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Lamborghini Huracán vs Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi Su-30MKI

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Thunder and lightning The Lamborghini’s new Huracán is a quick supercar. The hybrid carbon-fibre chassis of the LP 610-4 weighs less than 200kg, and the engine puts out a massive 602 bhp. So straight-line performance is just amazing. But can it get ahead of the Indian Air Force’s top gun, the Sukhoi Su-30MKI, on the ground? It’s a fascinating question, and really, there’s only one way to find out. The Lamborghini starts out with an advantage. The Sukhoi’s turbine engines take their own sweet time to spool up. The Huracán, meanwhile, is off like a scalded cat, leaping forward with huge energy that comes as a bit of a shock to my passenger, who’s also a Sukhoi pilot. Our heads get tossed back, the seat squeezes us hard in the back and, initially, the Lamborghini leaps ahead. The car’s 0-100 kilometres per hour (kmph) time of just 3.2 seconds certainly helps here. The Sukhoi, however, begins to close the gap as the full force of its about 25,000kg-afterburner thrust comes in. Then, just as we are sure we are ahead, the aircraft thunders past the car’s window, deafening us in the process.


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A handful of seconds later, we see the Sukhoi point its nose up and thunder into the sky, retracting its mechanical claws like a giant eagle. Ground speed at the time should have been 270 or 280 kmph. Performance is so strong off the runway, we have to get off the burners soon after we take off, or we’ll go supersonic over the city; a huge problem, say the pilots. For pure speed, however, there’s no comparison. Whereas the Huracán tops out at a seriously quick 325 kmph, the Su-30MKI can run all the way up to Mach 2.35, over twice the speed of sound. That’s in excess of 2,500 kmph. But raw speed is not enough. Not for the Sukhoi Su-30MKI or the new Lamborghini. Agility is just as important, and as any good engineer will tell you, it is even more difficult to attain. The new Huracán starts with a clean sheet and the chassis uses a combination of high-technology aluminium and carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer. It also uses a four-wheel drive for better traction. This means it puts its power down to the road better and can accelerate out of corners quicker. In the MKI version of the Su 30, the “I” stands for India, with special for-India-only features that help give it amazing agility. It actually uses two key technologies. Up front, the Su-30MKI uses a pair of canards or winglets near the cockpit and, at the rear, thrust vectoring nozzles. The canards help in situations where the aircraft needs to make a tight turn and the thrust-vectoring nozzles help steer the aircraft from the rear by moving up, down, left and right. The Lamborghini, on the other hand, uses a system called torque vectoring on the rear axle. The system kicks in only around corners, allowing the outside wheel of the car to be sent additional power. The Lamborghini Huracán and the Sukhoi Su-30MKI are two of the greatest machines in the world—both at the cutting edge of technology. They are similar, but of course they are different too. Whereas the Lamborghini Huracán “takes off” like a “bat out of hell”, the rate of acceleration drops the faster you go. It’s exactly the opposite for the Sukhoi—up until a certain speed at least.

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/jQKxZLtEFCPYmbz1NMIXcL/Lamborghinis-Huracn-vs-Indian-Air-Forces-Sukhoi-Su30MKI.html?utm_source=copy
 
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So another take on Topgear's Bugati Veyron Vs Eurofighter. Any video of this contest ?
 
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So another take on Topgear's Bugati Veyron Vs Eurofighter. Any video of this contest ?
Indeed, there's been a few similar stunts since then (from the top of my head a Corvette vs a Blue Angels F-18 and a Ferrai vs a Su-27) I'd love to see a vid of this too.


I'm quite surprised the IAF took part in such a stunt, not usually their sort of thing, must be part of their aim to publicise the AF as a career to the younger generation.
 
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Indeed, there's been a few similar stunts since then (from the top of my head a Corvette vs a Blue Angels F-18 and a Ferrai vs a Su-27) I'd love to see a vid of this too.


I'm quite surprised the IAF took part in such a stunt, not usually their sort of thing, must be part of their aim to publicise the AF as a career to the younger generation.

It does give adrenaline rush watching a fighter jet vs supercar contest. As you said may be a publicity excercise
 
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The Sukhoi’s turbine engines take their own sweet time to spool up.
I read somewhere that this is a major difference between interceptors and others. Interceptors are quick response. Not necessarily just in spooling but from getting out of hanger. That is, Mig 29 will be in the air faster than MKI starting from the hanger. Can someone confirm this?
 
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No, that's just reference. It already did a match against a Russian SU. It's do one with an IAF SU 30.
I'm not convinced it did one with an IAF MKI to be honest, I would've thought this would be highly publicised instead of just this one media outlet reporting it.
 
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I don't see this news anywhere in the mainstream media. Thus, useless exercise.
I agree with you, IF this happened then the IAF and whoever brought the car to India (Lamborghini? some third party?) have failed miserably in promoting this event. This leads me to believe it didn't happen.....
 
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I agree with you, IF this happened then the IAF and whoever brought the car to India (Lamborghini? some third party?) have failed miserably in promoting this event. This leads me to believe it didn't happen.....


Yeah! Fake news probably.
 
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