I found a popular article in Russian entitled "Five Secrets of T-50"
you may just watch the video inside
but if there's some interest (indicated by a Like or a Private Message for example), I could translate ..
... and you guys gave me five Likes
so I thought I should translate ... which I'm not good at ... and I'm not good in airplanes ... I did it anyway
(I skipped "too popular" parts like a reference to Star Wars etc., and tried to make it as brief as possible, since you probably know everything what's inside -- I added several links and
my comments). Feel free to tell me what you think (especially if I messed up
Five Secrets of T-50
The T-50 (ПАК ФА) will start to be delivered during the next year
(which would be 2016).
1. Stealth
70% of the hull is made out of composite materials.
The RCS is 0.5 m^2.
The geometry of the airframe and wings enables high-angle attacks -- leading to the supermaneuverability of T-50.
2. Rotating Nozzles
2. of
engines make possible for example turning of the aircraft on the spot;
- can be changed from round to flat (to hide the turbine, but at the expense of loosing five to seven percents of the thrust);
New engines expected in 2020, with the thrust increased by 25 to 30%.
3. Smart Hull-Coating
- there're six radars spread over it;
In front to the canopy, there's a
and behind the canopy: the IR sensor to allow the pilot to "look behind".
The Electronic Warfare Suite "Himalaya" helps to hide the airplane from the enemy radars and at the same time enables to see stealth airplanes; its parts are also spread over the hull.
(I have no idea what that system is, I found (dated April 24, 2014):
saying its production by
has begun.)
The article then quotes somebody from industry: "We don't produce separate parts of the electronics, but segments of an airplane with electronic devices incorporated into these segments."
4. Cool Mind
On board there're two multi-processor computers with 1Gb interconnection.
The electronic intelligence system fuses the data collected from various sources.
T-50 can fight alone, but also within the "unified battlefield" concept, where each machine becomes the eyes, ears and the striking power of the military force; can track up to 60 targets, engage simultaneously up to 16 of them.
Navigation systems which can be employed: GLONASS or GPS or both or none (INS).
Pilot gets the information from three multi-functional displays.
The windshield-mounted display, helmet-mounted display, and
(which uses female
voice) are available.
5. Long Hands
T-50 can fight enemy's airplanes at any distance as it can use long-, mid-, and short-range AA missiles.
The long-ranged
holds the world record by hitting a target at 304 km.
(really?)
The mid-ranged is
(the author actually uses the wiki article here so I move on)
The short-ranged AAM should be the К-30
(
-- I didn't find its description in English; the link
says it'll be ready for T-50 in 2016).
The article conludes with examples of other missiles which can T-50 use:
- P-50 anti-radiation missile
(I didn't find any link describing that one)
