Su-33 Flanker D Shipborne fighter. First flight: 1984 © Konstantinos Panitsidis

Photos from the personal collection of Kostas Panitsidis


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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
1
POWER-PLANT
Two bypass engine, ΝPO Saturn Lyl'ka AL-31F
Thrust, kgf
2 x 12.258
DIMENSIONS
 
Length, m
21,19
Height, m
5,93
Wing span, m
14,70
WEIGHT
 
Normal take-off, kg
22.500
Maximum take-off, kg
32.000
Internal fuel, kg
9.400
PERFORMANCE
 
Maximum speed, km/h
2.300
Max speed in low height, km/h
1.400
Range, km
3.000
Service ceiling, m
17.000
Maximum overload, g
9
ARMAMENT
1x30 mm cannon GSh-301(150 rounds).
Warload-6.000 kg  in 12 hardpoints: Two Air-to-air missile R-27ER and R-27ET,
 6 Air-to-air missile R-27, RVV-AE and R-27T or 4 x R-73. A
nti-ship missile Moskit.

  


PHOTOS Su-33 Flanker D