Chinese pilots learn to read in Russian
Party of the Su-35 fighter jets will be delivered in Beijing is almost the same modifications as for the Russian VKS. Devices will display information in Russian
Photo: TASS / Marina Lystseva
Moscow and Beijing have agreed appearance and supplied advanced Russian Su-35 fighters to China. The information in the cockpit will be displayed in Russian - this is the wish of the customer.
As told "Izvestia", Deputy General Director of the Group of electronic technology (KRET, is included in "Rostec") Givi Janjgava, after a series of consultations and negotiations, it was finally decided that China will receive the machine in the form in which they are supplied air and space forces of Russia. The only guise of the Chinese version will be integrated into the on-board units of the Chinese satellite navigation system BeiDou. A data mapping procedures will remain Russian. The first Su-35 Air Force People's Liberation Army (PLA) are waiting at the end of this year.
- Adaptation of the on-board equipment to national requirements of the customer - this is one of the most important technical procedures, - told the newspaper Givi Janjgava. - Throughout the year we have worked hard to put the display in the cockpit data in Chinese. However, in contrast to the inscriptions nor Cyrillic or Latin, hieroglyphics were difficult to read on LCD monitors. As a result, the Chinese side has asked to leave everything as it is. Moreover, the PLA pilots already have the experience of flying on a Russian Su-27, where the cabin is also not adapted to China, and Chinese pilots "read" on-board information in Russian.
As told Janjgava, cockpit Su-35 is completely "glass" (ie panel with numerous sensors and mechanical indicators is replaced by the multiple displays that are set to display the required data at a particular point). However, Su-35 displays explanation of the instruments and a team duplicated characters were too finely written, blurry and unreadable as a result. The problem could be solved by making larger displays, but it would be a completely different cabin, would require additional time and money to develop and test. The Chinese partner is not satisfied, and after consultation with the pilots of the PLA was finally decided to leave things as they are, that is, displays Cyrillic.
Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences Vadim Kozyulin recalls that the first plane in which the said equipment with the pilots in their own language, have been specially commissioned by India's Su-30MKI and MiG-29K. When the machine has decided to buy the Russian Defense Ministry, on-board equipment has been reprogrammed from Latin to Cyrillic. According to some sources, change the "language" in the user cost of several million dollars.
- In the case of the Chinese language is a problem untranslatable words and abbreviations due to lack of relevant terms or their ambiguity, - says Vadim Kozyulin. - Translated they are unrecognizable for Chinese pilots. Such problems with the transition from Latin to Cyrillic or back does not arise.
Currently in service with the air and space forces of Russia is 48 Su-35S. The car has passed its baptism of fire in Syria, fully confirming the high specifications that are not in the least influenced the decision to order an additional 50 military fighter jets.
China plans to get 24 Su-35 machine.
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