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Length
Single source5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)[source]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Nieuport 21 | Sukhoi Su-30 |
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| Type | Fighter[source] | Multirole fighter[source] |
| Manufacturer | Nieuport[source] | Sukhoi, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association, Yakovlev Corporation[source] |
| Designer | Gustave Delage[source] | Sukhoi[source] |
| Primary users | Aéronautique Militaire Imperial Russian Air Service US Army Air Service[source] | Russian Aerospace Forces Indian Air Force People's Liberation Army Air Force Algerian Air Force |
21.935 m (72 ft 0 in)[source]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · Wingspan
Single source14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)[source]
1 × Le Rhône 9C air-cooled rotary engine
Single source1 × Le Rhône 9C air-cooled rotary engine , 60 kW (80 hp)[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]
Su-27PU/Su-30 · 45,000 ft/min
Single source230 m/s (45,000 ft/min)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Introduction date | 1 August 1916[source] | 1992 (Su-30) 2013 (Su-30SM)[source] |
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| First flight | June 1916[source] | 31 December 1989 ( 1989-12-31 )[source] |
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| Retired | 1920s[source] | — |
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| Developed from | Nieuport 17[source] | Sukhoi Su-27[source] |
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| Upper wingspan | 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in)[source] | — |
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| Upper Chord | 1.233 m (4 ft 0.5 in)[source] | — |
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| Wing Sweep | 3° 20'[source] | — |
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| Lower wingspan | 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)[source] | — |
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| Lower Chord | 720 m (2,360 ft)[source] | — |
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| Airfoil | — |
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| Undercarriage track | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed Levasseur 450 or Régy 310 fixed pitch wooden propeller, 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) diameter[source] | — |
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| Time to altitude | 8.45 minutes 2,000 m (6,600 ft) 15.7 minutes 3,000 m (9,800 ft)[source] | — |
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| Guns | 1 x .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun[source] | 1 × 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon with 150 rounds[source] |
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| National origin | France[source] | Soviet Union Russia[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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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Number built | — | 630+ (as of 2019 )[source] |
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| Manufactured | — | 1992–present[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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| Hardpoints | — | 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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| 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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| 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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Maximum take-off; Su-27PU/Su-30 · Max takeoff weight
Single source