If Looks Could Kill - The Sukhoi SU-47 Berkut
Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by Capt. Krunch
The SU-47 is an amazing looking aircraft, especially while in flight. Nicknamed the Golden Eagle, the SU-47 has a reduced radar signature, thrust vectoring, advanced fly-by-wire technology, and most notably a very unique forward swept wing design. The Sukhoi SU-47 is extremely maneuverable at subsonic speeds and has a maximum speed of mach 1.6. The SU-47 can carry a variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions.
Many sources try to compare the SU-47 to the F-22 Raptor. In reality, the F-22 Raptor is in a class of its own. Check out a video of the highly maneuverable Sukhoi SU-47 Berkut below.
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Isn’t ‘Berkut’ a beautiful creation too ….
I think that you should compare it with the raptor. i know the berkut isn’t as fast and it doesn’t have the stealthness of the F-22 however many sources say that Russia and not only have developed a radar which could detect it. So maybe in long range combat the berkut or firkin as it is also known could loose, however head to head I think that the raptor is in deep trouble. And if in a dogfight or in real life the Sukhoi manages to get close to the raptor the victory would be guaranteed due to it’s supreme manouverability.
The US has a plane similar to this once.
Back in the 80’s with the X-31.