History of the Sukhoi Company
Pavel Sukhoi, who was an aerospace engineer, took command of an aviation and aircraft prototype facility in Under his leadership, experimental fighters as well as a record-breaking aircraft were produced. Some of these planes were flown by famous aviators.
When Joseph Stalin needed a multi-role combat aircraft, it was Sukhoi and his team who rose to the challenge, developing the BB-1 in This was later called the Su
During WWII, the Su-2 was proven to be obsolete, so the Su-6 was developed. This 2-seater aircraft was heavily armored and designed for ground-attack. It was considered to be a better option than the Ilyushin Il-2, but the Il-2 was chosen instead. However, this led Sukhoi to continue developing variations of the Su
Sukhoi Aircraft planes were also used during the Cold War. The Su-5 and Su-7, both fighters, were developed during this time. The Su-5 was cancelled, but the Su-7 was continued. During , the team created a booster aircraft control system. Sukhoi fell out of favor with Stalin and was forced to work under another developer.
It wasn’t until , when Stalin died, that Sukhoi reestablished the Sukhoi Design Bureau and set up n
FIGHTER PLANES
Heavily armoured attack and anti-tank aircraft. The Su is a well-armoured aircraft, capable of carrying a large load under its shoulder-placed wing. Compared to its US counterpart, the A, it is faster and more agile. The Su saw combat in Afghanistan, and experience there led to major improvements. A navalized version was built for the large carriers. Later models have more powerful R engines.
The Su, which is no longer in serial production, made its first flight in This single seat ground attack aircraft is a very durable airplane &#; it is fairly heavily armoured &#; and easy to service &#; all service equipment can be stored in a container and transported by the airplane itself. It is armed with one twin barrel 30mm gun in the bottom of the fuselage with rounds. There are 8 pylons under the wings which can carry about 4, kg of air-to-ground weapons, including 57mm to mm rockets. There are two small outboard pylons for AA-2D/ATOLL or AA-8/APHID AAMs.
The wings are high-mounted and back-tapered with straight trailing edges. There are pods mounted at the square tips. There are two turbojets mounted alongside the body under the wings. There ar
The Sukhoi Su Also known as Super Flanker, is a designation for two separate, heavily upgraded derivatives of the Su 'Flanker'. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable multirole fighters, designed by Sukhoi and built by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association. The first variant was designed during the s, when Sukhoi was seeking to upgrade its high-performance Su, and was initially known as the SuM. Later re-designated Su, this derivative incorporated aerodynamic refinements to increase manoeuvrability, enhanced avionics, longer range, and more powerful engines. The first Su prototype, converted from a Su, made its maiden flight in June More than a dozen of these were built, some of which were used by the Russian Knights aerobatic demonstration team. The first Su design was later modified into the Su, which possessed thrust vectoring engines and was used as a technology demonstrator. A sole SuUB two-seat trainer was built in the late s that strongly resembled the SuMK family.
Sukhoi Su
Soviet interceptor aircraft
This article is about the supersonic Su "Flagon". For the earlier subsonic interceptor, see Sukhoi Su ().
The Sukhoi Su (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in and remained one of the front-line designs into the s.[1] The Su was designed to replace the Sukhoi Su and Sukhoi Su-9, which were becoming obsolete as NATO introduced newer and more capable strategic bombers.
Development
[edit]Recognizing the limitations of the earlier Su-9 and Su in intercepting the new Boeing B Stratofortress, particularly in terms of radar and aircraft performance, the Sukhoi OKB quickly began the development of a heavily revised and more capable aircraft. A variety of development aircraft evolved, including the Sukhoi T, which shared the fuselage of the Su-9 (including its single engine), but used cheek-mounted intakes to leave the nose clear for a large radome for the RP Oryol-D ("Eagle") radar (NATO "Skip Spin"), and the T-5, essentially a heavily modified Su with a widened rear fuselage containing two Tumansky R engines.
These led to the T, which c
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