Bad landing @ Kuzentzov - Su33 Abort

[Kilo 2-3]

I just though of this...

The Su-33 was able to pulls this off in part because of its proxmity to the deck. Those massive engines were basically pushing agaisnt the hard barrier of the deck, giving the jet a very nice burst of added apparant thrust.

Had the pilot tried to do this maneuever at greater altitude, he probably would have fallen out of the sky.

[Feanor]

It wouldn't have been necessary at altitude.

[Haavarla]

Regardless of the Thrust on those AL-31F.
The Su-33 with those Carnards have even better low speed handeling vs a Su-27.
And the Su-27 have very good low speed handeling, this goes to show on those two vids here..
Hense, the Su-33 work nicly on Carrier
Too bad the Russian doesn't field a somewhat larger Carrier with larger deck.
That would fix the low weapon and fuel take-off weight on the Su-33.




Thanks

[Kilo 2-3]

Originally Posted by Haavarla

Too bad the Russian doesn't field a somewhat larger Carrier with larger a deck.
That would fix the low weapon and fuel weight on the Su-33.

Perhaps a better solution would be a proper CATOBAR carrier, although the extra deck space you propose would certainly be useful on Russian carriers.