SU 47 Berkut

SU 47 Berkut was a forward swept wing experimental aircraft created in the 1990's in Russia.

[muhammadyousufkhan]

Insane potential of that design. Also looks like it's coming to give you a deadly hug

[ЯБезымянный-оф]

Even with it's shortcomings, the craft itself is simply beautiful.

[Su--jqoq]

Glad to see I'm being represented.

[Kotroniusz]

Recent incident of Su-34 that avoided 3 Patriots takes it back to maneuverability.

[CrimsonRaven]

su-47 berkut and the yf-23 black widow..
the 2 most sexy and iconic planes that never made it into production.

[Damocles]

I'll always think that's a sexy design

[AlexJ-gz]

При всех своих преимуществах у крыла подобной стреловидности есть один серьезный недостаток. На определенных скоростях и углах атаки появляется эффект, который по научному называется упругая положительная дивергенция. Проще говоря на законцовках крыла образуется избыточная подъемная сила, которая приводит к неприемлимой аэродинамической тряске. К тому же такое крыло не подходит для больших сверхзвуковых скоростей. Всего в мире было создано три самолета подобного типа. Два Grumman X-29 и один СУ-47 Беркут. Однако дальше экспериментальных моделей эти самолеты не пошли, т.к. ученым в итоге не удалось обмануть законы физики и оба проекта после получения необходимых данных свернули. Но тем не менее я считаю СУ-47 самым красивым самолетом из когда-либо созданных. Единственный и неповторимый)

[Seeker-wmlj]

All the coolest Russian inventions have 47 in their name

[starliner]

It's about time we had a good Indian military channel for explaining these things

[MisterRorschach]

The reasons this type of wing isn’t used is because of stability and structural issues. These issues would be easily mitigated with more modern composites utilizing nanotechnology, along with exotic methods like active aeroelastic wing mechanisms, active flutter suppression and gust load alleviation. Might as well add crazy stuff like fluidic thrust vectoring, electrohydrodynamic thrust vectoring through plasma actuators, magneto hydrodynamic thrust vectoring, and thermal-acoustic thrust vectoring. Less moving parts, less weight, and extreme supermaneuverability.

[muneeb_sg]

The Su-47 Berkut is very capable in terms of it's maneuverability in subsonic speeds. But this design doesn't allow for optimal super sonic flight as seen in traditional aircraft designs with the Su-35 with thrust vectoring. But Russia & Sukhoi have restarted to fly since UAV's in 6th Gen Combat that will fly alongside other aircraft with AI will benefit from a swept wing design and be maneuverable at subsonic speeds.

[zapata]

If this aircraft would have made it to the production it would become one of the most deadly dogi fighter till date.

[Aditya-fqwk]

The Graphic is Good, It would Be Enhanced by Taking the Background as A aircraft Hanger instead of plain background

[andallthatcouldhavebeen...]

Always thought that was an awesome design! Loved flying it in the old ace combat games.

[kharisjones]

The Berrkut. Terminator, Su-57 Fulcrum, Foxbat and its cousin are Russias most beautiful war birds

[Bertal]

Главная проблема крыла обратной стреловидности - нестабильность крыльев на высокой скорости, что могло приводить к разрушению крыла

[soaresbaiano]

Uma das aeronaves mais lindas já criadas. Infelizmente não entrou em produção...

[sajesh]

In forward swept wings, wing bendings are prevelant during the high angle of attack. This is an inherent design flaw which hindered the design adoption for further development.

[foxhoundms]

My baby on any Ace Combat game it's in 😂

[Il_Principessa]

"Gault One to all units, Begin the operation"

"Let the victor, Be justice"