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Nieuport 21larger figure on 0 of 6
Sukhoi Su-33larger figure on 6 of 6
Measured figures
Length
Single source5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Nieuport 21 | Sukhoi Su-33 |
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| Type | Fighter[source] | Carrier-based air superiority fighter with multirole capabilities[source] |
| Manufacturer | Nieuport[source] | Sukhoi , Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association[source] |
| Designer | Gustave Delage[source] | — |
| Primary users | Aéronautique Militaire Imperial Russian Air Service US Army Air Service[source] | — |
| Introduction date | 1 August 1916 |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
21.19 m (69 ft 6 in)[source]
wing folded
Single source7.40 m (24 ft 3 in) wing folded[source]
1 × Le Rhône 9C air-cooled rotary engine
Single source1 × Le Rhône 9C air-cooled rotary engine , 60 kW (80 hp)[source]
2 × Saturn AL-31F3 afterburning turbofan engines thrust each dry
Single sourcewith afterburner
Single source2 × Saturn AL-31F3 afterburning turbofan engines, 74.5 kN (16,700 lbf) thrust each dry, 125.5 kN (28,200 lbf) with afterburner[source]
48,400 ft/min
Single source246 m/s (48,400 ft/min)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
31 August 1998 (official)[source] |
| First flight | June 1916[source] | 17 August 1987 ( 1987-08-17 )[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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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Primary user | — | Russian Navy[source] |
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| Number built | — | 24 built total[source] |
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| Manufactured | — | 1987–1999[source] |
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| Variant | — | Shenyang J-15[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 9,500 kg (20,900 lb) internal[source] |
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| Hardpoints | — | 12 × external hardpoints with a capacity of up to 6,500 kg (14,300 lb) of ordnance, 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 : 8 × R-27 R/ER/T/ET 4 × R-73 E Anti-ship missiles : Kh-31 A Kh-41 Anti-radiation missiles : Kh-25 MP Kh-31 P Bombs: RBK-500 cluster bomb Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs[source] |
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| Stall speed | — | 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)[source] |
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| g limits | — | + 8[source] |
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| Wing loading | — | 483 kg/m 2 (99 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Thrust/weight | — | 0.83[source] |
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| Landing speed | — | 240 km/h (150 mph; 130 kn)[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 : 8 × R-27 R/ER/T/ET 4 × R-73 E Anti-ship missiles : Kh-31 A Kh-41 Anti-radiation missiles : Kh-25 MP Kh-31 P[source] |
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| Bombs | — | RBK-500 cluster bomb Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs[source] |
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Maximum take-off; Max takeoff weight