Combat Aircraft Projects & Designs - Index in 2nd post

[Manticore]

No, I'm sorry, I don't have any books to recommend. I would look to the U.K. for such a book, as the Brits are just nuts for plane spotting. Good luck!

hahaha, i think the above book ware included in there training during ww2 as it really woulve helped to know what and when to start firing!

In the US during World War II, civilians were enlisted into a Ground Observer Corps to support air defense operations and received aircraft recognition training.

The U.S. military continues to use the initials WEFT as a mnemonic for the major features of an aircraft. All aircraft are built with the same basic elements: Wings or rotors to provide lift, Engines to provide power, a Fuselage to carry the payload and pilot, and a Tail assembly which usually controls the direction of flight. These elements differ in shape, size, number, and position. The differences distinguish one aircraft type from another. The individual components can be taught in as separate recognition and identification features, but it is the composite of these features that must be learned to recognize and identify an aircraft.

 

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Just amazing.

 

[nightcrawler]

Hope you don't mind AntiBody this is my first contribution

Explanation: Both planes are the varinats of Tu-95 Bear bomber. One can see however the marked difference in their nose shape. The first one is an ASW variant. It was the part of the World's first reconnaissance/strike plane providing midcourse guide to P-6 antiship missiles launched from Submarines or other sea platforms. Tear drop radar in Berkoot(Golden Eagle). The latter & feared duckbill bomber is Tu-95MS/k featured a YaD target illumination radar (NATO Crown Drum} in the nose, supplanting the glazed nose of the Bear-A: the twin-antenna array of the YaD (one antenna for search and another for missile guidance) resulted in a distinctive "duck bill" nose profile. The turbojet-powered Kh-20 was carried semi-recessed in the fuselage and extended into the slipstream prior to launch.

DefenceDog: Tupolev Tu-95-142: Yefim Gordon

 

[Manticore]

i dont mind at all , my friend!

 

[Super Falcon]

allll respected aircrafts have awsome designs

 

[SQ8]

somebody put as much of the Sukhoi S-55/56 as possible.. i love that design.

 

[Manticore]

Sukhoi S-54 (1995)

Type: Two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft.

Program: Began as one of designs by five OKBs to meet official Russian requirement to replace Aero L-29 and L-39 Albatros; program launched 1990; configuration refined 1992; avionics and system units tested in Su-25 and Su-27.

Design features: Described by Sukhoi as scaled-down development of Su-27, with speed, operating altitude and maneuverability commensurate with combat aircraft; unconventional all-swept mid-wing configuration; twin outward-canted fins mounted at wing trailing-edges; engine air intakes under wing roots; retractable tricycle landing gear.

Flying controls: Fly-by-wire as Su-27, via flaperons, all-moving tailplane and rudders; leading-edge flaps; airbrake; preprogrammable to make aircraft easier to fly, dependent on pupil's ability; optional 'panic button' to return aircraft to straight and level flight from any altitude, and push-button spin recovery; optional playback system to record student's every move in flight.

Landing gear: Retractable tricycle type; single wheel on each unit; mainwheels retract inward, nose wheel forward; no brake-chute.

Power plant: One Soyuz/Tumansky R-195FS turbojet; modified from Su-25 power plant; rated at 41.2 kN (9,260 lb st) dry and 60.8 kN (13,670 lb st) with afterburning; optional alternatives could include F404, RB199, and PD33, with minimum airframe modifications. Two internal fuel tanks, total capacity 1,660 kg (3,660 lb). Single-point pressure fueling.

Accommodation: Two crew in tandem, on K-36 zero/zero ejection seats, under blister canopy; rear seat raised.

Avionics: Avionics and cockpit interior same as for current and advanced tactical aircraft. Automatic flight control system. Weather radar standard.

Armament: Wingtip mounts for two close-range IR homing air-to-air missiles; two hardpoints under each wing for air-to-air and air-to-surface guided weapons.

Dimensions external
Wing span: 9.08 m (29 ft 9.5 in)
Wing cord at root: 4.64 m (15 ft 2.75 in)
Wing cord at tip: 1.18 m (3 ft 10.5 in)
Length overall: 12.30 m (40 ft 4.25 in)
Height overall: 4.47 m (14 ft 8 in)
Tailplane span: 5.49 m (18 ft .25 in)
Wheel track: 2.52 m (8 ft 3.25 in)
Wheelbase: 3.45 m (11 ft 4 in)

Areas
Wings gross: 26.42 sq m (284.4 sq ft)
Flaperons (total): 2.94 sq m (31.65 sq ft)
Leading-edge flaps (total): 2.36 sq m (25.40 sq ft)
Fins (total): 6.46 sq m (69.54 sq ft)
Rudders (total): 1.54 sq m (16.58 sq ft)
Tailplane: 4.46 sq m (48.01 sq ft)

Weights and loadings
Weight empty, equipped: 4,790 kg (10,560 lb)
Max T-O weight: 9,410 kg (20,745 lb)
Max landing weight: 7,130 kg (15,718 lb)
Max wing loading: 356.2 kg/sq m (72.94 lb/sq ft)
Max power handling: 154.75 kg/kN (1.52 lb/lb st)

Performance (estimated)
Max level speed at height: Mach 1.55 (890 kts; 1,650 km/h; 1,025 mph)
Max level speed at sea level: Mach 0.98 (645 kts; 1,200 km/h; 745 mph)
T-O speed: 98 kts (180 km/h; 112 mph)
Landing speed: 92 kts (170 km/h; 106 mph)
Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,050 ft)
T-O run: 380 m (1,250 ft)
Landing run: 500 m (1,640 ft)
Range with max fuel at sea level: 440 n miles (820 km; 510 miles)
Range with max fuel at altitude: 1,080 n miles (2,000 km; 1,240 miles)
g limits: +9/-3

VERIFIED

Text source: Jackson, Paul editor. ja All the World's Aircraft 1995-96 Information Group Limited 1995 p. 382.


Model of Sukhoi S-54 in fully armed combat configuration

 

[Manticore]

some more single engine russian proposals--

su37

 

[Manticore]

Sukhoi S-54 S-55 S-56

 

[Manticore]

Sukhoi S-52 (?)

 

[Manticore]

Muchamedov Integral and Integral-2010

Finally Fatidinovi Muchamedovi managed to sell his concept of Iran and there working on the development of fighter Shafagh .

 

[Manticore]

Muchamedov Vityaz 2000

Program LFS for pakfa

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forgot to give source to above--
¼ahké ruské stíhaèky 4,5 a 5. generácie

 

[Manticore]

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[Manticore]

PAK-FA prototypes 1, 2

 

[Manticore]

Iranian Shafagh

Japanese Stealth Fighter project