How Russia built a stealth jet to beat the west - Su-57

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[RandomTrinidadian]

So stealthy, it has never been seen in actual combat

[jcy]

"The famous forward swept wing design we all flew in Ace Combat" that one line made my day. Thank you for the memories 😂👍

[olivercollard]

I know it's not for aesthetics, but the mismatched panel colors on the Su-57 look awesome.

[novosome]

I came here for the comments. It's astounding to see the number of aerospace engineers and material scientists here discussing and comparing, from design to functionality to application and lethality.

[sosomelodies]

The SU-57 gets an A+ for design aesthetics. It's just beautiful.

[nong]

Design-wise, this has always been one of my favorite planes. This plane, along with the YF-23, prove to me that beauty and lethality are not mutually exclusive.

[jasonkrisko]

FAE: "Don't skip this part"

Me: *immediately skips ahead 20 sec*

[Mr.McWatson]

I saw the Su 57 recently got an engine upgrade, my impression with this plane is a couple of things.
A) they weren't trying to make a direct counterpart to the F22, Russia prefers a workhorse to a racehorse usually.
B) It's a paradigm shift and is a learning project which is slowly being modified and refined as money allows. It's like the shift to windows xp, there were a lot of problems due to 64 bit never being used before. I assume this because the successor to the Su 57 is already in development and pre-production.
It's a really beautiful airplane in any case

[eddieschwab]

As awesome as the su-57 is on paper, the superiority question can be summed up with this..

"Would you intercept me?

I'd intercept me."

[ronjinskaarin]

Putin: "I haven't seen our stealth plane in combat over Ukraine."

Sukhoi: "Thank you, sir!"

[garthkite]

Its absolutely stunning looking, it really is one of the prettiest planes out there.

[VIPxB]

All I know about the F22 Raptor, it's first incursion was to shoot a Chinese balloon, 1st missile missed while the 2nd hit it.

[samirowens]

If only it performed as good as it looks.

[IAmTheAce]

[meanwhile in the distant future]

‘Let’s talk about the stealth fighter that never was…’

[kieranfitzgerald]

"don't skip this part"

Me: immediately skips

[literallyshaking]

The B2 will never not look futuristic.

100 years from now it’ll still look like alien technology.

[pseudotasuki]

Drone "wingmen" seem like a fantastic force-multiplier. You can increase the weapon load and data gathering capabilities of crewed warplanes whire minimizing the number of soldiers praced in a dangerous situation. It combines the advantages of drone aircraft while eliminating most of their disadvantages.

[CEOmagi]

USA: * builds something cool*
Russia: * build something cool to compete*
China: can I copy yo homework?

[erikpeterffy]

My theory is that after India 'dropped out' of the programme, the Russians no longer wanted a full-fledged stealth fighter. They don't even apply the most basic criteria for stealth (rivet concealment, serpentine air intake design, serrated edges, metal-less canopy, etc). These are well known necessities for effective stealth, there is no way the Russians don't know this (all the more so because they clearly use them on their stealth drone). They simply don't need a Russian F22. Nevertheless, I think it is a beautiful aircraft, I am very sorry that we will never see one of these here in the middle of Europe on a peaceful airshow.

[finscreenname]

They already addressed the inlets and the compressor blades cross section. Just doing it a little different from the West but with the same results. Also the upgraded engines are now being installed with a mach 2 cruise speed and the engine will be used in older planes for a replacement upgrade. Being used in older planes they will be able to build more making it more reasonable then just building them for the Su57's.