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About the aircraft Sukhoi Su-33
Russia's Maritime Multirole Fighter
Su-27K is in service under the name of the Su-33.
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The Su-33 aeroplane has been developed on the platform of the Su-27; it is manufactured in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
The Su-33 is a single-seat ship-based STOBAR fighter, with upward folding wings and horizontal tail surfaces (for hangar storage); it is equipped with probe-and-drogue flight refuelling capability. The Su-33 is designed for defence of naval ships from aerial threats. |
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| Introduced: 1994 |
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Manufacturer: Sukhoi
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Weight:
Empty weight: 18,400 kg (40,600 lb)
Loaded weight: 29,940 kg (66,010 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 33,000 kg (72,750 lb)
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Dimensions:
Length: 21.94 m (72 ft)
Height: 5.93 m (19.5 ft)
Wing area: 62.0 m² (667 ft²)
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| Role: Maritime Multirole Fighter |
| Crew: 1 |
Engine:
Powerplant: 2× AL-31F afterburning
turbofans
Dry thrust: 7,600 kgf (74.5 kN, 16,750 lbf) each
Thrust with afterburner: 12,500 kgf
(122.6 kN, 27,560 lbf) each
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Performance:
Max Speed: Mach 2.17 (2,300 km/h, 1,430 mph) at 10,000 m (33,000 ft) altitude
Stall speed: 240 km/h (150 mp/h)
Climb Rate: 325 m/s (64,350 ft/min)
Service ceiling: 17,000 m (55,800 ft)
Range: 3,000 km (1,860 mi)
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Armament:
1 × 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannon with 150
rounds
Up to 6,500 kg (14,300 lb) of munitions on twelve external hardpoints, including:
R-27/R-73 air-to-air missiles
Various bombs and rockets
ECM pods
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Variants:Su-33UB Flanker D
Sukhoi Su-27
Sukhoi Su-30
Sukhoi Su-34
Sukhoi Su-35
Sukhoi Su-37
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Primary users:
Russian Naval Aviation
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| Source: |
www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/military/su33
www.ausairpower.net/APA-Maritime |
| More Information: |
| http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/812/21/0#7 |
| www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/military/su33 |
| www.ausairpower.net/APA-Maritime- |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-33 |
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Two Su-27K prototypes were built by the Design Bureau in cooperation with a production plant in 1986-87.
The first flight of the prototype T10K-1 was performed by the design bureau's test pilot V.G. Pugachov on 17th August 1987, and on 22nd December 1987, N.F. Sadovnikov took off for the first time in the second prototype, T10K-2.
In the course of the plane's flight development tests, on 1st November 1989,
V.G. Pugachov used T10K-2 to perform the USSR’s first conventional (non-V/STOL) landing on the deck of the USSR Admiral of the Fleet Kuznetsov ACHC (then Tbilisi).
In 1989, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant started production of a Su-27K development batch, the first production plane being flight-tested at the plant by the design bureau's test pilot I.V. Votintsev on 17th February 1990. |
Official testing of the Su-27K took place in 1991-1994. In April 1993, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant released the first ship-based fighters for delivery to the pilots of the aviation wing of the Northern Fleet to be put into service at the 279th ship-based fighter aircraft regiment (SFAR).
By August 1994, the regiment had received as many as 24 production aircraft. In 1993-95, combat pilots of the 279th SFAR gained experience on the aircraft; following that, between December 1995 and March 1996, the USSR Admiral of the Fleet Kuznetsov ACHC put to sea for its maiden long-distance training voyage.
The 31st August 1998 decree of the president of the RF put the Su-27K into service under the name of the Su-33. |
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Go to http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/812/21/0#7
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