Russian Aircraft Carrier Footage

[Mumbles]

I've never seen a Flanker launch from a ski jump with any appreciable external stores. Huge penalty in T/O weight. Still, those Saturn engines are impressive.

 

[VetteMuscle427]

The Su-25's are used primarily for training, which is why you see mainly two seaters, and have little combat capability.

Just training? I thought that's what the 27KUBs are for... side by side seating.

 

[Flash]

Just training? I thought that's what the 27KUBs are for... side by side seating.

Think of them like TA-4's.

As for the side by side seat Flankers, I don't think they have many of the carrier version so that could be part of the reason for the Su-25's.

 

[WheelsUpHeelsUp]

Real men use catapults...

Realer men maintain them.

 

[TopShot]

The Su-25's are used primarily for training, which is why you see mainly two seaters, and have little combat capability.

I thought they were the Russian version of the A-10...or maybe I'm just a noob

 

[VetteMuscle427]

I thought they were the Russian version of the A-10...or maybe I'm just a noob

They are. The SU-25UTG is carrier capable.

 

[Flash]

I thought they were the Russian version of the A-10...or maybe I'm just a noob

Ironically, or not, the Su-25 Frogfoot looks surprisingly like the A-10's competitor, the A-9:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YA-9

http://parisairshow.free.fr/walkaround/ya-9/page_01.htm

The Su-25 has very good low speed handling characteristics, making them ideal for carrier training aircraft.

 

[HeyJoe]

More Russian Aircraft Carriers in the future?

So they say they'll have 5-6 Aircraft Carrier Battle Groups......Sure, anything can happen by 2060. One thing for sure, he won't be still at the helm.

 

[Ragnaroll]

translation in short: They're just talking about how hard carrier landings are to make. They also said they haven't lost a single pilot from/on that carrier so far, but there are only 25 carrier-qualified pilots in the entirety of Russia. Then they spend the rest of the video talking about the intensity and importance of training.


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check that out, it has a pretty interesting bounce.

 

[gotta_fly]

I've only spent a couple days around carrier flight ops, but didn't it seem like they were relatively light on personnel on the flight deck? Do we just have higher safety standards, or is it because our ops tempo is higher?

 

[Flash]

I've only spent a couple days around carrier flight ops, but didn't it seem like they were relatively light on personnel on the flight deck? Do we just have higher safety standards, or is it because our ops tempo is higher?

I would guess much fewer aircraft. They don't put that many in the air at one time and they don't the constant cycles we do.