Ten silnik proponowany przez Saturna to prawdopodobnie Wyrób 127 o deklarowanym ciągu ~157kN wobec ~147kN obecnego Wyrób 117S
Być może to będzie dopiero jakaś przejściowa wersja między docelowym silnikiem, bo rzeczywiście 157 to ciut za mało.
Ciekawe jest natomiast jak wygląda sprawa z powłokami RAM u Rosjan? Bo jeśli to co podaje Suchoj na temat SPO 0.5m^2 to prawda to strasznie kiepsko wyglądają jego charakterystyki stealth.
No i jeszcze o silnikach
"Integrator of the engine 2 nd stage for the fighter 5 th generation will be "Joint engine manufacturing corporation"
Integrator of the engine 2 nd stage for the fighter 5-th generation (PAK FA) will be "Joint engine manufacturing corporation," said the head of the corporation "Sukhoi" Mikhail Pogosyan.
According to him, most likely, an integrator of the engine 2 nd stage for a promising set of front-line aircraft engine manufacturing will be a Joint Corporation, which merged with the Salyut. "Already defined the contours of the engine 2 nd stage, but we must realize that its cycle of creation 10-12 years, "- said Pogosyan. He ruled out the possibility of engine 2-th stage in the coming years." Similarly, do not appear by 2015 ", - stressed the head of the corporation.
Pogosyan said that for the PAK FA "Try not critical to the start of the tests with the engine 1-th stage. "The plane took off with a new engine, which was designed specifically for this aircraft," - he said, stressing that "this modern design, which allows to operate the aircraft for a long time." According to him, the exploitation of PAK-FA "in the Armed Forces of our country with the engine 1-th stage.
As for the next engine, said Pogosyan, "the time of its implementation should be clarified.""We need to clarify the scope of work and sources of funding - he stated. - The challenge this is. Determine during 2010 - maximum 2011. "