Hobby Master HA6803 | Sukhoi SU-57 Felon, Blue 054, Russian Air Force, January 2013

General Background:

The T-50/Su-57 prototype first flew on January 29, 2010 and as of March 2018 there are 10 Su-57 prototypes and were renamed Felons that year. This is Russia’s first stealth aircraft and was designed to cope with the F-22 and F-35. The Su-57 is made from extensive use of composite material and radar absorbing material (RAM). The original AL-41F-1 engine is under powered and will be replaced by an Izdelie 30 which is under development. The Felon has super maneuverability, super-cruise, thrust-vectoring nozzles. Russia ordered 76 Su-57s.

The Aircraft:

Su-57 Felon Blue 054 was the 4th flyable prototype T-50-4 and the first aircraft equipped with a complete set of avionics. The aircraft completed its maiden flight on December 12, 2012. This aircraft wears a slightly different pixelated white/blue camouflage than that of the first aircraft. This scheme is supposed to make it difficult to see the aircraft from the ground or the air. An earlier Su-57 wore Bort 054 and painted with a splinter camouflage and speculation is this was the same airframe but it was repainted.

Specifications
First Prototype Flight – 2010
Role – Stealth, Single-seat, Twin-engine, Multirole Fifth Generation Jet Fighter
Crew – 1
Dimensions
Length – 65 ft 11 in (20.1 m)
Wingspan – 46 ft 3 in (14.1 m)
Height – 15 ft 7 in (4.74 m)
Weight
Empty – 39,683 lb (18,000 kg)
Gross – 55,116 lb (25,000 kg)
Maximum Take-off – 77,162 lb (35,000 kg)
Powerplant
Used In Initial Production – 2 X Saturn AL-41F1 Turbofans with Thrust Vectoring 20,900 lbf (93.kN)
Thrust Per Engine Dry / 33,100 lbf (147.2 nK) with Afterburner
Engine Under Development For Later Releases – 2 X izdeliye 30 Turbofans
with Thrust Vectoring 24,300 lbf (107.9 kN)
Thrust Each Dry / 39,700 lbf (176.6 nK) with Afterburner
Performance
Maximum Speed Mach 2 (1,320 mph) (2,120 km/h) @ Altitude
Mach 1.6 (1,060 mph) (1,710 km/h)
Supercruise @ Altitude
Range 2,200 mi (3,500 km) Subsonic / with 2 outboard fuel tanks 2,796 mi (4,500 km) Supersonic – 930 mi (1,500 km)
Service ceiling – 66,000 ft (20,000 m)
Armament Gun- 1 X 30mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 Autocannon
Hardpoints - 12 X 6 internal, 6 external
Missiles Air-To-Air 4 X RVV-MD 2 X R-73 R-37M
Air-To-Surface
4 X Kh-35ME, Kh-59MK2 Anti-ship 2 X Kh-35E, 31 Anti-radiation 4 X Kh-58UShKE
Bombs
250, 500, 1,500 kg Guided Bombs Anti-tank “Drill 500 kg Cluster Bombs + Active Homing