Thread 64492484

>>64492484 (OP)
nothing.
fuck your AIslop thread, make a real thread next time.

>>64492484 (OP)
Their design makes them look alive like an image was taken while they were on the move.

They're fuck ugly huge planes because the soviets couldn't figure out shit like minaturization or good engines.

>>64492484 (OP)
They have to try really hard to make the physical plane frame as not shit as possible because everything else that goes in it sucks donkey balls.

>>64492484 (OP)
I dont get why its so hard to make su57's.
Do they literally not have industrial robots to screw and weld the panels together?

>>64492484 (OP)
Organic-looking curved lines, lots of cylinders that flow into each other and gentle transitions between surfaces.
The intakes, which are by necessity bulky and rough looking are placed underneath the body of the jet where they don't obstruct the esthetic flow.
And then there's the swan-like shape of it where the head is above the body giving it a natural appearance rather than the classic tube design where it's all in one line.

>>64492646
Making new jet engines is a difficult and time consuming process. They didn't want to retool Su-35 lines into Su-57 lines, make a bunch of them with interim engines and then rework those for the new engines afterwards when they have orders for Su35s to fulfil anyway.
As it is there's something like ~20 serially produced units with the interim engines. The next batch might have the new engines, probably.

The only one I've ever truly liked is the Mig-29. It's cute and isn't the size of a house.

Nothing. You're just a russophile or communist

>>64492646
>Do they literally not have industrial robots to screw and weld the panels together?
Correct

>>64492626
This is the closest thing to a correct answer. They saw what the Americans were doing in the 70's with 4th-gen planes and cleaned up the aerodynamics. The results were the Fulcrum (slavshit F/A-18,) and the Flanker (slavshit F-14/F-15.) They're impressive designs, given the technology the Soviets had to work with. With Western materials, manufacturing processes, engines, and avionics, they would be world-class machines. In the case of the Flanker, for example, the Chinese applied their superior manufacturing techniques and avionics to the design, turning it into a first-rate 4th-gen airplane, according to Western analysts.

>>64492484 (OP)
I've only really liked the Flanker. Everything else doesn't look that sexy, though the Flogger is pretty cool but that's because all swing wings are undeniably cool. This is a scientific fact and a religious truth