VERSIONS – T-10KUB-1, T10V-1, T10V-2, Su-34
Avionics: NAV suite fitted with some elements
of the intended 'glass' cockpit
Tandem twin wheel main gear units
First true Su-34, part of pre-production batch
New fuselage spine with additional fuel tank
APP-50 chaff/
flare dispensers
under 'sting'
Fatter tail 'sting' with
enlarged fuel tank
Small radome
Pilot's station
WSO station
Revised LERXs with small canards
Broad flattened nose/radome
KAI-34 HUD
12 x hardpoints (2 x centreline, 1 x under each
intake 3 x under each wing, 1 x each wingtip
Dorsal airbrake deleted
Wide cockpit section/
glazing with side-by-
side seating
Hatch to flight
deck in wheel
well
No radar
fitted
Crew ejection hatches
2 x Zvezda K-36D ejector seats
17 mm (.67 in) titanium armoured cockpit
Avionics bay in hump
Retractable IFR probe
Ventral fins deleted
2 x Lyul'ka (NPO Saturn)
AL-31F turbofans with
afterburner
T10V-2 (Su-34)
first prototype
Fixed area intakes
Fighter-bomber prototype built at Novosibirsk plant, 1989
Original 'thin'
tail 'sting'
Su-27UB mid/rear section/wings,
single wheel main gear units
Twin wheel nose gear unit
Dorsal airbrake deleted
Ventral fins
deleted
Retractable IFR probe
New cockpit/nose section/
LERXs and canards
T10V-1 (Su-27IB)
Details as T10KUB-1 (early) unless otherwise indicated
Revised Phazotron
Zhuk-MSF radar
Revised canards with extended
forward at root
Cockpit with 5 x MFD displays
2 x Lyul'ka AL-31FP vectored thrust
turbofans with afterburner
Avionics: FCS (Fire Control System)
with new digital processor for
high-resolution radar display
T10KUB-1 (Su-33KUB)
first prototype (later)
Later production, details as Su-34 (early) unless otherwise indicated
Provision for centreline
SAP-14 active jammer pod
'Devil's Pitchfork'
antenna on centreline
'Devil's Pitchfork'
antennas on fins
TA14-130-35 APU
in tail 'sting' with
intake on port side
Su-34 (later)
NATO – Fullback
Carrier-borne, two-seat trainer for the Russian Navy,
details as Su-33 unless otherwise indicated
New OBOGS oxygen generation system
New wider cockpit section/
glazing to accommodate
side-by-side seating
Revised, widened spine
Revised, raked canards
Non-folding stabilators, with
increased area
Folding outboard
wing section
Wing fold line moved outboard
Access hatch/
ladder to
flight deck
Rudder area
increased
OLS-27K IRST/LR on centreline
Two-section,
flaps on inboard wing section
Crew ejection
hatches
Phazotron
Zhuk-MS radar
Su-27K fourth prototype converted
to T10KUB-1 by KnAAPO between
1995-99
Avionics: similar to Su-33
Wing span increased to 16 m
(52 ft 6 in), area increased to
70 m2 (752.68 ft2)
T10KUB-1 (Su-33KUB)
first prototype (early)
Early production, details as T10V-2 unless otherwise indicated
Twin brake chutes in retractable dorsal container in tail 'sting'
L-150 Pastel RWR
Duplicate flight controls for WSO
Galley and toilet added behind ejector seats
Wing tip SAP-518
(L175V) active
jammer pod
V004 multi-mode
phased-array radar
Smaller nose pitot
1 x GSh-301 30 mm (1.18 in) single-
barrel cannon with 150 rounds
Flight deck ladder added to nose gear
Provision for drop tanks with additional 'wet' hardpoints
Starboard offset
comms antenna
Retractable I255 B1/02 Palatan LLTV/LR
targeting system between intakes
5 x MFDs (2 x pilot, 3 x WSO)
2 x Zvezda K-36DM Srs 2
zero-zero ejector seats
Avionics: RPKB K-102 nav/targeting system, Leninets
Sh141 WCS (Weapons Control System) with K-030B
(Baget-10V) computer, S-103 comms suite, HMCS for
both crew members, Palatan LLTV/LR system, SDU-10V
triple-redundant FBW flight control system, Argon
mainframe computer, L256 Khibiny ECM suite, L-150
Pastel RWR, flight and voice data recorders, Izdeliye
6202 IFF transponder, SO-72 (A-511) ATC/SIF transponder
RAM (Radar Absorbent Materials) applied to
parts of airframe
Su-34 (early)
NATO – Fullback
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