Why The SU57 'Felon' Sucks

In this video, we take a closer look at the overhyped and underwhelming SU57 Felon - and why it might not be quite the impressive fifth-generation fighter that many think it is. Despite its sleek design and impressive manoeuvrability, this aircraft falls short in key areas such as stealth capabilities, outdated systems, and limited production numbers. Join us as we delve into the specifics and explore why the SU57 Felon might not live up to its hype as a dominant force in modern air combat.

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0:00 Opening
0:31 Modern air doctrine
0:59 The SU57’s shortfall
1:34 How is stealth calculated?
2:54 How does it compare?
4:39 Why is it so bad?
4:55 Shape and Simulation
6:20 IRST dome
7:26 Outdated philosophy
7:51 RAM coating
8:16 Exposed screws?
9:08 Bubble bath cockpit
9:39 Low Production
10:57 Greater implications
11:57 Conclusion.
12:38 Outro
13:30 Patrons

[KabodaOfficial]

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[frostbyte]

My congratulations to Sukhoi for designing a formidable answer to the F-15.

[ashvandal]

I’d have to say the 57 is actually pretty darn stealthy considering how no one has ever seen it operate in a combat theatre.

[malloc]

The checkmate is amazingly stealthy, like the aramata: totally invisible on all battlefields for decades to come.

[_average_]

What are these sh*t called F-22, SU-57?


Im gonna be flying in my 11th gen Cessna 152 😎

[IndigenousRealGuy]

Top Gun Maverick is the best thing that happened to this plane. It made non-plane nerds think this is the best plane ever made.

EDIT: Y’all can’t take a joke

[TmccreightGaming]

F-22: Radar cross-section of a Bee

SU-57: Radar cross-section the size of an SU-57

[cherrypepsi]

The old saying "never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake" comes to mind

[mco]

I'm starting to think the reason that we call it the felon is because the people who built it were criminally negligent

[fyrepwr]

The exposed screws is an enormous problem. Ben Rich describes in his book "Skunkworks" that when they were developing the F-117, it could consistently fly within a few miles of the radars they had access to without being detected until one day they got a clear lock onto the F-117 at more than 50 miles away. An investigation found that an engineer had left three screws partially loose.

[namefinder]

This plane is so stealthy, most Russian test pilots haven't seen it yet.

[gregerlandson]

One addition about effective radar range:
For F35 vs SU57, its even more extreme in practice that the 6-10x distance you mentioned. Lets say its 8x for math simplicity.
Because of the geometry of circles and spheres, the same radar station covers the 8^2=64 times more ground area and 8^3=512 times more airspace against a SU57 vs the F35.

[Xyler]

You know, one thing I can say positive about the SU57 is that it does look really good as a fighter. Like, looks good, visually.

I like fighter jets, they're amazing flying things. I think currently the F-22 takes my favourite spot at the moment, but that's nothing to say of the good looks of the SU57

[davidsherman]

Being a former Plane Captain in the U.S. Navy, we spent a lot of time making sure there were no "anomalies" on the canopy. That kind of thing can drive a man(pilot) insane.

[alberthwang]

My favorite story about the F-117 is that when they were testing the airframe, they put up a model of the airplane on a pole and tried to detect it on a radar. The first time, the radar operator complained that the model must have fallen off the pole, he couldn't find it at all. One of the Skunk Works engineers went to look: the model was still up on the pole.

Another time, they were getting an unusually good radar return from the model. When they went to go look, they found a bird sitting on the model.

[mrtn]

The SU57 is like the guy with the sword from Indiana Jones

[Apocalypsehun]

A little backstory about the plane: The project started in the late 80's but lack of funds made the Soviet union (Which later collapsed) put the project on hold. Later Russia continued the development as a Russian-Indian co-project. As the first planes flew and tests were conducted on the plane (wich at this point was still called T-50 PAK FA) India started to back out from the project, first reducing the number of orders for the plane, then completely backing out from the project. The Russians "finished" (more like rushed) the project due to lack of funds and the plane became the SU-57. The reason why India backed out is unkown, either the plane didn't bring the expected results or it was too expensive, maybe both.

Also unlikely Russia will be able to produce any more of them anytime soon. As far as I know, the plane has western (French in particular) avionics. Its even a question how long the existing ones will be able to fly.

And let me put this here at the end... Whoever says whatever about this plane... It looks cool af.

[skyborne]

If the definition of stealth is not being visible, then the SU57 is a success. There's so few of them; you can't see what's not there in the first place.

[CrackyCreates]

step 1: eastern countries claim to have the best jet ever made
step 2: western militaries go bonkers and spend 7 quinshittion dollars on a gen 69420 child vaporizer jet
step 3: eastern countries want to save face, claim to have the best jet ever made

repeat

[wellerocks]

According to FMV (Swedish Defense procurement agency) documents that has been circling online, the Gripen 39A had an RCS of 0.1m2 in clean config. Both C and E updates have recieved additional signature reduction modifications, where estimates put them at the same RCS with A2A config (0.1m2). That would make it more stealthy than the Su57 with its 0.1-1m2