One of five pre-production aircraft (factory designation T10B), this aircraft carries dummy weapons. At the ends of the wing - two R-73, under the wing - R-27, not with engine nacelles - KX-31P, and KX-59M suspended along the center line of the aircraft. This photo clearly shows the updated design of the Su-ZA fuselage, including its "duck nose" - a fairing installed on board the pulse-Doppler radar. This is a multifunctional, high-resolution model B-004 created by NPO Leninets. They say that the radar is capable of finding and capturing ground targets within a radius of 200 km.
The Su-27 IB (fighter-bomber) was a further development of the Su-24 variable-geometry attack aircraft, which appeared in the mid-1970s. The new Sukhoi plane was called T10V, Su-32 FN and Su-32 MF in the Russian Air Force, but then the new name Su-34 was assigned to the plane, replacing the "generic" name Su-27 IB. This aircraft, Board 02, was one of the first two aircraft produced, which were transferred to a military flight unit near Novosibirsk on December 15, 2006.
Su-30 MKM (Malaysian), developed with the participation of Malaysia, clearly shows how far this model has gone ahead of its original - created during the Cold War, the Su-27. The aircraft is based on the Su-30 MKI fighter-interceptor airframe of the Indian Air Force, made in Irkutsk, on which radar stations with their own fairing and engines with variable thrust vector are installed. At the same time, units created according to Western technology - French (cockpit and guidance systems) and South African (electronic fire control system) are integrated into the vehicle.
Complex "Ovod-M"
In addition to the R-73, R-27R and R-77 air-to-air missiles, the 02 board carries a pair of KX-59M air-to-ground missiles (NATO classification AS-18 Kazoo). Being a development of the early KX-59, the KX-59M rocket is distinguished by a mid-flight turbojet engine installed on a pylon and is part of the Ovod-M complex, which includes the KX-59M guidance system and the APK-9 guidance system installed in the “tunnel” between the engine nacelles Su-34. The remote-controlled KX-59M has a range of 115 km and is equipped with a 320 kg warhead. The first stage of the flight is controlled by an inertial guidance system, and at the final stage, guidance occurs on a television picture transmitted by a camera installed in the rocket head and arriving on a screen in the cockpit through an APK-9 antenna.
Aft fuselage
The characteristic tail "sting" of the Su-34 has become even larger in comparison with the Su-27, and contains a radar that monitors the approach of the enemy from behind. The exact characteristics of this unit have not yet been published, however, according to available data, an N-012 radar is installed inside a fairing made of dielectric. The braking parachute, which was previously in the tail fairing, has been moved to a drop-down retractable container, at the tip of the central boom.
Power point
The Su-34 is equipped with two turbojet two-circuit engines AL-31F NPO Saturn with afterburner, each engine is controlled autonomously using a digital system. The TRDDF AL-31 F engine with a survival system was created specifically for the "heavy" Su-34, and develops thrust up to 125 kN. According to some reports, the Su-34 will soon be equipped with improved AL-35F or even AL-41F engines with thrust vector control, although the latter assumption looks unlikely.
Cabin
During the flight of the Su-34, the duration of which can be up to 10 hours, two ejection seats installed in the bow of the cockpit next to each other provide the maximum possible comfort for the pilots. The aircraft is equipped with advanced K-36DM 0/0 seats with a built-in massage function. The crew enters the cockpit via an integrated ladder leading to a hatch in the recess of the A-pillar. The cockpit is a titanium alloy armored capsule with a toilet at the rear and a small galley with a stove. The cockpit is equipped with a digital remote guidance system, like on the Su-27, but in this case, an active flight safety system has been added to it, which monitors the flight altitude, the terrain profile, decides on the inoperability of the pilot and transfer of control to the autopilot, and provides information on the functioning of all systems aircraft. If required, the system can also be used to make a safe landing in automatic mode.
Rocket KX-31
KX-31 (according to NATO classification - ASCC-17 "Krypton") are installed on the AKU-58 launch rails. KX-31 Ch are equipped with a solid-propellant ramjet engine that allows the rocket to reach speeds of about 3M. / Developed during the Cold War to suppress Western air defense systems - and, above all, the MIM 104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile system - the KX-31P anti-radar missile was supplemented with the KKH-31A anti-ship missile. of targets emitting electromagnetic waves, the KX-31A uses an inertial guidance system in combination with an active radar, which is connected at the last stage of the missile's approach to the target. The maximum range of the latest versions of this missile, known in the West as Model 2, reaches 200 km.
The strength and maneuverability of the Su-27 are used for demonstration flights not only by Russian Knights, but also by pilots of other aerobatics groups. These aircraft (the aircraft closest to the camera is a two-seat training Su-27 UB) are also used by the Falcons of Russia, a group based at the Lipetsk Center for Training and Retraining of Military Pilots.
India ordered the Su-30 in several different versions, ranging from the main Su-ZOK to the multipurpose Su-30 MKI, later examples of which are equipped with a licensed SDS. The picture shows one of the Indian Su-ZOKs, which were considered the standard for the Indian Air Force, but did not yet have a "duck nose" fairing and were not equipped with AL-31FP engines with variable thrust vector.