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Sukhoi SU-48PNV

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" Sukhoi SU-48PNV ( Protivokorabel'noye vooruzheniye - Anti Ship Armament ), is an aircraft with Anti-Ship capabilities, created by the Soviet Union in 1983 and having been modified by Russia in 2000, it is practically the nephew of the SU-25T, and the SU-48 is actually an amalgamation of various parts from other aircraft, this include the SU-25, SU-14 and SU-33. "

" Its main purpose was to be fast, resistant and capable of carrying a lot of weapons even in the bomb bay, the same can reach a speed of 1048 Km/h, it is not very agile and not even easy to pilot, since it is quite heavy even without armament, has four spaces for anti-ship missiles under the wings and four more for other weapons such as rocket pods, and at the end of the wings you can place an air to air armament in case of air combat, also in it's newer version, the SU-48 can now fold it's wings and use an arresting hook to land on aircraft carriers, and yes the older models didn't have that so they needed to " Forcefully " land. "

" The main Armaments of SU-48PNV include:

- 4 B8V20-A Rocket Pods with 80 S-8 Non-Guided Missiles
- 4 KH-59ME Subsonic Guided Anti-Ship Missiles
- 2 R-77M3 Air to Air Guided Missiles
- 1 Gsh-2-30, 30mm main gun

" and the bomb bay is still empty but you can put a bomb or an torpedo in there Incase you want "
" SU-48PNV Destroying an Aircraft Carrier "

" Other things: at first it was supposed to be an other version of the SU-25T but after the mistake of one of the schematics, they accidentally created a very strange plane, obviously the guy responsible for that was fired and send to Siberia, but when they tested the Airplane, they realized it could be okay to use it and see his capabilities, after some time in 1983, it was launched and almost 648 SU-48PNV were created and used "

" But it also had some accidents, some of them include the Rockets pods simply just falling from the wing or the Fuel Pods also falling from the wing, but they later fixed that and they also made the Wing more rigid "
" SU-48PNV Firing an KH-59ME Missile on a test "

AG Groups:

AG 1: Engine
AG 2: Canopy
AG 3: Bomb Bay ( No Use )
AG 4: Arresting Hook
AG 5: Fold Wings

"Note: it took several hours modifying the wings and creating the missiles, but I think it's worth it "

General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 45.2ft (13.8m)
  • Length 72.0ft (21.9m)
  • Height 18.1ft (5.5m)
  • Empty Weight 58,323lbs (26,454kg)
  • Loaded Weight 76,784lbs (34,828kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.756
  • Wing Loading 55.8lbs/ft2 (272.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,375.1ft2 (127.8m2)
  • Drag Points 8596

Parts

  • Number of Parts 969
  • Control Surfaces 13
  • Performance Cost 3,780