Sukhoi Su-57

what is it?

The Sukhoi Su-57 (Russian: Сухой Су-57; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (Russian: ПАК ФА, prospective aeronautical complex of front-line aviation) programme, which was initiated in 1999 as a more modern and affordable alternative to the MFI (Mikoyan Project 1.44/1.42). Sukhoi's internal designation for the aircraft is T-50.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 14.1 m wingspan

base stats

• range 3,500 kmwithout refuelling
• size 34 tmax take-off weight
• built 10made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 16 years ago, in 2010.
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 3,500 km: 19× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 2.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

2010-01-29

introduced

2018

status

in production

number built

10

role

stealth multirole fighter

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

makers

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association

engines

2× Saturn AL-41F-1 / Saturn AL-41

crew

1

length

20.1 m

wingspan

14.1 m

height

4.6 m

max take-off weight

34 t

top speed

—

range

3,500 km

ceiling

18,800 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.