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[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 days ago

I dislike Russian aggression as much as the next non tankie but can we agree the Su34 looks fucking amazing?

[-] nuke@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

It's only natural to be curious. We're human after-all. Just remember you can look but don't touch. I'll never forgive you if you cheat on F35-chan and break her heart.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

Sukhoi sure makes beautiful planes

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Too bad for them their competitors make effective planes.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 2 days ago

Hey, they're at least a top five maker, of the five companies that can make a jet from the last forty years.

Not if you include any kind of joint warfare roles or even information warfare. The airframe and powerplant are sufficient but the onboard computing, radios, jamming capabilities, lock detection and radar are all far behind western manufacturers.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago

IMO basically every Soviet / Russian jet has looked better than American jets.

I like the look of the MiG-15, the 21, etc. But, IMO the jets really got beautiful right as the Soviet Union was collapsing.

The SU-27 is a beautiful plane, the MiG-29 too. It just seems like with some of these jets, the American equivalents were designed by computer and manufactured precisely to spec. While, it feels like some of the Soviet planes involved guys with hammers trying to make a beautiful curved surface.

It also helps that the Russians often use colourful paint jobs, while the US uses flat boring grey that shows every flaw.

[-] Jumi@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Luckily the rule of cool doesn't apply IRL

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago

Don't get me wrong, nearly every fighter plane looks cool. But, it's just different varieties of cool. Like, a lot of the US planes look Lamborghini-cool, with hard surfaces and so on. The Russian / Soviet planes just look more sculpted.

And, if the rule of cool doesn't apply, then why did P-40 fighter planes have shark's mouths?

[-] Jumi@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Because Americans are kinda like W40k orcs and think painting something makes it stronger, although it actually works for the orcs.

/jk

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

It works for America too. Confidence is a hell of a drug.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The raptor definitely looks better than the felon imo, but for 4-4.5 gen, yeah, I’d agree in terms of looks for the most part. Though there are a couple exceptions - the F-104 looks cooler than the MiG-21, imo.

Edit: surprised nobody called me out for citing 2nd gen jets lol

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

I dunno. The nose of the MiG-21 looks weird, but I really like the look of the delta wings, the rudder and the ailerons. The F-104 with nothing mounted on the wingtips looks like a dart, which is cool I suppose. With the typical big fuel tanks on the wingtips it looks like some kind of catamaran.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

F-86 is a work of art, and the Mig-15 looks like a 3D printed copy found on Etsy.

[-] JoYo@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

im more of an assman, myself.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago

I'm not sure about the different colour on the beak.

this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2024
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