![]() ![]() ![]() Look closely, the Checkmate copies another features of Northrop Grumman’s YF-23 called ruddervators, - still to date the ruddervators are not available in any Russian aircraft. In the case of a conventional tail you have three intersections (fuselage – left elevator, fuselage – rudder, fuselage – right elevator), whereas for a V-tail you only have two (fuselage – left ruddervator, fuselage – right ruddervator). They cause the aircraft to pitch up or down when they move together and yaw when they move differentially. The Global Defense Corp already reported that Checkmate’s divertless inlet is a copycat of Boeing’s X-32 aircraft.Ī butterfly, or Vee, tail, which combines the effect of the rudder and the elevators. What else Russia copies from America for Checkmate? There will be an auxiliary power unit and oxygen tank for the pilots to survive in a high-altitude flight. The light combat aircraft will be fitted with the same passive sensor suit and avionics of the Su-57 with a phase array radar identical to that of Su-35. The engine will have a dry thrust of 9300kgf. Sukhoi will use the same engine for production variant Checkmate. Klimov 93MA has been specially developed to power a single engine light fighter jets. The aircraft could carry a gun-pod if required by mission. The light fighter jet can carry two short-range, three medium-range missiles and anti-ship missiles with some bombs carrying capacity. Under the project name Checkmate, the new warplane is a single-engine, next-generation fighter jet with a top speed of Mach 1.8, a range of 2,000 kilometers and a payload of 7,400 kilograms, AP reported, citing the aircraft’s makers.Ĭheckmate alongside infrared and radar-guided air-to-air missiles it is designed to carry. ![]() The Checkmate will also be a direct competitor to China’s medium-sized fighter jet, the FC-31, on the international arms market, and Wei said that China’s product has already made test flights, and is a step ahead of the Checkmate in terms of development progress. This means that even if a country buys the Checkmate, it will still be years before it offers combat capability, Wei said. Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi introduced a prototype of the new fighter jet at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, on Tuesday, AP reported on the day.ĭomestically, the Russian air force could use it to replace older aircraft, and on the international market, the new plane will put up fierce competition against the Chinese FC-31 fighter jet, Wei said, noting that to achieve this, the Russian aircraft maker must also move fast before new fighter jet projects from other countries begin to bear fruit. Russian President Vladimir Putin got a sneak peek of a new next-generation lightweight single-engine fighter jet at an air show just outside of Moscow. It may also affect the export of warplanes made by China like the FC-31, though Chinese military observers say the FC-31 still holds an advantage. Russia’s newly unveiled Checkmate stealth fighter jet seems to have good prospects, and it is expected to be competitive against the FC-31 in the international arms market. ![]()
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