Su-27 Air-Superiority Fighter Aircraft
Last updated: 4 November 2006
| HISTORY |
| First flight |
20 April 1981 (Su-27S)
7 March 1985 (Su-27UB) |
| Initial operational capability |
In service with the PLAAF since 1992 |
| Operator |
PLA Air Force |
| Variants |
Su-27SK (single-seat fighter)
Su-27UBK (two-seat fighter-trainer) |
| CREW |
| Su-27SK |
One |
| Su-27UBK |
Two |
| DESIGN |
| Role |
Air-superiority |
| Designer |
Sukhoi Design Bureau |
| Manufacturer |
(Su-27SK) KnAAPO at Komsomolsk-na-Amur
(Su-27UBK) IAPO at Irkusk |
| Estimated cost |
N/A |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Length |
21.94m (71.92 ft) |
| Wingspan |
14.70m (48.17 ft) |
| Height |
(Su-27SK) 5.92m (19.42 ft)
(Su-27UBK) 6.36m (20.83 ft) |
| Wing area |
62.04 square metres |
| WEIGHTS |
| Empty |
(Su-27SK) 16,380kg (36,115 lb)
(Su-27UBK) 17,500kg (38,580 lb) |
| Normal take-off |
(Su-27SK) 23,140kg (51,015 lb)
(Su-27UBK) 24,140kg (53,220 lb) |
| Max take-off |
(Su-27SK) 33,000kg (72,750 lb)
(Su-27UBK) 30,450kg (67,130 lb) |
| Fuel capacity |
(internal) 9,400kg (20,725 lb) |
| Max payload |
4,000kg (8,820 lb) normal load
8,000kg (17,640 lb) maximum allowable load |
| PROPULSION |
| Powerplant |
2X Russian Lyulka-Saturn AL-31F turbofan |
| Thrust (dry) |
149.06kN (33,510 lb) |
| Thrust (afterburning) |
245.18kN (55,116 lb) |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max level speed |
at altitude:
(Su-27SK) 2,500km/h (1,555 mph) at 11,000m (36,090 ft), Mach 2.35
(Su-27UBK) 2,150km/h (1,335 mph) at 11,000m (36,090 ft), Mach 2.0
at sea level:
1,400km/h
(870 mph), Mach 1.14 |
| Max climb rate |
18,300m/min (sea level) |
| Service ceiling |
(Su-27SK) 19,000m (60,700 ft)
(Su-27UBK) 17,500m (57,400 ft) |
| Range |
Typical: 2,800km (1,510 nm)
Ferry:
(Su-27SK) 3,720km (2,010 nm)
(Su-27UBK) 3,000km (1,620 nm) |
| In-flight refuelling |
No |
| G limit |
+9 |
| ARMAMENTS |
| Fixed weapon |
Single-barrel 30mm GSh-301 cannon (150 rounds) |
| External hardpoints |
10 (2 tandem under the fuselage centerline; 2 under the air ducts; 4 under the wings; 2 on the wingtips |
| Air-to-air missiles |
R-27 (AA-10 Alamo), R-72 (AA-11 Archer) |
| Air-to-surface missiles |
None |
| Bomb |
Free-fall cluster bombs |
| Other |
Unguided rocket launchers |
| AVIONICS |
| Fire-control radar |
NIIP Tikhomirov N001E Myech coherent pulse Doppler radar |
| Other |
OEPS-27 electro-optic system
NSts-27 helmet-mounted sight (HMS)
Gardeniya ECM pods |
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