Isn't the frequency of these crashes a bit too high? What's going on with russian aviaation these days?
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So thats a minimum of $200m in lost aircraft in just 1 month? Not good.
Are they overworking their fleet?
Broccoli
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People say Ruaf flies more but apparently that doesn't mean they increase maintainance of their planes at same time (big mistake if true). Anyhow, losing four combat aircrafts in one month is a bad tally.
Su-35/BE200/IL-112 are the newer planes and they may total $100m. its very small amount consider the size of Russia real wealth.
The rest are older planes from Soviet time. i
problem in manufacturing or pilot error. i havent seen anything related to maintenance on field.
Russia helped both Greece and Turkey in fire fighting. not to mention many other places. so tempo is higher than normal. i will even think pilot fatigue with so many sorties. these planes are not exactly modern by current standards in terms of automation. with engine technology traced back to soviet times. new engines some time after 2022.
The rest are older planes from Soviet time. i
problem in manufacturing or pilot error. i havent seen anything related to maintenance on field.
Russia helped both Greece and Turkey in fire fighting. not to mention many other places. so tempo is higher than normal. i will even think pilot fatigue with so many sorties. these planes are not exactly modern by current standards in terms of automation. with engine technology traced back to soviet times. new engines some time after 2022.
Shoigu is involved in creating new cities and transport. It usually not happens in the world where defence minister recommends money spend else where.
Russia conducted MAKS 2021 and Army forms that has air component. than you add the Fly pasts for May 9 parades. It takes weeks if not months of training to practice fly pasts of so many diverse aviation groups over cities.
Paris airshow 2021 was cancelled. EU aviation industry can only create products based on Global supply chains and materials. and the prices increase and availability decrease coming.
Russia conducted MAKS 2021 and Army forms that has air component. than you add the Fly pasts for May 9 parades. It takes weeks if not months of training to practice fly pasts of so many diverse aviation groups over cities.
Paris airshow 2021 was cancelled. EU aviation industry can only create products based on Global supply chains and materials. and the prices increase and availability decrease coming.
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Other posters' opinions may differ, but I take this as a less than ideal sign for the future of Checkmate. Russia is offering to let foreign investors buy into the project. I am reading this as "we don't have enough money to do it ourselves."
Russia will also offer a two seater version:
Russia will also offer a two seater version:
Does this also mean that these foreign investors will get some ToT? If yes, then thats a good deal for the countries which invest on it
Ask India.
Well, it is indeed a private Rostec venture. (with state approval, but nevertheless)
They never hid it from day one.
If you read both of your links. it is incorrect to deduce that development of Checkmate dependes on foreign partner funding. Rostec cannot take this scale project without government support as it involved allocation of high skilled labor. Its allocation of labor that important not the funds. Once development is completed and plane is certified after few prototypes than Russia will prefer assembly line built in another country to save on final assembly labor as I doubt checkmate can become main fighter for Ruaf. It will have too compete with drones.
They willing to spend money to reduce labor intensity by 38%
The theory behind this approach is that skilled labor is never overallocated to a single product or process or even in same geographical area. This practical difference in skill set is demonstrated when specialized Swiss pipe laying ship left Nord stream 2 it was Russian ship and trained crew that finish the work. Germany had no ability to assemble ship and crew readily.