V Tail and it was an incredible aircraft. Northrop's YF-23 offered greater range and superior stealth, but the YF-22 had a slight advantage in maneuverability.

[@dctuss21]

My fellow americans in the comments are shameless. Totally overlook the near 30 years it took for the F35, the discontinuance of the F22, and the results of wargames and tests that had the F22 lose to a French jet, and both F35 n F22 losing massively to Su35 flankers.

[@aquilesca5tr0]

The f22 and f35 proved to be the superior jets while the only su57 that actually saw combat is destroyed

[@electb]

Great video. Really appreciate your input and experience in evaluation of new aircraft.

[@mrrolandlawrence]

0:50 Wow thanks for the update. I thought Sukhoi were Russian not Asian! Learn something new all the time on this channel.

[@MS-ii1sv]

Most of Russia is in Asia.

[@anotherHelldiver]

Personally,I think V-tails are pretty good,best example is the YF-23: It was only slightly less,if not on par with the original YF-22,and one pilot who flew both planes says such V-tails mitigated initial advantages to thrust vectoring in the YF-22. The raptor was only selected because it was marketed better.

[@shadow1249]

No the raptor was selected because it was cheaper than the black widow

[@GaIvatr0n]

@@shadow1249 Until it ultimately wasn't. The black widow was the better plane.. such a shame.

[@CL88able]

I know, it isn't realistic but, man I love the YF-23 in Ace Combat 7. Damn good plane, excellent selection of special weapons.

[@Tounushi]

When it comes to the intake, yeah, that's always subject to change between protos/mockups and the final design. I've seen conjectural F-32 designs where the X-32's intake is brought futher forward so the front of the aircraft looks more like a boxy Sabre. One wonders why the Russians haven't made annular intakes for modern planes? Or China for that matter. Their MIG-21 derivatives first had more forward and smaller intakes, and nowadays have side intakes.

[@TiberiiGrakh]

new foxbat will have annular. 6 gen hypersonic

[@53kenner]

As far as copying goes, Wally Woods taught art and his 3 rules for the commercial artist were: 1. Never draw what you can copy. 2. Never copy what you can trace. 3. Never trace what you can cut out and paste down.

[@alexprost7505]

Я не уверен в том что этот парень пилот)

[@brostenen]

Speak english!!!! It is the defacto language that everyone uses on the internet. And only few people speak ruskie-snuskie.

[@lordm3s447]

Bitter Ruskies😂

[@agent8playz889]

@@brostenen250 mil is really only a few people

[@brostenen]

@@agent8playz889 And English is the defacto language here.

[@agent8playz889]

@@brostenen where is here

[@trulahn]

Physical buttons are always better than touch screen when you are piloting or driving a vehicle so that you don't need visual confirmation that you pushed the button distracting you.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Completely agreeeee!

[@michaelwilcox9450]

Good unbiased analysis. This guy knows his stuff. Uuurrraaa!

[@rudydalessandro1094]

With the center stick you can use both hands to activate it. With a side stick, it's true you have better visuals on your instruments, but at the same time, you limit the pilot to one hand only.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Interesting point

[@bob38028]

That's a non-issue when you have a computer driven flight control system that interprets the pilot's input from incredibly small stick movements. Early F-16's didn't even have a stick that could move since the maneuver inputs were entirely calculated from the force applied to the stick rather than stick movement.

[@jaredkilgore7194]

Thank you for another great video Neo! I feel fully satisfied now that I know someone was hitting the 9g mark in the world, right after the like button was pushed 👍🤙 Godspeed good Sir! Look forward to your future content

[@TrevorSachko]

The 75 is supposed to have an engine with max thrust around 38,000 lbs. The designers are certainly dreaming with that intake.

[@iskandar5321]

If you look at the su-57 intake size compare it to its exhaust nozzle it seems like the intakes on the su-75 are plenty big enough to feed a single engine perhaps Russian engines are not as air hungry as it’s western counter parts

[@Frozander]

Looking at these comments, it appears that a lot of people already are writing fanfiction about a "jet" that is purely a mockup that will never get build since no country is willing to buy one and Russia can't afford it alone.

[@hoomanostovar]

Nice feedback/impression. Had never thought of the stick being in the way of instrumentation when centered, thank you. Also, I believe this is supposed to mainly be a replacement for Russias Mig29 fleet (so mainly around and within RFs borders) and as an "affordable" export low visibily/stealth multirole fighter/bomber for countries who are not welcome to the F35 program or cant afford it. This is also one of the main reasons they are trying to figure it out with a single engine.

[@JetJeb5648]

wow, cool don´t know what to reply but thanks for the info ig?

[@nikolaivista920]

The description title of the video is misleading. The description reads: "Thunderbird Fighter Pilot...." There is no such thing as Thunderbird Fighter. There is an F-16 Fighting Falcon multi-role fighting aircraft in the US Air Force, the Israeli Air Force and the Saudi Arabian air force (to name a few). A Thunderbird is a slightly modified F-16 that is not fighting capable but air show demonstration capable. Meaning, it has been modified to maximize maneuverability and speed while flying low for spectator amazement. The F-16 Thunderbird has never fought in combat and has never been a fighter jet. The video should be re-titled: F-15 Eagle air-superiority fighter jet pilot reacts to SU-75 Checkmate! That is impressive resume to say the least. The F-15 is the GREATEST fighter jet ever produced with an unbeatable combat record! And one even landed safely without one of its wings once! Amazing aircraft!

[@Christian-fg3we]

Seeing how the su57 is still complete garbage, I wouldnt consider the checkmate a threat

[@alexprost7505]

10:46 помоему здесь чётко видно куда делись стабилизаторы, поверхности отвечающие за подъём и опускание носа

[@komradestalin6895]

Of course the Su 75 would be better than an F 35, 75 > 35, which means it is better. Also you can't shoot down something that doesn't exist yet, thus making the Su-75 invulnerable.

[@ebenezeramponsah8314]

"A little known aeronautical company in Asia called Sukhoi"? 🤔 this statement has prepped my mind before watching the entire content. I would not take him serious

[@schicktmirkarakale1232]

Yeah, you shouldn't take that statement seriously because it was sarcastic. He's literally a former fighter pilot. Unless you are too, he knows way more about this topic than you or almost anyone else ever will.

[@vyacheslavmolotov9786]

Stealth got intercepted in 1999 serbia 3 times 2 F117 downed in serbia 🇷🇸 and B2 shootdown over eastern Croatia

[@sahijrandhawa5480]

It's a really crazy plane to be honest. I really like how you break it down! Thank you!

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

It is interesting, the design looks pretty neat

[@sahijrandhawa5480]

@@MaxAfterburnerusa I agree. You do bring a valid point on the intakes, which in my opinion makes sense.

[@reboundrides8132]

It’s a pretty cool concept at the moment. I would be very surprised to see a squadron of these any time soon.

[@LRRPFco52]

@@MaxAfterburnerusa If you look at the Northrop design for the Multirole Fighter program pre-JAST, this looks a lot like the MRF-45E.

[@anotherHelldiver]

Honestly,V-tails next to a single engine looks kinda ugly,and mashed up with the Delta wings,just doesn’t look right. But V-tails next to a wide twin engine setup (YF-23) looks 🔥🔥🔥

[@jetsetdotone]

The F35 is not even a war ready fighter jet. Why would you even compare that piece of metal with anything flying?

[@christianhanson5301]

“Every time you like and susbscribe, a GOOD looking fighter jet is produced somewhere”😂😂

[@FloridaManMatty]

That Chintake is absolutely big enough….if that airplane is meant to never go beyond high subsonic. As a direct competitor with any modern fighter though? Nope. Also - Ruddervators DO work exceptionally well IF they are large enough. The YF-23 was nearly as maneuverable as the YF-22 (that sported vectored thrust) because it’s ruddervators were nearly as large as the entire wing surface of an F-5.

[@kenwhitfield219]

My thoughts. First aircraft design, especially for stealth aircraft, is designed to be as maneuverable as possible while still complying with stealth requirements. The tradeoffs made, as with any engineering design, are the result of compromises taken in the comprehensive, overall design solution. The X-32 had a movable inlet specifically intended to address the high angle of attack airflow problem. It seems to me that a movable inlet, although not obvious in these preliminary design photos, will very likely be required. Jettisoning weapons to bring back the stealthiness of the aircraft would be a very expensive and wasteful idea. Just as the F-35 does, I would suggest that when maximum stealth is not required, and when a larger number of attack aircraft can be assigned to a mission, then it would make sense to maximize weapon loads by carrying external weapons. As is done with the F-35. Second, there is a clear pessimism about Russia’s ability to pay to fully develop and produce this aircraft given the history of the not stealthy enough Su-57. The Checkmate could turn out to be nothing more than a means of scaring the West. And, if it becomes anything like the Su-57, then it will not represent much of a threat to western aircraft.

[@martes1277]

in Ukraine they have not detected it yet

[@lgnfve]

I have an imaginary, never will be built, fighter for you to review. Did I see the Whirlpool logo on that new jet ?

[@MolinaUdofo]

Every hotshot pilot should visit an air tunnel and realize that everything is tunnel tested, therefore 'copying' is a term used by a person who is not on familiar grounds with technology but in awe with it. Thank you.

[@ET-vj4vz]

Look at LM F-16 with the F-35 intake on it for testing...it worked just fine

[@DJEDzTV]

The number 1 Stealth aircraft is F117. The whole airframe is built around the "stealth" philosophy and avoid radar detection. The bottom of the airframe is almost perfectly flat, the airvent angles and the mesh is designed to reduce the RCS from a frontal radar scanner. F117 was shotdown in Serbia in 1999 by a soviet old SAM system, so STEALTH is a great philosophy but is it worth it. The rumours that F22 or F35 is more stealthy that F177 is just for kids, if you have any idea about aircraft design, you will look at the frames of those jets and you will be able to tell that the f22 and f35 did not prioritise STEALTH when designing this airframe, unlike f117.

[@paultemple5042]

The Chinese are notorious for being copycats. Given the size of the air intake on the SU - 75 the Chinese are just asking for Compressor problems along with other problems. Plus given the fact that the Yuan, China's Currency, isn't worth the paper it is printed on, I doubt if the SU - 75 ever gets to the production phase in its current form. Honestly, and historically speaking China used to be really good at innovating but that ended over a Century ago. All in all, great Post. 🙂✌️❤️

[@mill2712]

The SU-75 is a Russian jet concept. Not Chinese. What you're thinking about is the J-20. Rule of thumb if a jet says MiG or SU. It's Russian. J is Chinese.

[@Robinzero1]

Pilot the tip of the spear...the edge of in control while out of control....respect...🇺🇸🇺🇲

[@beefsuprem0241]

I'm sure the 3 of them they produce will greatly complement the 4 SU57 they have😂😂

[@justinpaul3110]

COOL!!! Another airplane that Sukhoi can't find a buyer for🤣🤣🤣

[@smyers820gm]

They need to get someone drunk first or put a bag over checkmates head 😂

[@AAA310]

The entire eastern world buys their jets bro 😂

[@justinpaul3110]

@@AAA310 like they did with the SU 57?

[@smyers820gm]

@@AAA310 yes and the west is GRATEFUL 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jasonplazar-yd9ch]

All Russian jets has had huge intakes from way back the mig 9 ...the us bought the yak 141 and based the f35 off that platform ...if anything the entire US fighter 4/5 gen program is based off Russian designs

[@boqndimitrov8693]

It's unbelievable that only 100 years ago fighter pilots were flying on wooden and fabric shelves, and trying to kill each other with guns, stones, and even anchors held on a rope!!

[@KensN2History]

The u.s. stole that intake design from the Russian back in the 70s/80s They used it in the X 32. I believe you can watch the video on the KZbin channel Dark Sky's.

[@jaimemartinez8971]

Great video, brother, thank you!

[@rolandixor]

This was fun and interesting. So different from the usual "it's stolen and it sucks!" takes that people normally do. I wish we could live in a world where these jets just existed to fly fast and have fun, and look cool while doing it.

[@Zodd83]

Sincerely I don't think we will ever seen a Su-75 in mid air.

[@rogeryelverton5661]

We finally found all those missing spare parts from the f 35

[@jmiddlefinger]

They should just call it a Chintake for brevity. Former airman happy to see you inspiring the next generation!

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Hey thanks!

[@556MSL]

“Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery” is the version that I think is most eloquent. Thanks for the video.

[@bondsan]

12:54 how to say your a dinosaur without actually saying your a dinosaur.

[@z_actual]

a V tail can work provided that, the areas presented cover the requirement in area for the plan and elevation view if it has enough area for a given moment arm,I dont see an issue what it saves is, it prevents having a radar reflection trap that we would have if there was a conventional 90 degree elevator and rudder

[@mikeleonard8031]

F-35 was so good that the Australian airforce decided to not buy the last 28 F-35s as stipulated by the contract.

[@BenVaserlan]

Folks who think the intake area is too small should have a look at the intake on the MiG-21. The air is compressed before it enters. In the case of the MiG-21 it was the nose cone which did it. In the case of the Su-75, it's ...

[@superobob228]

Canopy bow saves weight. F16 and F22 pay a weight price for the bubble. Polycarbonate thickness for birdstrike in front drives the thickness. Canopy is excess thick on the sides ( extra weight) because its one piece. The smaller canopy with bow is also safer to punch thru in ejection. Love your videos.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Another super scary Russian jet that turns out to be outclassed in every respect if it even made. Where making a new jet you should be scared!

[@dominiksoukal]

Russian always go 2 ways: 1) The SU-57, T-14, T-15. They show the world something quite good but they can't mass produce it end up making a few and never use them. 2) The AK-12. The AK-12 was a good rifle that would have brought Russia in to the 21st century but instead what their army ended up with is a horrible gun thats worse than the AK-74's it was supposed to replace. Another great example of this is the Mig-35.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Hey glad to have you here!

[@Gyyghhhhjjjkk]

If x-32 was the one that got picked over f35 I would literally talk shit about usaf and the navy the whole day because that thing looks like how I smile back in third grade.

[@akshatgupta6172]

Boi when he said" little known asian company sukoi" i knew his level of information ℹ️ 🤣🤣🤣

[@schicktmirkarakale1232]

That was something called a "joke". He's a real former fighter pilot y'know, and unless you happen to be one too, he knows far, far more about this topic than you do.

[@user-di5rm9ee1p]

It is funny how nobody is saying that intake of sr71 is taken from mig21. But ok, carry on...

[@Dirtynapkin]

I always thought the slanted tail fins were to reflect the radar away in a different direction.

[@2fathomsdeeper]

You might be surprised, but it might not be meant as a dogfighter. It may be an interceptor that gets to the area, shoots it's missiles, and goes home much like what the MIG-25 was meant for.

[@celestialknightsffxiv6566]

To slow to be an interceptor. Would need to be M2+ at least 2.25 to be a true interceptor and due to intake design currently shown it would likely not be able to maintain extreme climb rate without compressor stall due to lack of airflow.

[@FireTheHoker]

I'm sure a yankee who hasn't won a war in decades is completely unbiased about Russian weapons and therefore his opinions should be taken seriously.

[@vyacheslavmolotov9786]

The F35 was a copy of the Soviet yak 141