Comment section are so intense.
I'm also feeling strange & unsatisfied about Russia's display arrangement.
Why always showcase a T-50-4 prototype with poor craftsmanship on airshow? Don't they have a better-looking serial production aircraft? I know the total quantity is fairly low, and they're in an intense war with Ukraine. But even a single in-service aircraft can't be spared out? Do Russia even care about PR, or just their available/flyable Su-57s are far less than we expected?
If they sent a better plane, PR would be easier, also clients would be more willing to buy.
As far as we know T-50-4 is the only prototype with an almost full avionics suite and the first one made from the start with the revised reinforced structures, which is why it gets sent to airshows.My understanding is that prototypes not encumbered by radar/electronics used in frontline aircraft fly better. If you want optimal aerobatics you save as much weight as possible.
Someone doesn’t understand that superior QC takes time…
Indians design the most fugly aircrafts. Although the AMCA model is less so than LCA.It is just so NDTV to call an AMCA mockup a prototype. Not only that, they are calling AMCA a "5.5 generation" fighter.
According to the Project Director of AMCA. This 1:1 model is not a "display model", but an "engineering model". He further explains that an "engineering model", is not for display (what?), but for engineering tests. It was apparently made with aircraft-grade materials.
So if that thing belongs in a lab, why display it at Aero India, fully painted and kitted out? Why not just display a mockup, which is far cheaper to make?