Sukhoi Su-31
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The Sukhoi Su-31 is a Russian single-engined aerobatic aircraft designed by Sukhoi as a lighter and more powerful version of the Sukhoi Su-29.
Design and development
The design of the aircraft started in 1991 as a single-seat development of the earlier Sukhoi Su-29 with a more powerful Vedeneyev M14PF engine and new landing gear. The low-wing cantilever monoplane first flew in June 1992 as the Su-29T and the first production aircraft flying in 1994.
Variants
- Su-29T
- Prototype single-seat aerobatic monoplane
- Su-31
- Production variant with fixed landing gear, sometimes known as the Su-31T.
- Su-31M
- Improved variant with a pilot extraction system.
- Su-31M2
- Further improved variant of the Su-31M with weight reduction, single piece canopy/windscreen and larger wing introduced in 1999.
- Su-31U
- Proposed retractable landing gear variant of the Su-31T.
- Su-31X
- Export variant of the Su-31T
Specifications
See also
Related development
References
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