Hi everyone, my request concerns Su 34 Fullback.
So, first i will describe plane and later i will add some photos.Su 34 - NATO name "Fullback" is a Russian twin engined, twin seat, multirole tactical bomber/ bomber-fighter capable to carrying nuclear weapons.
But.. About weapons will be later
First flight- 13 April 1990. In series production since 2006.
Fullback is based on Su-27 because 27 have excellent maneuverability and range, and could carry a large payload.
Su-34 was designed primarily for tactical deployment against ground and naval targets -tactical bombing/attack/interdiction roles, including against small and mobile targets, on solo and group missions, in daytime and at night, under favourable and adverse weather conditions and in a hostile environment with counter-fire and counter-measures deployed, as well as for aerial reconnaissance.
Su-34 has almost identical features of wing structure, tail and engine with Su-27, have canards to increase manoeuvrability and reduce trim drag.
Airplane has an entirely new nose and forward fuselage. Cockpit provide side-by-side seating for a crew.
The Su-34's most distinctive feature is the unusually large flight deck. Much of the design work went into crew comfort. The two crew members sit side by side in a large cabin, with the pilot-commander to the left and navigator/operator of weapons to the right.
An advantage of the side by side cockpit is that duplicate instruments are not required for each pilot. Since long missions require comfort, the pressurization system allows operation up to 10,000 metres (32,800 ft) without oxygen masks, which are available for emergencies and combat situations. The crew members have room to stand and move about the cabin during long missions. The space between the seats allows them to lie down in the corridor, if necessary. A galley and toilet are located behind the crew seats.
Both of crew members got NPP Zvezda K-36dm ejection seats.
Operators:- Russian Air Force (79 airplanes)
Now about radars:34 got two radars, first in his nose and the other one in rear section between the nozzles.
Maximum detection range for the passive electronically scanned array forward radar is 200–250 km, to cover the rear a second aft-facing radar is mounted. The main radar can simultaneously attack four targets (in the air, on land or on the water). The rear warning radar system can warn of attack from behind and allow it to fire its R-73s against pursuers without needing to turn the aircraft. The rear radar is unofficially called the N-012. The Su-34 reportedly has a frontal radar cross-section which is an order of magnitude smaller than prior generation fighters.
The primary aircraft sensor is the large Leninets B-004 multimode phased array radar, which uses like all current Russian designs passive phase shifter technology with a Travelling Wave Tube (TWT) transmitter. The radar is claimed to be highly modular with redundant components, reflecting the APQ-164 model to achieve very high mission reliability on long endurance sorties. The X-band design is claimed to achieve a 15 kW peak power rating, although production radars could see the use of higher rating TWT transmitters since developed for the NIIP BARS series.
An inertial navigation system supplemented by a GNSS receiver (Glonass and likely GPS C/A) is employed.
The planned internal electro-optical suite appears to have vanished in more recent reports, with claims that the Sapsan-E thermal imaging and laser targeting pod will be carried externally, probably on the No 9 ventral inlet station.
Su-34 are fitted with a large circular dielectric panel on the upper fuselage, which can only be a satellite communications antenna given its size and placement.
Defensive systems include a Radar Warning Receiver, most likely the current variant of the SPO-32 / L150 Pastel digital receiver. The podded wingtip mounted KNIRTI SPS-171 / L005S Sorbtsiya-S H/I band defensive jammer has been reported, this system being an evolution of a jammer developed for the Backfire C. The Sorbtsiya-S, unlike most Western jamming pods, is designed to operate in pairs and uses forward and aft looking steerable wideband phased arrays to maximise jamming effect. It is worth observing that the Sorbtsiya is clearly built to provide cross-eye jamming modes against monopulse threats, and the wideband mainlobe steering capability provided by the phased array permits best possible utilisation of available jamming power.
Cockpit:The cockpit uses a single dual combiner Head Up Display, and AMLCD displays. The widely photographed prototype cockpits are unlikely to represent a production configuration.
Specification, engines, performance and armament: 1. General characteristics:a) Crew: 2
b) Length: 23.34 m (72 ft 2 in)
c) Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
d) Height: 6.09 m (19 ft 5 in)
e) Wing area: 62.04 m² (667.8 ft²)
f) Empty weight: 22,500 kg (49,608 lb)
g) Loaded weight: 39,000 kg (85,980 lb)
h) Useful load: 12,000 kg [52] (26,455 lb)
i) Max. takeoff weight: 45,100 kg (99,425 lb)
j) Powerplant: 2 × 13,500 kgf (132 kN, 29,762 lbf) afterburning thrust Lyulka AL-31FM1[93] turbofans
k) Internal fuel: 12,100 kg (15,400 l)
2. Performance:a) Maximum speed:
-High altitude: Mach 1.8+ (?2,000 km/h, 1,200 mph)
-Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (1,400 km/h, 870 mph) at sea level
b) Cruise speed: unknown (sorry i can't find)
c) Range: 1,100 km (680 mi) at low level altitude
d) Combat radius: 1,000+ km (about 680 mi)
e) Ferry range: 4,000 km (2,490 mi)
f) Service ceiling: 15,000 m (49,200 ft)
g) Thrust/weight: 0.68
h) Maximum g-load: 9g
3. Armament:a) Hardpoints:
-12x wing and fuselage stations with a capacity of 8,000-12,000kg.
b) Guns:
-1x 30mm GSh-30-1 Cannon, 150-180 rounds. (GSh-30-1 -> "9A-4071K", that is the name of cannon in 1980.)
c) Rockets:
- S-8 rocked pod
- S-13 rocked pod
- S-25 rocked pod
d) Missiles:
- R-27 (AA-10) air-to-air missile
- R-73 (AA-11) air-to-air missile
- R-77 (AA-12) air-to-air missile
- Kh-29L/T (AS-14) air-to-ground missile
- Kh-38 new generation air-to-ground missile with a range of 40 km
- Kh-25MT/ML/MP (AS-10) air-to-ground missile or anti-radiation missile
- Kh-59M (AS-18) air-to-ground missile
- Kh-58 (AS-11) anti-radiation missile
- Kh-31 (AS-17) anti-radiation or anti-ship missile
- Kh-35 (AS-20) anti-ship missile
- P-800 Oniks missile (SS-N-26 Strobile) anti-ship missile (version for the Air Force). Version named "Alpha", weight of 1500 kg with a range of up to 300 km and a speed in the range of numbers M = 2.2-3.0. Officially not in service.
- Kh-65SE or Kh-SD cruise missile
e) Bombs:
- KAB-500L guided bomb
- KAB-500KR guided bomb
- KAB-500S guided bomb
- KAB-1500L/KR guided bomb
- OFAB-250-270 unguided bomb
- OFAB-100-120 unguided bomb
- FAB-500T unguided bomb
- BETAB-500SHP unguided bomb
- P-50T unguided training bomb
- ODAB-500PM unguided bomb
- RBK-500 unguided bomb
- SPBE-D sensor fuzed bomb
f) Fuel tanks, reconaissance pod:
- PTB-3000 fuel tank
- reconaissance pod
It's time for photos!:
I think, that's all so maybe one day we will be able to fly this in virtual world!
And look, one day and we've got Christmas so i wish you all the best!(This is my first topic so please give me some tips like what is too much, what information is missing etc. At the same time i would to say sorry if somewhere in the sentence i've make mistake, i'm still learning.)
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