Sukhoi Su-35

what is it?

The Sukhoi Su-35 (Russian: Сухой Су-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E/M, occasionally nicknamed "Super Flanker") is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Russian Su-27 air superiority fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable, 4.5 generation air superiority fighters, designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and built by Sukhoi. The type was originally developed by the Soviet Union from the Su-27 and was known as the Su-27M. It incorporated canards and a multi-function radar giving it multi-role capabilities.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 15.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 2,400 km/htop speed
• range 3,600 kmwithout refuelling
• size 34.5 tmax take-off weight
• built 27made 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 18 years ago, in 2008.
• 🏎️Top speed is 18.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 💥Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.9 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 3,600 km: 20× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 2.0× 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

2008-02-19

introduced

2014

status

still flying

number built

27

role

multirole fighter

origin

Soviet Union (Russia since 1991)

makers

Sukhoi, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association

engines

2× Saturn AL-41F1S / Saturn AL-31

crew

1

length

21.9 m

wingspan

15.3 m

height

5.9 m

max take-off weight

34.5 t

top speed

2,400 km/h

cruise speed

1,170 km/h

range

3,600 km

ceiling

18,000 m

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

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