PAK-FA Concept (?)

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[dragonfire]

Looks totaly sexy and also a bit sci fi at this point

Cheers

[Ananda]

The Pakfa concept has been around so many times..and changing so many times, now we simply confused whether it's an official versions or another fanboy concepts.

Wish they just show what the prototype look like (if it's already trully exist).

Ooo welll...the ruskies perhaps have diiferent marketing concepts..making people continues expectations perhaps one of them...like Harry potter movies

[Bonza]

These are from the website of a Russian design artist named Aleksander Dultsev, so by no means are they anything "official". Practicality-wise I'm not sure about the designs but that aside, the quality of his work sure is beautiful.

This is his website, where you can find the above PAK-FA concepts, among other things:

:::MOVING PIXELSESIGN:::

[genduthijau]

Originally Posted by dragonfire

Looks totaly sexy and also a bit sci fi at this point

Cheers

from observation based on the pictures posted, there are 2 types of airplane. correct me if i'm wrong.

[Ozzy Blizzard]

Cool! They both look bad ass!

[Ozzy Blizzard]

Originally Posted by genduthijau

from observation based on the pictures posted, there are 2 types of airplane. correct me if i'm wrong.

I think they are planing a PAK-FA light and PAK-FA heavy, but i have no idea if that is the explanation or if these are just two competing designs.

[SlyDog]

Looks stunning! The top picture make me think about Sukhoi, in the way the front fuselage are raised.

[turin]

from observation based on the pictures posted, there are 2 types of airplane. correct me if i'm wrong.

Initially two versions were planned, as a new high-low-mix for replacing current fighters. However due to budget and time constraints only one type is being developed as a multi-role-replacement for all relevant types. The other one was cancelled several years ago. Beyond the fact that it will feature twin engines and an AESA-radar, nothing is known about the current configuration in reliable media sources.

Those pictures are nothing more than fanboy creations and it shows in the details on some pictures, displaying variations between pictures and elements that make no sense beyond being eye-candy. They are not related to the actual aircraft and so far, except for one dubious release by russian media outlets that was picked up by western online news portals (such as flightglobal etc), no recent images have been produced in official or other reliable reports. I guess the first we will see is an actual photo of a static display or such. The Russians really dont have a habit of producing photoshop-type pictures of their equipment for any purposes.

[turin]

In case someone is interested, I stumbled across the original source for the pictures posted above. The artist is Aleksander Dultsev, he is a freelance designer and he created those pictures just for fun/promotion of his work.

His website can be found under :::MOVING PIXELSESIGN::: .

Anyways, he is not related in any form to Sukhoi or the actual work on PAKFA.

[Bonza]

Originally Posted by turin

In case someone is interested, I stumbled across the original source for the pictures posted above. The artist is Aleksander Dultsev, he is a freelance designer and he created those pictures just for fun/promotion of his work.

His website can be found under :::MOVING PIXELSESIGN::: .

Anyways, he is not related in any form to Sukhoi or the actual work on PAKFA.

Read the replies more carefully...I pointed all of this out in post #4.

Not being rude or anything, just saying.

[turin]

Yeah sorry about that. Your post sort of went down in my read of the thread, I guess because of later replies still questioning the nature of these pictures.

Anyway, thanks for pointing that out.

[Bonza]

No worries mate, that's understandable.

[Tavarisch]

The first picture looks like a Sukhoi copy of an F-22....