1 X Klimov RD-93 Afterburning Turbofan Engine Developing 19,000lb Of Thrust (11,510lb Dry). 2 X Saturn AL-31FL Turbofan Engines With Afterburner Developing 27,560 Lb Thrust Each (16,750lb Thrust Dry). ... Direct Side-by-side Comparison Of Two Aircraft.

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Your selected aircraft are compared in side-by-side arrangement below. You can always go back and Compare any two aircraft in our database. Some entries contain '0', 'not available', or an 'NA' value. This is more common with conceptual, experimental, and x-plane designs. Rotary-wing system (i.e. helicopters) values include main rotor diameter as part of width/wingspan measurement. UAV entries may display crew values as '0', not taking into account ground-based controllers. Subjects PAC JF-17 Thunder Lightweight Multirole Fighter Aircraft Sukhoi Su-30 (Su-27PU) Two-Seat, Twin-Engine Air Superiority / Strike Fighter Aircraft Basics ORIGIN Pakistan ORIGIN Russia YEAR 2007 [Diff.+11 yrs] YEAR 1996 [Diff.-11 yrs] CREW 1 CREW 2 PRODUCTION 167 units [Diff.-468] PRODUCTION 635 units [Diff.+468] Dimensions LENGTH 49.0 ft (14.9 m) [Diff.-23.0 ft] LENGTH 71.9 ft (21.9 m) [Diff.+23.0 ft] WIDTH/SPAN 31.0 ft (9.5 m) [Diff.-17.2 ft] WIDTH/SPAN 48.2 ft (14.7 m) [Diff.+17.2 ft] HEIGHT 15.5 ft (4.7 m) [Diff.-5.4 ft] HEIGHT 20.9 ft (6.4 m) [Diff.+5.4 ft] Relative Size Comparison Shapes below depict aircraft from wingtip-to-wingtip / nose-to-tail assuming aircraft are being viewed from overhead perspective (the nose pointing towards the top of the screen). Helicopter widths include main rotor diameter. If any dimensional values are "NA" in the database then the presented shapes may appear skewed. PAC JF-17 Thunder Sukhoi Su-30 (Su-27PU) Weights EMPTY WT. 14,517 lb (6,585 kg) [Diff.-24,504 lb] EMPTY WT. 39,022 lb (17,700 kg) [Diff.+24,504 lb] M.T.O.W. 27,304 lb (12,385 kg) [Diff.-48,755 lb] M.T.O.W. 76,059 lb (34,500 kg) [Diff.+48,755 lb] Installed Power 1 x Klimov RD-93 afterburning turbofan engine developing 19,000lb of thrust with reheat (11,510lb dry). 2 x Saturn AL-31FL turbofan engines with afterburner developing 27,560 lb thrust each (16,750lb thrust dry). Performance SPEED 1,218 mph (1,960 kph) [Diff.-99 mph] SPEED 1,317 mph (2,120 kph) [Diff.+99 mph] RANGE 2,164 miles (3,482 km) [Diff.+300 miles] RANGE 1,864 miles (3,000 km) [Diff.-300 miles] CEILING 55,512 ft (16,920 m) [Diff.-1,247 feet] CEILING 56,759 ft (17,300 m) [Diff.+1,247 feet] Armament STANDARD: 1 x 23mm GSh-23-2 twin-barreled internal automatic cannons OR 1 x 30mm GSh-30-2 internal automatic cannon. 2 x Shot-Ranged Air-to Air Missiles (AAMs) on wingtip rail launchers. OPTIONAL: Up to 8,000lb of externally-held ordnance across seven total hardpoints. Can include a combination of the following munitions: AIM-9L "Sidewinder" short-ranged, air-to-air missiles (AAMs), PL-5E, PL-9C and PL-12 missiles, SD-10 missiles, Anti-Radiation missiles, AM-39 "Exocet" anti-ship missiles, Ra'ad ALCM cruise missiles, Mk 82 and Mk 84 general purpose drop bombs, Matra "Durandal" anti-runway / runaway-denial drop bombs, Mk 20/CBU-100 "Rockeye" anti-armor / cluster bombs, GBU-10, GBU-12, and LT-2 laser-guided bombs. H-2 precision-guided munitions, H-4 electro-optically guided bombs, LS-6 satellite-guided glide bombs, and (optional) 3 x Jettisonable fuel tanks. STANDARD, FIXED: 1 x 30mm GSh-30-1 internal automatic cannon. External ordnance can be any combination of the following: R-27ER1 (AA-10C) "Alamo" medium-range air-to-air missiles, R-27ET1 (AA-10D) air-to-air missiles, R-73E (AA-11) airoto-air missiles, R77 RVV-AE (AA-12) air-to-air missiles, Kh-31P anti-radiation air-to-surface missiles, Kh-31A anti-radiation air-to-surface missiles, Kh-29T/L laser-guided missiles, Kh-59ME air-to-surface missiles and others. KAB-500KR bombs, KAB-1500KR bombs, FAB-500T bombs, OFAB-250-270 bombs and others. Also jettisonable fuel tanks. Going Further View Entry (PAC JF-17 Thunder) View Entry (Sukhoi Su-30 (Flanker-C)) Similar HAL Tejas HAL Tejas AF MWF

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