Sukhoi PAK FA (T-50) early development

[flateric]

The famous Eeyore is finally saw the light of the day I guess
https://tvzvezda.ru/schedule/films-online/20231241017-6J1p9.html

 

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[Manuducati]

Thanks Flateric!

The "HIMAT-esque" design is very eye-catching!

Some NATF-23 vibe from the profile view. Not implying any "stolen design" of course, just pointing some interesting similarities with Northrop studies.

 

[AGS-1787]

So what is this? A mock up of the t-50?

 

[helmutkohl]

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the model in the left looks almost exactly like this old CG, it was released a year or two before the T-50 was unveiled.
guess in the end it was pretty accurate

 

[stealthflanker]

That model with canard really reminds me of General Dynamics's ATF.

 

[flanker]

So my guess is that chronologically roughly it is;

1; "Eeyore"/NATF-23 looking ass.
2; Which later morphed into the attached version, lost the canards etc and got PChN's/LEVCON's instead.
3; Then the middle model in the shot with 3 configurations, also the one that was up on Vympel site before it got removed.
4; Left model with the 3 configs
5; Right model with the 3 configs being the "last" T-50 configuration.

EDIT; Attached also a better version of the middle/Vympel posted configuration as well.

 

[QuadroFX]

The famous Eeyore is finally saw the light of the day I guess

Uploaded to YouTube for easy viewing:

View: https://youtu.be/5LVYjGMD_qI

 

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