A modernized SU-22 Fighter

[Jesse220]

Well I've Been thinking that the Su-22 swing wing fighter would be upgraded with a nosecone, pluss intakes for each side of the swing wings, and new avionics. also it would require a new jet engine to make it go faster.

[McColm]

Go for it.

[Jesse220]

Go for it.

I am not a modeler. so I need someone to make a modernized Su-22 fighter

[Dizzyfugu]

Has been done, at least as a photo montage. Someone mated an upscaled A-4 Skyhawk front onto a Su-22. Would not work in the real world or in model hardware form, but it looked goob. Most complicated thing would IMHO be the new air intakes. That would be a major transplantation, even though I like the idea (and the challenge!). New theoretical engine would not be that complicated, I guess.

[Jesse220]

Has been done, at least as a photo montage. Someone mated an upscaled A-4 Skyhawk front onto a Su-22. Would not work in the real world or in model hardware form, but it looked goob. Most complicated thing would IMHO be the new air intakes. That would be a major transplantation, even though I like the idea (and the challenge!). New theoretical engine would not be that complicated, I guess.

That sound's nice I would like to see it

[Army of One]

Ha.....Mr DF would probably be able to knock one up in an afternoon and photograph it next am when all the paint dry.....  

[rickshaw]

F-105 or Hunter style root intakes would be fairly easy to do.  As for a nose you could use a Hunter or the already mentioned A-4 or perhaps an F-20?

[McColm]

Or do something similar to the Chinese Mig-21.

[Dizzyfugu]

F-105 or Hunter style root intakes would be fairly easy to do.  As for a nose you could use a Hunter or the already mentioned A-4 or perhaps an F-20?

Yeah, that was also an idea that came to my mind - maybe Saab 35 style?
The tricky part is that the Su-22 has a round fuselage diameter - adding intakes and the respective ducts widens the fuselage even more. If I build one I'd like to keep the original nose and close the air intake with a radome, but placing new air intakes (and the should not be too small, since we have a rather powerful single engine) is a thing that is not as simple as it seems. Hunter style intakes, maybe with some pronounced splitter plates and sharp lips, sounds good, too. I put that on the list...  

BTW: got hands on a SMER Su-22M4. 

[Librarian]

I toyed with this idea some time ago and can report that the SU-22/F-105 combination is very feasible:



Didn't complete simply because I couldn't be ar*ed to rescribe the 105's wings to match the SU22. No memory of where the radome came from.

[ChernayaAkula]

If you don't want to rescribe the Thud wings, use the intakes only. Sorta like this:

[kerick]

I do have those two kits on hand.......

[Jesse220]

If you don't want to rescribe the Thud wings, use the intakes only. Sorta like this:

Not bad, looks like the Chinese copied of the F-105 and the Su-22

[Dizzyfugu]

Go for it!  

I really like ChernayaAkula VG F-105 - looks fast from above. A Su-22 with a solid nose will look more compact, though, but I might try to build one (creating the "Su-23"?). Already have an idea for a livery: Su-24 style, in light gray and white, with Soviet/Russian markings, maybe for the Navy. Should look odd on the round Su-22.

[ChernayaAkula]

^ Soviet/Russian navy could make sense. Nice big search radar in the nose. For the armament maybe an anti-shipping version of the AS-9 Kyle?

Here's a view with the wings swept back. The parts are to scale, but needed a little spacer between Thud fuselage and Fitter wings due to some problem with the angle of the Thud's line-art.