Su-57 Video

I would argue a bit that the He 100 was FAR superior to the Bf 109, but will not deny that it would have made a better fighter.

As for the Su-57, it cannot be as stealthy from the rear aspect because of those conventionally-shaped nozzles, though if they are variable in two directions, that might give it a slight advantage over the F-22, whose nozzles only move in one direction. The small canards at the leading edges of the gloves may also prove useful, but it appears that at high deflections they could interfere with air entering the engine inlets. Although it's been acknowledged that the F-22's vertical tails are larger than they needed to be, I still think the Su-57's are too small, even with computer-augmented stability.

In a close-in dogfight, if one should ever occur, the Su may have a slight advantage, but I still think the F-22 is unmatched in stealth, and would probably still be able to get the first shot.

 

Plus, some bureaucrat at the Luftwaffe decided that Messerschmidt would build fighters and Heinkel would build bombers.

 

I think there is a significant value in having a verified modern fighter design, even if it is only built in small numbers. It enables a country to produce a large number of modern fighters much much faster should they ever actually be needed as well as keeping the skill and knowledge base of the aerospace design community healthy.

 

I see that it has four internal weapons bays between the engines, but also have seen pics with it carrying missiles externally on its wings. Won't that effectively destroy its stealthiness? For example:

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The HE100 must have been a very slippery design because from published data it could easily outrun a 109 and they used the same engine. The 109 was a bit of a brick with wings but it was small. The HE100 used evaporative cooling which has often not been a success. Would be interesting to know if it actually worked on a large scale without baby sitters taking care of them had the thing gone into production. It was developed and designed without any knowledge of the Luftwaffe and those projects are not always warmly received. That alone could have been the cause of its failure.

It does look like a Tony with the wrong markings.

 

Same engine, pretty much.

 

Terry, the Japanese were given 3 HE100s in 1940 and copied them for the Tony. The even made a copy of the DB601.

It does seem evaporative cooling was limited for the most part to experimentals and racing planes. Kind of what I had remembered.

 

Yes...
The Kikka was an approximate ME-262 copy. They had the airframe from the Germans, but only had pictures and drawings of the Jumo. It flew, but they only built a few of them.

 

And of course the J8M was an unabashed Me 163 copy.

 

The F-22 can also carry stores on 4 wing pylons, but only if air superiority has been achieved and stealth is considered unnecessary. Obviously the Russians (and presumably the Chinese) think likewise.

 

And definitely extra fuel for Alaskan NORAD Region missions.
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