AFS Design - Su-27 Sukhoi - v2 for FS2004

Su-27 - v2 Features

• High resolution textures


• New repaint


• New gauges


• New sound

The Sukhoi Su-27 is a one-seat Mach-2 class jet fighter originally manufactured by the Soviet Union, and designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau.


The Su-27's basic design is aerodynamically similar to the MiG-29, but it is substantially larger. It is a very large aircraft, and to minimize its weight, the structure has a high percentage of titanium (about 30%, more than any of its kind). No composite materials were used. The swept wing blends into the fuselage at the leading edge and is essentially a delta wing, although the tips are cropped for wingtip missile rails or ECM pods. The Su-27 is not a true delta, however, because it remain a conventional tail-plane with two vertical tailfins, supplemented by two fold-down ventral fins for additional lateral stability.


The Su-27's Lyulka AL-31F turbofan engines are widely spaced, both for safety reasons and to ensure uninterrupted airflow through the intakes. The space between the engines also provides additional lift, reducing the load on the wing. Movable guide vanes in the intakes allow Mach 2+ speeds, and help to maintain engine airflow. A mesh screen over each intake prevents debris from being drawn into the engines during take-off.


The Su-27 had the Soviet Union's first operational fly-by-wire control system. Combined with relatively low wing loading and powerful basic flight controls, it makes for an exceptionally agile aircraft, controllable even at very low speeds and high angles of attack. In airshows the aircraft has demonstrated its maneuverability with a Cobra (Pugachev's Cobra) or dynamic deceleration - briefly sustained level flight at a 120° angle of attack.


In addition to its considerable agility, the Su-27 uses its substantial internal volume for a large fuel capacity. In an overload configuration for maximum range, it can carry 9,400 kg (20,700 lb) of fuel, although its maneuverability with that load is limited, and normal load is 5,270 kg (11,620 lb).


The Su-27 is armed with a single 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 cannon in the starboard wing root, and has up to 10 hard points for missiles and other weapons. Its standard missile armament for air-to-air combat is a mixture of Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer), Vympel R-27 (AA-10 'Alamo') weapons, the latter including extended range and IR guided models. More advanced Flanker variants (such as Su-30, -35, -37) may also carry Vympel R-77 (AA-12 Adder) missiles.


The Su-27 has a high-contrast tuneable HUD and a helmet-mounted sight capability, which, paired with the R-73 missile and the plane's superb agility make it one of the world's best dogfighter aircraft.


The radar proved to be a major developmental problem for the Su-27. The original Soviet requirement was very ambitious, demanding a multi-target engagement capability and 200 km range against "bombers" (16 m² RCS to match a Tu-16). This would greatly exceed the detection range of the F-15's APG-63 (about 180 km vs a 100 m² RCS target) and be broadly comparable to the 1-ton Zaslon phased array radar used on the MiG-31.


The Su-27 has an OLS-27 infrared search and track (IRST) system in the nose just forward of the cockpit with a 80-100km range, which also incorporates a laser rangefinder. This system can be slaved to the radar, or used independently for "stealthy" attacks with infrared missiles (such as the R-73 and R-27T/ET). It also controls the cannon, providing greater accuracy than a radar sighting mode.


The AFS-design Su-27 product features the following:

• Include single seat and two seater, as well as formation flight with 4 Sukhois


• Detailed outside and interior model inclusive animated virtual cockpit


• Highly soluble textures with surfaces reflecting


• Extensive light effects (e.g. Navigation and landing lights)


• Numerous animations (e.g. canopy, move in gear with spring system)


• Animation of all tax flaps (e.g. airbrakes and spoilers)


• Realistic flight dynamics (inclusive different trim steps for optimal trim)


• Formation flight model with four Su-27


• Complete functioning autopilot


• Avionics for radio navigation


• Engine animation inclusive thrust reversing and afterburner


• Completely functioning virtual cockpit from view of the pilot

Liveries Include

• China


• India


• Russia with special texture


• Poland


• Kazakhstan


• Erithrea


• Ethiopia

with 45 different textures.


Includes repaint texture for repainters