Su-47 Berkut Multipurpose fighter. First flight: 1997 © Sukhoi Company (JSC)

Photo Su-47 © Sukhoi Company (JSC)


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This is a supersonic super-manoeuvrable singleseat forwardswept experimental aircraft powered by two D-30F11 engines. It was developed under the fifth-generation fighter programme and first flew on 25 September 1997. 


Su-47 Berkut © Konstantinos Panitsidis

Color illustration of the structure, from composite materials.

 

By August 2001, a total of more than 110 sorties had been logged. 

The Su-47's development expertise and test results are expected to be used in designing the future new-generation fighter.

Su-47 Berkut © Konstantinos Panitsidis

1 Low speed precision airflow / air data sensor boom  2 Glass-fibre radome  3 Twin-wheel nose landing gear unit  4 ECM antenna fairing  5 Fixed-area air intake  6 Canard foreplane  7 Main gear door  8 Main landing gear unit  9 Wing (forward-swept wing)  10 Moving tailplane (stabilizer)  11 Engine nozzle, type D-30F6  12 Dielectric fairing (port)  13 Dielectric fairing (starboard)  14 Tail unit attachment boom  15 Rudder  16 Dielectric fin cap  17 Fin  18 Auxiliary air intakes (close)  19 Fuselage fuel tank  20 Fixed 30-mm cannon (type Gsh-301)  21 Communications aerial  22 Leading edge root extension (LERX)  23 Main pitot head  24 Aft-hinged cockpit canopy  25 IRST fairing (infrared search and track). 


Su-47 Berkut © Konstantinos Panitsidis

 


THREE-VIEW DRAWING

Su-47 Berkut © Konstantinos Panitsidis

 


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

DESIGNER
OKB Sukhoi
COUNTRY
Russia
TYPE
Multipurpose fighter
CREW
1
POWER-PLANT
Two bypass engine, D-30F6
Thrust, kgf
2 x 15.500
DIMENSIONS
 
Length, m
22,60
Height, m
6,40
Wing span, m
16,70
Wing area, m2
56,00
WEIGHT
 
Empty aircraft, kg
25.670
Maximum take-off, kg
34.000
PERFORMANCE
 
Maximum speed, km/h
2.200 (M=2.1)
Max speed in low height, km/h
1.400 (M=1.12)
Range, km
3.300
Service ceiling, m
18.000
Maximum overload, g
9
ARMAMENT 1x30 mm cannon GSh-301