Because we were supposed to buy more than 200 of those su-57 which would have costed india A BOMB. And india is not a technological dumb country. We wanted a jet which can live upto our needs for example AL-31FP underperformed in indian climatic conditions meanwhile it worked nicely in Russian climate. We wanted that jet with item - 30 engine Russia failed to stick with the time lines .
( even rafale is tuned for indian conditions.)
What Did France do to “tune” Rafale? Engines work more efficient in cooler conditions where air is dense. As for the “-30 engine” Russia is working on the engine without foreign help. It’s light years ahead of any other engine besides maybe the F-135. Look at the Kavari engine, India is getting a lot of assistance and the engine is probably obsolete and you bash Russia? Remind everyone how long it took India to built and induct the LCA and Arjun-this with half the parts in those things being foreign. You seem upset with Russian progress but fail or refuse to admit India cannot achieve the same success even with massive foreign assistance to build much less sophisticated equipment.
Russia eventually said that we could transfer TOT to india for 5 billion and said india wanted TOT for free after spending 300 million $ in which development of prototypes costed Russia 6 billion.
Their are only two answers to this first india founded out that Russia is not going to provide total TOT( even after payment) and Chinese will eventually get hands on these jets and secrets will be out.
In other words India wanted full TOT practically for free. Gee I wonder why Russia wasn’t interested. By the way TOT transfer would cost Russia a net loss, which I will explain shortly.
Second issues can be fighter failed to match technology requirements.
I remember an old interview in Russian with maybe Bogdan in which he said the aircraft exceeded expectations. So this can’t be it, I feel you are interjecting your own prejudices here.
If we can pay 1.2 billions for a tank T-90 to get it's tot then we could have also invested more if hypocrite Russia supported joint development.
India pays Russia $1.2 billion in technology transfer fees for T-90S tanks
Do you realize what TOT is? Apparently not,
it would cost Russia money to transfer TOT so you think India would get it for free at the expense of Russia? You think Russia just hands over a hard drive or blueprints and be done with it? Wrong, it involves helping set up factories and production lines, giving machinery and training everyone from engineers to production workers. The transfer of TOT also means that the orders from the original manufacturer is zero or very little which means the original manufacturer will not let a foreign entity manufacturer it’s product for free.
And why india will not ask for test flight not to remind that request of test flight was created in after 2011 at that time SU-57 prototypes were flying.
Btw don't you know that Russia itself utilized India's modifications which we asked for development of su-30?
There is zero practical reasons as to why Russia would risk handing over the Pak-fa to India. There is no need, since India would get the same feedback from Bogdan as Russia would get. This type of backwards decisions is the same reasons why it takes India decades to develop simple aircraft even when when using foreign assistance and foreign engines, radars and weapons.
Lol this is new one. How many flight hours this bogdon has which Indians can't match.
It has little to do with flight hours but Bogdan probably has more then any Indian pilot anyways since he graduated in 1983 from Air Force academy. Name a single Indian pilot that flown
55 different types of aircraft...name an Indian pilot that has flown radical designs such as the SU-47 and SU-57? Sorry to tell you but India does not have anyone close to Bogdan’s pedigree. Next you will probably argue India has cosmonauts with the same experience as Russia but obviously that would be impossible because India has limited experience in the space field just like India has limited experience in aircraft design as a result India does not have personnel as qualified as Russia, be it test pilots or cosmonauts.
Anyway su57 crashed recently probably because it was not flown by bogdon ! Lol or was it lmao.
This is childish, there was a glitch in the flight control computer. At least the pilot was experienced enough to safely eject and help engineers figure out what went wrong. The F-22 had a similar issue, Indian built and designed MKIs also had issues with software, the difference is Russia tested the aircraft rigorously and discovered the problem before it it was handed over to regiments while India failed to uncover flaws in its software. China has also had a rash of crashes due to software problems which ended up killing pilots.
Case in point, Bogdan is one of the most experienced pilots to ever fly, not just in Russia but in the world. We are again talking about a man that has been flying for 36 years, a man that has flown 55 different aircraft, one of a handful of pilots to ever fly forward swept wing aircraft, a man that has carrier landings under his belt and a man that has flown the most powerful twin engine aircraft ever created. His years of experience coupled with flying everything from high performance to sluggish aircraft in all environmental is unparalleled. Bogdan has also piloted as unusual and sometimes unpredictable aircraft give him experience that is not easily matched.
The batch for everything but Su35 and token Mig 35 (involving 2 units and no more unless other country orders) have ended.
Those Su34 were last jets out of 92 ordered in 2012
The reason i was expecting larger Su57 is because thats the only jet they'll have in production 2 years from now.
These were Russian Air Force orders
only, this does not take into account deliveries Sukhoi made to India, China, Kazakhstan, Belarus or Vietnam. Sukhoi can produce large yearly orders, it’s a matter of orders. Your entire argument is incoherent and makes no sense...Russia has produced and will produce large serial batches yet you claim otherwise.
