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NATO reporting name: Flanker D
The aircraft is a carrier-borne single-seat supersonic fighter powered by two AL-31F Series 3 turbofans each producing 12,800-kgf thrust. The Su-33 was derived from the Su-27 air superiority fighter.
The maiden flight of the Su-27K prototype was flown on 17 August, 1987. Since 1989, the aircraft has been in production at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO). 24 Su-33 fighters are operated by the Russian Navy's ship-borne fighter regiment deployed on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.
Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | OKB Sukhoi |
| COUNTRY |
Russia
|
| TYPE | Shipborne fighter |
| CREW | 2 |
| POWER-PLANT | Two turbofan engines ΝPO Saturn Lyl'ka AL-31F |
| Thrust, kgf | 2x12.258 |
| DIMENSIONS | |
| Length, m | 21,19 |
| Height, m | 5,93 |
| Wing span, m | 14,70 |
| Wing area, m2 | - |
| WEIGHT | |
| Maximum take-off, kg | 33.000 |
| Normal take-off, kg | 22.500 |
| Empty aircraft, kg | - |
| Internal fuel, kg | 9.400 |
| Warload, kg | 6.500 |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Maximum speed (at high altitude), km/h | 2.300 |
| Maximum speed in low height, km/h | 1.400 |
| Service ceiling, m | 17.000 |
| Rate of climb, m/min | - |
| Range, km | 3.000 |
| Maximum overload, g | 9 |
| ARMAMENT | 1x30 mm cannon GSh-301 with 150 rounds. Number external hardpoints: 12. Transportation of weapons: Two Air-to-air missile R-27ER and R-27ET, 6 Air-to-air missile R-27, RVV-AE and R-27T or 4xR-73. Anti-ship missile Moskit. |
Photos Su-33 Flanker D, MAKS 2007 (Russia).
