Since 1996 that Russia introduce Su-37 Super Flanker or Terminator Sukhoi Bureau became the best Aicraft Company in the world it can surely beat F-16 & F-15 without any problem, making very complicated Maneuvers like Super Cobra this move, the aircraft enters with a speed of 400 kmh and is pulled through to an alpha of 135 deg, then recovered to the vertical and held in place for 4-6 seconds. The nose is then allowed to fall to the horizontal position, emerging at 150kmh with no loss of height.
The Su-37 can carry air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons on 12 stations. The number of missiles and bombs carried can be increased to 14 with the use of multi-payload racks.
Su-37 can perform new maneuvers like Cobra because the moving thursters (check the picture) .
some DATA
Wing Span | 15.16 m / 49 ft 9 in |
Length | 21.94 m / 72 ft |
Height | 6.84 m / 22 ft 5 in |
Weight | 40,565 lb empty / 74,956 lb max. take off |
Engine | Two Lyulka AL-37FU vectored-thrust afterburning turbofans, 30,855 lb thrust each |
Maximum speed | 2,440 km/h / 1,516 mph |
Cruising speed | |
Range | 3,500 km / 2,175 miles |
Service Ceiling | 59,000 ft |
Armament | One GSh-30-1 30mm cannon, plus up to 18,075 lb including R-73/R-77 AAMs, ASMs, bombs, rockets, drop tanks, and ECM pods carried on fourteen external points |
Crew | 1 |
Cost | |
User Countries | under development for Russia |
Video of cobra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFILEADWDf4
Links:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/su-37.htm