Gaincorp World Aircraft Collection 8018
Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut Diecast Model
Sukhoi Design Bureau, Factory Demonstrator 01 |
| 1:72 Scale | | Length | | Width |
|---|
| Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut | | 12.25" | | 9.25" |
Following promising results from the Su-35 and Su-37 Super Flanker aircraft, the S-37 Berkut (Su-47 Royal Eagle) was developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau to further explore post-stall manoeuvrability and super-manoeuvrability. This radical new aircraft features a forward swept wing, canards and wing LERXes in combination with extensive use of composite materials to enhance strength and reduce radar cross section. Although designed purely as a demonstrator aircraft, the Berkut may very well provide the basis for a fifth generation Russian fighter.
Originally designed as a testbed for fly-by-wire control systems and composite materials, the Su-47 Berkut was first flown on September 25, 1997. This experimental, supersonic aircraft has forward-swept wings, which give the aircraft a higher Maximum lift coefficient and delayed stall. Only one Su-47 was ever produced, serving as an advanced technology demonstrator prototype. Launched under the Soviet Union in 1983, funding for the Su-47 project was frozen after the dissolution of the USSR, though Sukhoi continued to develop the aircraft. The prototype performed so well that Sukhoi marketed the Su-47 as a production fighter to the Russian military and to foreign air forces. © Copyright 2003-2024 The Flying Mule, Inc.
Gaincorp's 1:72 scale Su-47 Berkut is constructed from diecast metal with plastic components used only in those areas requiring fine scale replication, such as the control surfaces, nose pitot tube and antennas. The wings and the top portion of the fuselage are cast as a single piece, creating a seamless look. The hinged canopy opens to reveal pad-printed front and side instrument panels and pilot figure, and the sturdy fixed metal landing gear has separately applied landing lights. The rudders and wing flaps are movable and the canards rotate in unison, and two auxiliary engine intake vents on top of the fuselage can be displayed in the open position.
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The Gaincorp "World Aircraft Collection" range presents detailed, ready-made diecast models of military aircraft.
Gaincorp "World Aircraft Collection" diecast airplanes feature:
- Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Authentic markings and placard details.
- Opening or removable canopies, revealing detailed cockpit interiors.
- Selected moving control surfaces.
- Permanently extended metal landing gear with rotating wheels.
- Authentic fixed ordnance loads.
- Accurately detailed underside with concealed screwheads.
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