If I had 5 Million........

[Frazer]

I would buy.........

 

http://www.prideaircraft.com/flanker.htm

 

This!!!!!

 

First Civilian Su-27 Flies

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Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker engine runs

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Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker night afterburner tests

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[Boberro]

I would invest money and live earning of percentage money ;] It is enough... let's say 5 millions, percentage is 5%, so it is 250 000 per year = about 21 000 Euros monthly. It is good pension ^^^^

[topol-m]

^^^ Very practical :thumbup: Let`s not forget the cost to maintain and feed that bird after the purchase.

[Frazer]

Come on guys, let me dream a bit.......:D

[topol-m]

:laugh: Alright, alright it`s a nice dream. I really fish you to become reality.

Unfortunately my dream of getting several Topol-Ms is much more unrealistic :cry:

[A.S]

[SVK_Fox]

lets to share money for this beauty :D than share her :D

[topol-m]

Now that started to sound dirty... :P

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

WOW! It is a dream ... Well buying it is one thing. How much does it cost to fly and maintain it?

[G3]

Come on guys, let me dream a bit.......:D

 

i'm with u Frazer, and i see that thing has a second seat :D

[EtherealN]

WOW! It is a dream ... Well buying it is one thing. How much does it cost to fly and maintain it?

 

No clue about maintenance, but specs for the AL31F engine is ~17000lb's at full military, and it'll drink ~0.7lb's of fuel per pound of thrust per hour.

 

So one hour's flight at military power will cost you 17000*2*0,7=23800lb's of fuel.

 

For prices I ended up having to use JetA as an example, and found a slightly old price of 5.8 dollars on the gallon, ~6.4lb's per gallon. So 23800/6,4=3718, which times 5,8 is ~21600 dollars. For one hour of flight at military power.

 

That is if my hodgepodge of sleepy math, wikipedia searches and all of that actually manages to be anywhere near correct. Not cheap.

[Feuerfalke]

No clue about maintenance, but specs for the AL31F engine is ~17000lb's at full military, and it'll drink ~0.7lb's of fuel per pound of thrust per hour.

 

So one hour's flight at military power will cost you 17000*2*0,7=23800lb's of fuel.

 

For prices I ended up having to use JetA as an example, and found a slightly old price of 5.8 dollars on the gallon, ~6.4lb's per gallon. So 23800/6,4=3718, which times 5,8 is ~21600 dollars. For one hour of flight at military power.

 

That is if my hodgepodge of sleepy math, wikipedia searches and all of that actually manages to be anywhere near correct. Not cheap.

 

 

Peanuts - if you have 5,000,000 $ to spend on a plane. ;)

[EtherealN]

True.

 

Though might be worth mention that I've seen those engines quoted at 2.8 million dollars apiece when new - so once you've run out your engine life (the ones on the bird are "just" refurbished I believe) you'll either have to track down some new used engines or pay more for a new set than you paid for the whole bird. I think it was the right engine on #31 that only had some 500 hours left on it before a new overhaul would be needed as well.

 

Though...

By the time you've flown those hours you'll have spent nearly 10 million dollars on fuel. Probably a bit less of course since you won't be at full military all the time - but on the other hand it might be more if you let yourself get tempted by those afterburners. :P

 

What we need is some rediculously rich flight sim afficionado to buy that aircraft and let ED have a good close look over it for a future DCS module. (Though that would still leave the weapon systems and all that... Damn... There goes another nice but unrealistic plan. :P )

[159th_Viper]

Buy it and Fly it Like you Stole It.......Once! Thereafter it resides in your Hangar for Posterity. You're NEVER gonna replicate that first Rush in any event :)

[Feuerfalke]

True.

 

Though might be worth mention that I've seen those engines quoted at 2.8 million dollars apiece when new - so once you've run out your engine life (the ones on the bird are "just" refurbished I believe) you'll either have to track down some new used engines or pay more for a new set than you paid for the whole bird. I think it was the right engine on #31 that only had some 500 hours left on it before a new overhaul would be needed as well.

 

Though...

By the time you've flown those hours you'll have spent nearly 10 million dollars on fuel. Probably a bit less of course since you won't be at full military all the time - but on the other hand it might be more if you let yourself get tempted by those afterburners. :P

 

What we need is some rediculously rich flight sim afficionado to buy that aircraft and let ED have a good close look over it for a future DCS module. (Though that would still leave the weapon systems and all that... Damn... There goes another nice but unrealistic plan. :P )

 

Now that would be cool ;)

[Boulund]

It's not like you're gonna go to the airfield and get this bird in the air on your own, is it?

 

Btw. Is the pilot in the first video practicing for Trans Crimean Race? =D

 

None-the-less. BRUTALLY cool thing!

[EtherealN]

It's not like you're gonna go to the airfield and get this bird in the air on your own' date=' is it?[/quote']

 

Actually, that aircraft can be purchased in the same way as you'd purchase any other aircraft. You dish out the money and show the ATC people that you have a license to fly one of those. If you don't have a license you book some time with a licensed Su27 instructor and once that's done you fly it home.

 

As for ground crew - park it at a larger airport (in our case I'd imagine Bromma or Landvetter would do) and there'll be contractors around that can handle it. After all, you don't need it to be on military readiness so whenever a 50-hour (or whatever is stipulated by that aircraft's schedule) shows up you lift your phone and have the local people show up on a per-hour basis. :)

 

Not cheap, but then again, if you can afford the fuel in the first place I don't think you'll worry about it.

[gigz-on]

If I had 40 million: :rolleyes:

 

[Boulund]

Actually, that aircraft can be purchased in the same way as you'd purchase any other aircraft. You dish out the money and show the ATC people that you have a license to fly one of those. If you don't have a license you book some time with a licensed Su27 instructor and once that's done you fly it home.

 

As for ground crew - park it at a larger airport (in our case I'd imagine Bromma or Landvetter would do) and there'll be contractors around that can handle it. After all, you don't need it to be on military readiness so whenever a 50-hour (or whatever is stipulated by that aircraft's schedule) shows up you lift your phone and have the local people show up on a per-hour basis. :)

 

Not cheap, but then again, if you can afford the fuel in the first place I don't think you'll worry about it.

 

I was just thinking about the ground crew actually, kinda figured it would be like any other aircraft licence that you just smack onto your flight certificate :smartass:

 

How much is fuel for this thing anyway? Did they change the engines btw? Is it allowed in Sweden to fly about in over mach 1? Can I even buy it and take it to Sweden? :D

 

I was thinking that if I ever get 5 billion dollars, I would probable have nothing left to pay for the upkeep of this beauty anyway ;)

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Frazer, let's get the priorities straight:

 

If you actually get 5 million, you first need to get VFAT transmitting live over BBC, CNN o/and other major channels. Then, if after you actually have 5 million spare, you go after the Su-27 :D

[topol-m]

If I had 40 million: :rolleyes:

 

 

Yeah, I understand how you feel:

 

Me happy, driving that baby after spending several billions, some 500-600 years from now :D

 

 

Back to reality: :cry:

[Vekkinho]

If I had 5 Mil $ to buy it, I'd also make sure I have another 10Mil to fly it.

[gigz-on]

Back to reality: :cry:

Who is that guy on the second picture?:doh:

[topol-m]

That`s Tough B@st@rd.

[gigz-on]

That`s Tough B@st@rd.

It's you?:surprise: :megalol: