Father: test pilot Vyacheslav Averyanov
Son: test pilot Evgeny Averyanov
The Su30SM is another half-way to the 50-yard line length Russian fighter
plane that weighs 40,000 lbs empty.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 21.935 m (72 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
- Height: 6.36 m (20 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 62 m2 (670 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 17,700 kg (39,022 lb)
- Gross weight: 24,900 kg (54,895 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 34,500 kg (76,059 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 9,400 kg (20,723 lb) internal[143][unreliable source?]
- Powerplant: 2 × Saturn AL-31FL/FP Afterburning turbofan engines, 74.5 kN (16,700 lbf) thrust each dry, 122.58 kN (27,560 lbf) with afterburner
- Maximum speed: 2,120 km/h (1,320 mph, 1,140 kn) at high altitude
- Maximum speed: Mach 2
- Range: 3,000 km (1,900 mi, 1,600 nmi) at high altitude
- Service ceiling: 17,300 m (56,800 ft)
- g limits: +9
- Rate of climb: 230 m/s (45,000 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 401 kg/m2 (82 lb/sq ft) with 56% fuel
- Thrust/weight: 1 with 56% fuel
Armament