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ACombat aircraft
L-159A : Light combat aircraft L-159T : Advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft
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Measured figures
L-159 ALCA / Technické specifikace letounu L-159 · Length
Single sourceL-159A · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-159 ALCA | Sukhoi Su-30 |
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| Type | L-159A : Light combat aircraft L-159T : Advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft[source] | Multirole fighter[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Sukhoi, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association, Yakovlev Corporation[source] |
| Status | Operational[source] | In service[source] |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Iraqi Air Force[source] | Russian Aerospace Forces Indian Air Force People's Liberation Army Air Force Algerian Air Force |
12.72 m (41 ft 9 in)[source]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · Length
Single source21.935 m (72 ft 0 in)[source]
Empty; L-159A · Empty weight
Single sourceEmpty; L-159 ALCA / Technické specifikace letounu L-159 · Empty weight
Single sourceMaximum take-off; L-159 ALCA / Technické specifikace letounu L-159 · Max takeoff weight
Single sourceMaximum take-off; L-159A · Max takeoff weight
Single source4,350 kg (9,590 lb)[source]
8,000 kg (17,637 lb)[source]
Empty; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Empty weight
Single sourceGross; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Gross weight
Single sourceMaximum; L-159 ALCA / Technické specifikace letounu L-159 · Maximum speed · Maximální rychlost při zemi
Manufacturer claimMaximum; L-159A · Maximum speed
Single source936 km/h (582 mph, 505 kn)[source]
Maximum; Su-27PU/Su-30 · at high altitude
Single source2,120 km/h (1,320 mph, 1,140 kn) at high altitude[source]
L-159A · lo-lo-lo, gun pod, 2× Mark 82 bombs , 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder and 2× 500 L (130 US gal; 110 imp gal) drop tanks
Single source565 km (351 mi, 305 nmi) lo-lo-lo, gun pod, 2× Mark 82 bombs , 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder and 2× 500 L (130 US gal; 110 imp gal) drop tanks[source]
L-159A · 1 × Honeywell/ITEC F124-GA-100 turbofan engine thrust
Single source1 × Honeywell/ITEC F124-GA-100 turbofan engine, 28.2 kN (6,300 lbf) thrust[source]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · 2 × Saturn AL-31FL /FP Afterburning turbofan engines thrust each dry
Single sourceSu-27PU/Su-30 · with afterburner
Single source2 × Saturn AL-31FL /FP Afterburning turbofan engines, 74.5 kN (16,700 lbf) thrust each dry, 122.58 kN (27,560 lbf) with afterburner[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Number built | L-159A: 72[source] | 630+ (as of 2019 )[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1997–2003 and 2016–2017[source] | 1992–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | April 2000[source] | 1992 (Su-30) 2013 (Su-30SM)[source] |
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| First flight | 4 August 1997[source] | 31 December 1989 ( 1989-12-31 )[source] |
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| Developed from | Aero L-59 Super Albatros[source] | Sukhoi Su-27[source] |
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| Airfoil | NACA 64A012[source] | — |
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| Never exceed speed | 960 km/h (600 mph, 520 kn)[source] | — |
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| Guns | up to 3 × ZVI PL-20 Plamen 2×20 mm gun pods[source] | 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon with 150 rounds[source] |
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| Hardpoints | 7 in total: 3 under each wing (outer pylons only for AAMs ) and 1 under the fuselage holding up to 2,340 kg (5,159 lb)[source] | 12 hardpoints with a capacity of up to 8,000 kg (18,000 lb), with provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: S-8 KOM/BM/OM S-13 T/OF S-25 OFM-PU Missiles: Air-to-air missiles : R-27 R/ER/T/ET/P/EA R-73 E/M RVV-AE (R-77)-1/M R-37M (on the SM2 variant) Air-to-surface missiles : Kh-29 TE/L Kh-59 M/ME Anti-ship missiles : Kh-31 A Anti-radiation missiles : Kh-31 P Bombs: KAB-500KR general-purpose bomb KAB-500OD bomb KAB-1500KR GP bomb KAB-1500L laser-guided bomb FAB-500T GP bomb BETAB-500 SHP bomb ODAB-500PM bomb OFAB-250-270 bomb OFAB-100-120 bomb P-50T bomb RBK-500 cluster bombs SPBE-D bomb[source] |
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| Bombs | various laser-guided and unguided bombs GBU , CBU[source] | KAB-500KR general-purpose bomb KAB-500OD bomb KAB-1500KR GP bomb KAB-1500L laser-guided bomb FAB-500T GP bomb BETAB-500 SHP bomb ODAB-500PM bomb OFAB-250-270 bomb OFAB-100-120 bomb P-50T bomb RBK-500 cluster bombs SPBE-D bomb[source] |
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| National origin | — | Soviet Union Russia[source] |
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| Designer | — | Sukhoi[source] |
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| Built by | — | KnAAPO Irkut Corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (built by HAL in India under license)[source] |
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| Variants | — | Sukhoi Su-30MKI Sukhoi Su-30MKK Sukhoi Su-30MKM Sukhoi Su-30MKA[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 9,400 kg (20,723 lb) internal[source] |
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| g limits | — | + 9[source] |
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| Wing loading | — | 401 kg/m 2 (82 lb/sq ft) with 56% fuel[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | — | 1 with 56% fuel[source] |
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| Rockets | — | S-8 KOM/BM/OM S-13 T/OF S-25 OFM-PU[source] |
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| Missiles | — | Air-to-air missiles : R-27 R/ER/T/ET/P/EA R-73 E/M RVV-AE (R-77)-1/M R-37M (on the SM2 variant) Air-to-surface missiles : Kh-29 TE/L Kh-59 M/ME Anti-ship missiles : Kh-31 A Anti-radiation missiles : Kh-31 P[source] |
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Maximum take-off; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Max takeoff weight
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