Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle Vs Sukhoi Su-27 (Flanker)

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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 Boeing F-15A Eagle Multirole / Air Superiority Fighter Aircraft Sukhoi Su-27SK Air Superiority / Ground Attack / Multirole Fighter Basics ORIGIN United States ORIGIN Soviet Union YEAR 1976 [Diff.-9 yrs] YEAR 1985 [Diff.+9 yrs] CREW 1 or 2 CREW 1 PRODUCTION 1,500 units [Diff.+691] PRODUCTION 809 units [Diff.-691] Dimensions LENGTH 63.8 ft (19.4 m) [Diff.-8.1 ft] LENGTH 71.9 ft (21.9 m) [Diff.+8.1 ft] WIDTH/SPAN 42.8 ft (13.0 m) [Diff.-5.4 ft] WIDTH/SPAN 48.2 ft (14.7 m) [Diff.+5.4 ft] HEIGHT 18.5 ft (5.6 m) [Diff.-0.9 ft] HEIGHT 19.4 ft (5.9 m) [Diff.+0.9 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. Boeing F-15A Eagle Sukhoi Su-27SK Weights EMPTY WT. 27,000 lb (12,247 kg) [Diff.-9,112 lb] EMPTY WT. 36,112 lb (16,380 kg) [Diff.+9,112 lb] M.T.O.W. 56,002 lb (25,402 kg) [Diff.-11,129 lb] M.T.O.W. 67,131 lb (30,450 kg) [Diff.+11,129 lb] Installed Power 2 x Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 afterburning turbofan engines developing 25,000 lb of thrust each. 2 x Saturn (Lyulka) AL-31F afterburning turbofan engines developing 27,557 lb of thrust each. Performance SPEED 1,875 mph (3,017 kph) [Diff.+321 mph] SPEED 1,553 mph (2,500 kph) [Diff.-321 mph] RANGE 2,402 miles (3,865 km) [Diff.+208 miles] RANGE 2,193 miles (3,530 km) [Diff.-208 miles] CEILING 65,010 ft (19,815 m) [Diff.+2,674 feet] CEILING 62,336 ft (19,000 m) [Diff.-2,674 feet] RATE-OF-CLIMB 50,000 ft/min [Diff.-9,000 feet] RATE-OF-CLIMB 59,000 ft/min [Diff.+9,000 feet] Armament STANDARD: 1 x 20mm M61A1 internal rotary automatic cannon. Mission-specific ordnance can include any of the following: 2 x AIM-9 "Sidewinder" short-ranged Air-to-Air Missiles (AAMs). 4 x AIM-7 "Sparrow" medium-ranged AAMs. 2 x AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-ranged AAMs. AGM-65 "Maverick" air-to-surface missiles. AGM-88 "HARM" anti-radiation / anti-radar missiles. GBU-10 Laser-Guided Bombs (LGBs). GBU-12 Laser-Guided Bombs (LGBs). GBU-24 Laser-Guided Bombs (LGBs). GBU-15 Electro-Optically (EO) Guided Bombs. AGM-130 Powered Bombs. GBU-31 Joint-Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs). GBU-32 JDAMs. Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW). Cluster Bombs. B51 and B61 nuclear bombs. Up to 16,000 lb of externally-held ordnance. STANDADRD, FIXED: 1 x 30mm GSh-30-1 internal automatic cannon. OPTIONAL: Mission-specific ordnance can include a mix of air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons depending on production model. These are carried externally across ten hardpoints. Weapon types include air-to-air missiles,, air-to-surface missiles, precision-guided bombs, conventional drop bombs, cluster bombs, anti-radar missiles, and anti-ship missiles. Going Further View Entry (Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle) View Entry (Sukhoi Su-27 (Flanker)) Similar Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker McDonnell Douglas F-15I (Ra'am) Sukhoi Su-35 (Flanker-E) Sukhoi Su-34 (Fullback) Sukhoi Su-57 (Felon)

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