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Su-33 Flanker D

516 Dy4me  2 days ago
211 downloads
Auto Credit Based on Dy4me's Su-27S

"It's just a flanker with canards, it will be easy" last words before pain train.

I had initially planned on fewer parts, but the Su-33 has quite a bit more components than the 27 so yeah a lot of things got added most parts were simply from designing the wing fold as I needed to separate the slats and flaps into 2 sections, and ofcourse since the flaps for the 33 are different from the 27 more parts came in for each section.

Functions

Activate1: FCS override (yeah I t can cobra)
Activate2: Canopy
Activate3: Wing fold (only works when grounded)
Activate4: TailHook

Flaps are automatic whether takeoff, landing or high AoA they'll do what they need to do when it needs to be done.

It doesn't have a catapult hook as Russian navy doesn't use catapults for carrier launches they use ramps, it does however have powerful engines and huge wing area so carrier takeoffs are fine.

Flight performance (IMPORTANT)

  1. When FCS is active it flys much like the Su-27s albeit with a bit more AoA at low speed and higher drag, so it can pull more AoA but loses more speed at the same AoA, oh yeah it's also about 2tons heavier so it likes following it's momentum.

  2. IT CAN COBRA, yeah I got it to cobra, but there are issues to explain here:

a, Make sure you arent in afterburner, the engines tend to cause a pitch up motion at high AoA, so in afterburner the jet will continue to pitch up well past 100° of AoA causing it to flip uncontrollably for a while, if you've already entered the flip just reduce throttle and hold Roll till it enters a flat spin.

b, I made a auto recovery FT for flat spins so no inputs are needed, most importantly DO NOT ENABLE THE FCS DURING ANY POST STALL MANEUVERS. The FCS as per usual doesn't like situations that are outside it's accurate control and will store up errors.

Alright thats it from me, enjoy it's quite the fun jet to fly.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Su-27S
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 48.6ft (14.8m)
  • Length 69.1ft (21.1m)
  • Height 20.0ft (6.1m)
  • Empty Weight 42,130lbs (19,109kg)
  • Loaded Weight 52,499lbs (23,813kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.481
  • Wing Loading 74.8lbs/ft2 (365.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 702.0ft2 (65.2m2)
  • Drag Points 276

Parts

  • Number of Parts 559
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 2,966