View Full Version : New Russian/Indian Fighter T-50
Lost Apiarist
08-17-2011, 05:24 PM
So what do you guys think? On par with the F-22? Doesn't look all that stealthy to me, a lot of angles and it doesn't look like the exhaust is very well shielded.
http://rt.com/news/maks-2011-t-50/
A make believe by the looks of it. Don't get me wrong, I hate the F-22; its just this is the bastard child of an Su-27 and F-22.
Oh and see how stealthy it is when its carrying a payload of anything above guns. It doesn't look to have hidden missile bays - thats about as stealthy as Pippa Middleton in the Royal Wedding.
Robotic Pope
08-17-2011, 08:05 PM
It does have internal weapons bays and looks rather impressive to me, maybe not as stealthy as a F22 but when you consider how much cheaper to buy it will be, cheaper than a F-35 also, it looks very good value. It has the beefy landing gear needed for carrier landings so it wouldn't take much converting to a naval version, So you really have to compare it to the Super Hornet too and the performance gap there will be huge.
I can kind of imagine a country like Australia ;who have been unable to buy F-22's and stuck with the awful super hornet instead untill the F-35 limps into service; secretly wishing they could drop their western tech for the T-50.
It does have internal weapons bays and looks rather impressive to me
It does? Where?
Robotic Pope
08-17-2011, 08:48 PM
http://steeljawscribe.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/weapons-bay.jpg
I'll take it!!!:mrgreen:
Does it come in red?:cool:
http://steeljawscribe.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/weapons-bay.jpg
Well they are that stealthy I missed them! :p I stand corrected! Thanks!
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