Sukhoi Su-31

Su-31

Jurgis Kairys in his Su-31
Role	Sports aircraft
National origin	Russia
Manufacturer	Sukhoi
First flight	1992
Developed from	Sukhoi Su-29

2008 World Aerobatics Champion Ramón Alonso in a Sukhoi Su-31.

CIAF 2015, Czech republic

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 M-14PF 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
Su-31ffX: Modified experiment for wider aerobatic envelope.

Specifications

Data from Su-26, 29, 31 Specifications^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 6.83 m (22.41 ft)
Wingspan: 7.80 m (25.59 ft)
Height: 2.76 m (9.06 ft)
Wing area: 11.83 m² (127.34 sq ft)
Empty weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 1,050 kg (2,315 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Vedeneyev M-14PF, 294 kW (400 hp)

Performance

Never exceed speed: 450 km/h (243 knots, 280 mph)
Maximum speed: 331 km/h (178 knots, 205 mph)
Stall speed: 106 km/h (57 knots, 66 mph)
Range: 1,100 km (594 nmi, 684 mi)
Rate of climb: 24 m/s (4,724 ft/min)
Load factor: -10g to 12g
Roll rate: 7 rad/sec (401 deg/sec)

References

↑ Su-26, 29, 31 Specifications

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sukhoi Su-31.

Su-31 Air Races Datasheet

Sukhoi aircraft

Fighters / interceptors	Su-9 Su-11 Su-15 Su-27 Su-30 (MKK/MKI/MKM) Su-33 Su-35 PAK FA (T-50)

Bombers / attack	Su-2 Su-4 Su-7 Su-17 Su-20 Su-22 Su-24 Su-25 Su-32 Su-34 Su-39

Reconnaissance	Su-12

Trainers	Su-26 Su-28 Su-29 Su-31

Transports	Su-38 Su-80 S-21 KR-860 Superjet 100 Superjet 130

Experimental	Su-1 Su-3 Su-5 Su-6 Su-7 (1944) Su-8 Su-9 (1946) Su-10 Su-11 (1946) Su-13 Su-15 (1949) Su-17 (1949) Su-37 Su-47 P-1 T-3 T-4 T-405 T-431

Agricultural	Su-38

Cancelled projects	KR-860 T-60S

Aerobatics

Aircraft	List of aerobatic aircraft

Competitions	European Gliding Championships FAI European Aerobatic Championships FAI World Aerobatic Championships FAI World Grand Prix Red Bull Air Race World Championship World Gliding Championships

Maneuvers	Loop (Inside & Outside) Aileron roll Barrel roll Cuban Eight Falling Leaf Hesitation roll Immelmann turn Kulbit Lomcevak Pugachev's Cobra Slip Spin Split S Stall Turn/Hammerhead Tailslide The Scissors Whifferdill turn Zurabatic Cartwheel

Organizations	British Aerobatic Association Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Aresti Catalog) International Aerobatic Club International Miniature Aerobatic Club

Pilots	Cecilia R. Aragon Hannes Arch Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad Lincoln J. Beachey Péter Besenyei Ladislav Bezák Marta Bohn-Meyer Paul Bonhomme Pip Borrman Kirby Chambliss Julie Clark Marion Cole Vicki Cruse Mario de Bernardi Glen Dell Matthias Dolderer Wilhelm Düerkop Walter Extra Markus Feyerabend Gerhard Fieseler Jozef Gabris Michael Goulian Matt Hall Wayne Handley Ray Hanna Charlie Hillard Bob Hoover Bevo Howard Petr Jirmus Steve Jones Jurgis Kairys Georgij Kaminski Svetlana Kapanina Sándor Katona Charlie Kulp Anatoly Kvochur Nigel Lamb Jim LeRoy Leo Loudenslager Nancy Lynn Alejandro Maclean Pete McLeod Jerzy Makula Stanisław Makula Mikhail Mamistov Mike Mangold Scott Manning Catherine Maunoury Neil Williams Pyotr Nesterov Alexandr Panfierov Ivy May Pearce Adolphe Pégoud František Peřina Tom Poberezny Maciej Pospieszyński Sergey Rakhmanin Amelia Reid Olaf Schmidt Art Scholl Klaus Schrodt Betty Skelton Erde Skip Stewart Martin Šonka Gene Soucy Chris Sperou Victor Tchmal Reinhold Tiling Ferenc Tóth Sean D. Tucker Nick Turvey Ernst Udet Gabor Varga Frank Versteegh Patty Wagstaff Kermit Weeks Walter Wolfrum Janusz Żurakowski

Other	3D Radio control Virtual Festival of Aerobatic Teams

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