"In convertible mode": Western press discusses the flight of the Su-57 fighter with an open cockpit

In the American media environment, they drew attention to a fragment of a video released the other day on the channel of the Ministry of Defense and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the State Flight Test Center. The American columnist Thomas Nedvik published an article stating that a Russian test pilot performed an impressive maneuver. It was piloting the latest Su-57 fighter in the cockpit without a "canopy".
The American journalist called this version of the test flight "a flight in a convertible fighter."

Thomas Nedwik:

The flight of the Su-57 without a "flashlight" was probably associated with the assessment of emergency escape procedures. It can be seen that the cockpit windshield remains in place, and the rear is completely removed, including the frame.

The American military observer also draws attention to the flight suit of the Russian pilot. He calls this flight suit "non-standard" - able to help the pilot withstand extremely low temperatures when flying in "convertible mode".

The American author notes that this flight option resembles a flight made in Britain by test pilot Keith (Keith) Hartley on a Panavia Tornado fighter in 1988 - during the development of the aircraft. Then the British development company reported that the test version was carried out specifically to work out the emergency escape procedure.

Video of the Ministry of Defense, where a fragment of the discussed test flight of the Su-57 is captured:

Comments

[Same lech]

Without special measures, the pilot can easily be pulled out of the cockpit with a sharp maneuver ... considering what aerobatics this aircraft is capable of performing ... my compliments to the pilot.

[Insurgent]

The American military observer also draws attention to the flight suit of the Russian pilot. He calls this flight suit "non-standard" - able to help the pilot withstand extremely low temperatures when flying in "convertible mode".

How else the test pilot was not named "Vatnik"... Strange ...

[vVvAD]

What are you worried about: now the daughters of officers will catch up - and they will explain everything

[Piramidon]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

Without special measures pulling the pilot out of the cockpit can easily

The measures are not "special" but standard. The safety belts with which the pilot is fastened are very durable. We pulled cars stuck out of the mud like this.

[Same lech]

The harness is very durable.

And the fasteners ... and the fastening ... could the pilot accidentally unfasten them?

[Piramidon]

Quote: The same Lech

The harness is very durable.

And the fasteners ... and the fastening ... could the pilot accidentally unfasten them?

Well, if there is no mind, then maybe.

[Same lech]

Well, if there is no mind, then maybe.

This is because in aviation anything can happen ... then you understand they will shoot from a cannon at exercises at their plane ... then helicopter pilots will accidentally fire their missiles ... anecdotally ... but it was the same.

[KVU-NSVD]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

This is because anything can happen in aviation ... t

Anything happens everywhere. But specifically in this flight, the task was hardly to show aerobatics and everything was checked-rechecked with seat belts.

[Same lech]

And if an emergency ... a bird got into the engine, for example ... what shall we do?

[KVU-NSVD]

Quote: The same Lech

And if an emergency ... a bird got into the engine, for example ... what shall we do?

In an emergency situation, the tester transfers it to the standard one. If impossible, it will catapult normally.

[Same lech]

What kind of people ... they find the answer to everything. .

[cradle]

just don't ask stupid questions ... just stupid ones.

[ancient]

Quote: KVU-NSVD

In an emergency situation, the tester transfers it to the standard one. If impossible, it will catapult normally.

Just .... "handsome" ....

[Piramidon]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

And if an emergency situation

And if he was carrying cartridges?

[K-36]

a bird got into the engine, for example ... what shall we do?

Here is an example of which I myself was a ground witness. My post dated June 4, 2015. :
"So, preparations for the May 9 Parade. Alabino. Test run of all aviation involved in this event. Su-34 took place inside the" Combat wing "figure
(this is when 7-10 aircraft are pressed against each other as much as possible in order to "shoe" the enemy radar operators, pretending to be one large low-speed target. Then, at the right time, scatter one by one and start performing an individual combat mission) yes. When approaching the control point (where the high evaluating authorities are below), the Su-34 catches two geese in the forehead (these are birds that like to return from hot countries to their beloved Russia wink in the spring). One bird breaks through the glazing of the navigator's lantern (which is located in the same cockpit with the crew commander to the right of him), and the second - into the right engine. In the cockpit, the noise of rushing air, feathers, a stench and a blood-stained navigator. And the right engine ... got up winked
So the crew did not fail, the group received a "credit!", And after that the Su-34 on one engine returned to its airfield (and this is 450 km south of Alabino) "

[Bort radist]

Geese and seagulls are enemies of aviation.

[ancient]

Quote: Bort Radist

Geese and seagulls are enemies of aviation.

All birds ... small ones can do the same ... although they don't "figure out" the surge, but the nicks on the shoulder blades will definitely leave a lot

[Bort radist]

This and small things in the air intake are a problem. We have a seagull on the AN-12, the wing skin has broken through and was just short of the tank.

[not main]

When I met such a phenomenon (south of the Saratov region) Mi-2 and an eagle are flying head to head! Who do you think folded? Definitely not an eagle! How many times gave way to this feathered!

[your1970]

Quote: non-primary

When I met such a phenomenon (south of the Saratov region) Mi-2 and an eagle are flying head to head! Who do you think folded? Definitely not an eagle! How many times gave way to this feathered!

-Ozinki?

[not main]

Exactly! They are family!

[your1970]

I served in the OBATO regiment (already in combat) until the liquidation in 1998 ...

[not main]

I studied there 1981-1983.

[Bort radist]

I don't remember where they sat down in Belarus. I am a radio operator, a conscript, but I was often in a standing position on a chair, with my right hand resting on the radio station behind the armored back of the second. We go to the landing, the drive has passed. I see a sparrow on the course, but there are no crows and now a stork! We're already off course. And he laid the bend with the loss of height under us. On the ground they told. They say - the couple has been living for a long time, experienced.))

[Bad_gr]

Quote: K-36

One bird breaks through the glazing of the navigator's lantern (which is located in the same cockpit with the crew commander to his right)

An acquaintance of mine worked in Chechnya (after the first campaign) and somehow he came across a flashlight from a downed Su-27. The lantern, falling from a height of several hundred meters (+ aircraft speed), practically did not suffer. This is what I mean: the fighter's lantern remained intact after such tests, and the front-line bomber, carrying one and a half tons of armor, covering the pilot from the sides with thick glass (this is even visible by the color of the glass) - and the windshield pierced by a goose. Unclear.

[Klingon]

Quote: The same Lech

And if an emergency ... a bird got into the engine, for example ... what shall we do?

When a brick falls on your head, this is also an emergency situation, so that this does not happen, for example, builders are obliged to wear helmets. You understand safety precautions. In general, anything can happen, with anyone and whenever you want. Do you want to calculate the probability of each random event? then you need a supercomputer and a trillion years

[val43]

Foolishly, you can break a crowbar. But in general, there are fuses, they are easily accessible, but you cannot turn them off accidentally. On the C-4, it was a conventional spring-loaded bracket, which in working order blocked the pressing of the outboard opening trigger. Moreover, it was impossible to catch it accidentally, all the same triggers interfered, it was necessary to specially poke it with a finger.

[K-36]

On the C-4, it was a conventional spring-loaded bracket.

I'm sorry, but the example you gave is from a completely different opera. As for the K-36, the waist and shoulder pulls attract the pilot's harness to the seat. And, even if the pilot opens the locks of the OSK-2 (Free Ends of the Parachute Release), he will still not fall out of the plane, because its harness is pulled to the K-36 by belt and shoulder pulls True, he will no longer be able to safely eject with the OSK-2 locks unbuttoned, tk. the headrest together with the rescue parachute will fly off into the clear sky, and the pilot will fall out of the chair in the harness, but ... without a parachute.

[ancient]

Quote: K-36

and the pilot will fall out of the seat in the harness, but ... without a parachute.

Absolutely right, that's just ... with IPS (or as per the instructions of the PSU -36) there is a "problem" .... the so-called .. "cervical backlash" and if you do not press yourself against the headrest .. the cervical vertebrae may suffer and with long negative ny, you can .. "hang" even completely pulled ... but for pilots with .. short stature this is already .. "problem"
But in the old K-36D chairs, you immediately put on the suspension system, which is already mounted in the chair and the "area" of the neck is also attracted by the cable (attached to the back mattress) .. there is practically no backlash there.
IPS is good for "convenience" .. on the ground I put it on, adjusted it and go .. "to land" ... but on the old one, well, like on other types that are not equipped with K-36s, you have to ... get in ... and if in a "demi-season" or even in a leather jacket, but .. with large dimensions ... already .. "problematic"

[val43]

Do not apologize, it is clear that from another opera. I just tried to explain using an example available to me, such systems are protected from accidental actions. The same OSK-2 (only if it does not change the sclerosis, not detachment, but detachment) just cannot be opened like that.

[Alexey Sommer]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

And the fasteners ... and the fastening ... could the pilot accidentally unfasten them?

Do you often accidentally unfasten yourself in the car?

[ZEMCH]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

And the fasteners ... and the fastening ... could the pilot accidentally unfasten them?

You can break something with a fool)))

[outsider]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

Quote: The same Lech
The harness is very durable.

And the fasteners ... and the fastening ... could the pilot accidentally unfasten them?

- Only with eggs ...

[K-36]

Without special measures, the pilot can easily be pulled out of the cockpit with a sharp maneuver...

I inform you (as an educational program on the chair from my avatar) that the chairs of the K-36 family have operational drawbars of the suspension system: waist and shoulder ... And in the case of ejection, they become emergency, that is, they attract the pilot to the seat "to the fullest."
And also (for development) talk to the Hero of Russia A.Yu. Garnaev in his blog. He, as a test pilot, unequivocally says that flights without a canopy are included in the MANDATORY test program for any new fighter. And this flight is exactly that.

[ancient]

Quote: K-36

as an educational program on the chair from my avatar) that the chairs of the K-36 family have operational pulls of the suspension system: waist and shoulder

I will not add much (to your educational program and your avatar ) you have forgotten about .. leg grips (burdocks) .. "little black" burdocks around RUS'ov.

Quote: K-36

flights without a cockpit canopy are included in the MANDATORY test program of any new fighter

Here I am fully confirming both at the LCI stage and at the PSI stage (but only on IA, SHA and FBA aircraft) ... I tried it on the Tu-22M on "long cars") .... but later on already at 1,2 and 3 -kah were not carried out.

[ancient]

Quote: ancient

. "little black" mugs around RUS'ov.

Graphic illustration

[Bad_gr]

Quote: ancient

Graphic illustration

Excuse me, this is the cockpit of which plane?

[ancient]

Quote: Bad_gr

Excuse me, this is the cockpit of which plane?

Sioux 24MR

[Bad_gr]

Quote: ancient

Sioux 24MR

Clear. Thanks for the information.

[K-36]

Ancient, strongly welcome
I did not specifically mention the foot cages, since this is not an operational system, but a purely emergency one. And he also said nothing about the mechanism for raising the seat according to the height of the pilot (because he "no sideways" to the shoulder and waist cuffs). This chair I taught for 12 years on the courses of the beginning of the PDS in 4 pulp and paper industry and PLC.
Regarding the IPS-72. She, it seems, only stayed on the Su-25. Well, in order not to "hang" in an inverted flight, then tighten the belt pull tighter before departure And all the Instructions tell you to press your head to the headrest before the ejection (because there are no belts for attaching the ZSh to the headrest of the chair
Something I remembered respected by me at all times vaf
C Regards,

[ancient]

Quote: K-36

And he also said nothing about the seat lift mechanism according to the pilot's height

I am very glad to "hear"
Knowing, the number of pilots whose climb height was .. "over the edge" (they barely reached the foot pedages), well, .. "giants" .. the seat is at the bottom until it stops, and he has a gap between the ZSH and the lamp ... well very small"

Quote: K-36

It seems that she only stayed on the Su-25.

That's all ... everyone in "harnesses" walk and fly

Quote: K-36

Well, in order not to "hang" in an inverted flight, then tighten the belt pull tighter before departure

That's right ... only if in the PPK .. that .. not very .. "convenient" and with a weight of under 100 kg (in total) it still happens from the chair and. " .you stick "
Sincerely,

[K-36]

."little black "mugs around RUS'ov.

I remembered: "Kid, I don't play like that ..." (cartoon "Kid and Carlson who lives on the roof").
Ancient, to grow thin is to grow thin. Not around RUS -ov, and on the sides of RUS-s Otherwise, when ejected, the feet will tear off
We put all one thing with great respect,

[ancient]

Quote: K-36

Not around the RUS-s, but on the sides of the RUS-s

This is me for .. the "general" public ... to understand the moment so put it

Quote: K-36

Otherwise, when ejected, the feet will tear off

This is yes, otherwise on the KT-1M (Tu-22M-2, M- did not have time to put his legs on the footboards, before the "ready" actuation .. consider "you will leave" without your feet .. at best , the same about hand limiters ("forearms breakers") ..... pulled the levers up ... but the flashlight did not go away .. the right one climbed behind the emergency release lever .. here you are and ...
Well, about the back of the chair, from which you separate and land ... in general ... if you didn't immediately fall on your side, then you were left "without collarbones" ...
Best regards, , although it should be like this ... (for a long time already in .. "train" 0).

[Doliva63]

Quote: The same Lech

Without special measures, the pilot can easily be pulled out of the cockpit with a sharp maneuver ... considering what aerobatics this aircraft is capable of performing ... my compliments to the pilot.

Do you think the testers "drive without a belt"?

[Doccor18]

There is a flying elite in the country - these are astronauts. And then there is the elite-elite - these are test pilots. These masters, the diamonds of heaven ...
Words are not mine, one of the designers of NPO MIG said.

[Alien From]

This procedure is a necessary flight test, and all mattresses can only make a big difference ..

[yehat2]

the pilot will not unfasten, but wind currents can harm him and destroy the cockpit.
something similar led to the death of the pilot while testing the future su-27

[Incvizitor]

Maybe when ejecting on the tail, then it will be generally sad to hit.

[Egoza]

What a big-eyed journalist! I saw everything! Envy in silence! You don't have such pilots.

[Real Pilot]

A test program can (and does) include many elements. Sometimes completely unexpected for amateurs

In convertible mode ... how romantic ! It's a pity for one-seater, not to ride the heifers ... In general, such an association says a lot about the level of the journalist with whom it arose.

[Orange bigg]

Good news regarding the testing of the Su-57, a photo of which with the Product 180 appeared on the Internet.

The Russian Su-57 fighter was first seen carrying the new K-77 air-to-air missile, the design of which is partly based on the currently existing R-77, writes the American edition of The Military Watch.

Russian sources report that the range of the "Product 180" is 193 km (for the American AIM-120D missile this figure is 180 km, for the Chinese PL-15 - about 250-300 km). Missile guidance technologies make the K-77 extremely accurate even against small and maneuverable targets at extreme distances. The sophisticated electronics in the rocket's nose can overcome the problem of the radar's "field of view", allowing the rocket to maintain a 360-degree view around it and thus preventing fighters from evading it.

https://topcor.ru/16787-su-57-vpervye-pokazali-s-novejshej-raketoj-izdelie-180.html

[Jacket in stock]

Maybe they have such pilots. It's just that they do not leaked all the details of the tests on TV.

[Insurgent]

Quote: Jacket in stock

Maybe they have such pilots. It's just that they do not leaked all the details of the tests on TV.

Of course have ! As well as certain intelligence on individual events (for example, about the downed Boeing MN-17), which they - have but cannot publish...

[Piramidon]

Quote: Jacket in stock

Maybe they have such pilots.

Without the "may". Why guess if even the article says:

this flight option is reminiscent of the flight made in Britain by test pilot Keith (Keith) Hartley on the Panavia Tornado fighter in 1988 - during the development of the aircraft. Then the British development company reported that the test version was carried out specifically to work out the emergency escape procedure.

[bober1982]

Quote: Piramidon

Without the "may". Why guess

This is when the flap of the flashlight is torn off, on takeoff, then the flight is made in a similar mode, the testers become involuntarily.

[begemot20091]

there is, of course there is!

[Doliva63]

Quote: begemot20091

there is, of course there is!

Tin!

[Barnabas]

Yes, a convertible, that's right.
And if the pilot presses the blue button on the right, the plane will transform into a robot, and if the black one, then it will be a space fighter!

[APASUS]

Tests in progress, normal process, there should always be instructions, in case of technical problems

[rocket757]

This is the service / job for testers, to check all emergency situations.

[dzvero]

And that looks cool. Not everyone is given a ride like that "with a breeze."

[Pavel57]

This is for evaluating stealth capabilities.

[ender]

30% of accidents happen after the phrase: "Look how I can!"
The remaining 70% after the words: "Bullshit! Look right" ... (c)

[Kushka]

Boeing and Penguin meet. In Penguin
young, hot ass, and in Boeing a gray-haired grandfather.
Penguin - look how I can - how wrapped
a barrel with two somersaults over the tail. And you?
10 minutes, 15 minutes - Boeing flies smoothly
voice on the air - and I went to the tail, drank coffee,
stroked the stewardess on the ass, called
my own restaurant, ordered foie gras at 20-00 ...

[Shadow041]

That's right, the tests should be comprehensive. The lantern can be pierced in battle and the pilot's equipment should allow the pilot to maintain combat effectiveness even in such conditions

[Mikhail Ya2]

About a year ago, an Israeli F-15 lost its flashlight during a flight and landed safely at its base.

[chingachguc]

so you can fly only at the lowest speed - at 200 km it will press the head against the back ... the Su-57 has almost no stall speed.

[Dizel200]

Strange, I thought the Americans were again muddying the SU-57, like the Russians don't have money for a flashlight or something else in the same spirit.

[Plastmaster]

Quote: The same Lech

Well, if there is no mind, then maybe.

This is because in aviation anything can happen ... then you understand they will shoot from a cannon at exercises at their plane ... then helicopter pilots will accidentally fire their missiles ... anecdotally ... but it was the same.

Well, if you yourself are not interested, and do not find out from those who can tell how it was, then yes anecdote. Who is in thorns, to whom they will suit as profitably.

[Igor Rozhkov]

Interestingly, will the pilot light a gas from a gas burner or from a lighter bought in Magnet?