Fighter Jet does some tricks

[Mopsdrops]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1994695142386399860
awesome. Don't know much about fighter jets anymore, few years ago I was a little model expert :P guess it's a MIG-29...

[gis]

i always giv credit to pilots who can do that stuff,because id end up doin 1 of 2 things in that plane......

1) bring up everything i ate in the last 24 hours

2) collapse

[ZfrkS62]

i always wondered how they did those stunts. But seeing the airflow with the smoke explains it perfectly :D

[nickthaskater]

Nice vid, and it's an SU-35 I believe (Super Flanker)

PS. I thought this was a great vid
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7908977996459602882

[ZfrkS62]

^ yeah, i remember Alex talking about them with the airshow crashes vid. I knew they looked familiar but i couldn't remember what they were

[r2r]

Great video links from both Mopsdrops and nickthaskater.

i have to say fighter jets are rally beautiful machines imo.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7908977996459602882

in this video there was a black plane (cy-47) that I never saw before. I wonder if its new replacement for one of the Russian planes.

[nickthaskater]

If you mean the black plane with the forward swept wings, that's an SU-37 'Berkut', Russia's 5th generation fighter.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7382/b725jk1.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b725jk1.jpg) http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3050/s37029lw2.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s37029lw2.jpg) http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8184/s37037pn5.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s37037pn5.jpg)

Aesthetically, it's my absolute favourite fighter to date.

[r2r]

^^ Yeah that 's the one I ment.

Which fighter does it replace? since it is so radically different from any previous one's.

It reminds me of the futuristic fighter jet in the movie Stealth.

[nickthaskater]

Judging by the name, I'm assuming it's an evolution of the SU-37 'Terminator'.

[r2r]

^^^ Interesting :hmm:

I'm actually in the process of designing and building my own futuristic fighter jet in a a 3D program. So I'm trying to get as much info on current new models out there.

[nickthaskater]

Well the Berkut isn't really 'new' anymore, it bowed back in '97 I believe. It does have incredible handling characteristics though, really pushed the boundaries. And of course again, you have the looks, which are just pure sex haha.

The Eurofighter, Joint Strike Fighter, and Raptor would be good additional places to look for inspiration if you haven't already.

EF-2000 Eurofighter -
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5976/eurofighterefba04gh2.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eurofighterefba04gh2.jpg) http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6691/eurofighterw1800tc5.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eurofighterw1800tc5.jpg)

F35 (JSF) -
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6853/sddf35manf067rs8.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sddf35manf067rs8.jpg) http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/396/sddf35manf064kv0.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sddf35manf064kv0.jpg)

F22 -
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2485/f22raptor4iz7.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f22raptor4iz7.jpg) http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/659/f222zc3.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f222zc3.jpg)

[r2r]

:shock: '97 I was expecting SU-37 to be an '07 model :)

I'm well familiar with the Eurofighter and the F22, but I don't think I've seen the F35.


I appreciate the info nickthaskater, guess I’m going to do a bit more research now to catch up.

[nickthaskater]

No problem :)

The F35 is a really cool bit of kit, well worth checking up on it. It's even capable of vertical take off and landing ala Harrier.