Data will be updated as new information allows.©Ģ024 Military Pay Chart Military Ranks DoD Dictionary Conversion Calculators Military Alphabet Code Military Map Symbols The "Military Factory" name and logo are registered ® U.S. NOTE: Structural dimensions and performance specifications showcased on this page are estimates on the part of the author. India always remains in the running for new Russia fighter types as well while the Checkmate may very well be used as a lightweight counterpart to the heavier Su-57 for the Russian Air Force, as the Mikoyan MiG-29 "Fulcrum" has been to the Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker" series for decades. Named prime candidates for the Checkmate appear to include Argentina and Vietnam who both field an aging feet of primary 4th Generation (or older) fighters. Additionally, base on the tail number on display, the fighter may carry the official designation of "Su-75" in service. It is accepted that the Checkmate aircraft on display at MAKS is a full-sized mockup and not a full-fledged, flyable prototype. As such, the Checkmate may feature performance and battlefield capabilities somewhere between this 5th and 4th (respectively) fighter designs. The F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft has a maximum speed of Mach 2.05 and a GTOW of 13.25 tons. Comparatively, the F-35 reaches speeds of Mach 1.6 at altitude and sports a gross weight of 25 tons. Gross Take-Off Weight (GTOW) is assumed to be in the 20 ton (short) region. The tailplanes featured are outward-canted, believed to be all-moving, and cover the role of vertical and horizontal planes seen in more conventional fighter designs.Įstimate performance figures indicate a maximum speed beyond Mach 2.0. The mainplanes are of relatively small-area delta shape, negating the need for traditional horizontal tailplanes. The exhaust port of the engine, bookended at the rear of the fuselage by the tailfins, is circular. The new fighter also bears some similarities to the Boeing X-32, a prototype strike fighter which unsuccessfully competed with the X-35 for the role eventually fulfilled by the F-35 Lighting II design. Interestingly, the air inlet is fitted ventrally, allowing for clean air intake to the turbofan within the middle-aft of the fuselage (the Lockheed F-16 "Fighting Falcon" and Eurofighter "Typhoon" multirole types both feature this design quality). The fuselage is deep, tapered at the nose and tail ends, and assumed to house an internal weapons bay or bays. The cockpit is seated aft of a short nosecone, presumably shrouding an all-modern radar unit. The aircraft appears to borrow design lines from both the American Lockheed Martin F-35 "Lightning II" strike fighter and the Russian Sukhoi Su-57 "Felon" multi-role fighter, both featuring inherent stealth characteristics as well as 5th Generation classification.Īt its core, the fighter in question is of single-seat, single-engine configuration with proven external stealth characteristics including fuselage chine running from nose to tail. The design is sponsored by Rostek State Corporation (UAC) and was teased in the days leading up to the MAKS 2021 air show outside Moscow. But also the successor, the Yak-201 never left the drawing board.The Sukhoi "Chekcmate" 5th Generation lightweight stealth fighter is the latest combat aircraft offering from Russia, the entry viewed to be a low-cost, stealth-minded offering by Russia for interested export parties. After the Yak-43 project was unsuccessful, another attempt was made for a supersonic VTOL aircraft. A new integral layout use stealth technology which is a single whole of the fuselage with the wing. The engine would have had a large air bleed leading to an auxiliary combustion chamber located in the nose, though a separate lift jet would have been retained. This same engine is used to power the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack bomber. The main engine would have been based on the Samara NK-321 three-shaft augmented turbofan with a takeoff rating of 24,980 kgf (245.0 kN 55,100 lbf). Like the Yak-141, the Yak-43 would have had only a single main engine, as well as two dedicated vertical-lift engines. The Yak-43 would have been the third-generation VTOL/ STOL fighter, to follow and eventually replace the Yak-141. Like the Yak-141, the Yak-43 did not reach production. The Yakovlev Yak-43 was a Soviet VTOL ( vertical takeoff and landing) fighter designed as the ground-based version of the ill-fated Yakovlev Yak-141, which failed to reach production.
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