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tifosi77:
It's the fuselage of the YF-23, the wing and tail surfaces of the YF-22, the engines of the Flanker series.  What's the Russian word for 'mongrel'?

The thing's going to be about as stealthy as a frickin' barn door.  Any gains they make in using RAM or matching angles on the surfaces will be undone by the decidedly unstealthy engine nacelles.  They'll be a massive radar reflector.

And to what others have mentioned, I've read that NATO will be giving this bird the callsign 'Firefox' if it makes it to production.  I'm not kidding.

SUBS17:
Now that is a cool NATO name for it if they did.

AceFlyboy:
дворовая собака (dvoróvaja sobáka)     ::)  

'the new Russian design is an extremely skillful blend of several design aspects brought together'
A mongrel can often do a job better than a pure breed.......
'looks stealthy from the front but not so much from the rear' ...... doesn't mean its stealthy.
'prototype' means development, perhaps to a stealthier rear end in the future, even vectored stealth nozzles. Maybe because of cost these compromises have been made...initially to get it flying?
The Su-27 was developed from a prototype concept, so was the F-22.... both after long and costly redesign.
Boeing didn't get it right with the X-32 JSF prototype and had to redesign the rear end from pure delta to include horizontal stabilators......but was too late and so missed the boat.

'The cross sections look thin for good stealth characteristics'  from the front.........

Also note long 'v' shapes running along the undersides of inner wings just outside of the undercarriage....possible weapon enclosures for missiles?
Also.... does it have any cannon port/s?
Those internal weapon bays located between the engines are long enough and big enough for some quite interesting weapons.... a designed in multi purpose capability?

Be as disparaging and blinkered as you like, the F-35 is a compromise aircraft with huge increasing cost, the F-22 is a perfected design only as a pure fighter at huge unaffordable cost.....
The PAK FA is a compromise.....who's paying.....? ' there are a lot of industrially or oil wealthy nations who would sponsor development and buy or build.......and I am sure Russia would be willing for the right country/ies and price........'
Not even the United States of America can afford the best anymore.....its too costly and they are now too much in debt.
Maybe to some possible recipients absolute stealth is not so important in their region...but overall capability is.... maybe it is an acceptable compromise on cost, sphere of influence grounds and affordability for internal or export consumption.
Be certain about it, the design has been created to match current and future opposing forces...and fill a long time gap in Russian capability.

If it looks right, then ...........

Go here for latest info plus a four view color profile.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA
or directly here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sukhoi_PAK-FA_isometric.svg

This webpage is very good and packed with pictures...
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?149828-Sukhoi-T-50-PAK-FA

This webpage has performance info;
http://warfare.ru/?linkid=2280&catid=255

More info;
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100129/157717728.html
http://en.rian.ru/trend/fifth_generation_fighter/

Discussion here;
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread130829/pg1




 

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