Meet Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker
The Su-27 was developed as a Soviet all-weather fighter-interceptor to counter the F-15. The U.S. Air Force museum describes the two-seat Su-27UB trainer as retaining combat capability, with dual controls and the instructor in the rear cockpit. That trainer entered Soviet service in 1986. The family also became a basis for later Sukhoi combat-aircraft developments.
History & design
The trainer within the Flanker family
The museum’s 1989-built Su-27UB served first in the Soviet Navy and later in the Ukrainian Air Force. Its later sale, U.S. Air Force acquisition and 2023 museum arrival form the history of that individual trainer. DC Designs represents the Su-27 through a separately documented simulator product.
National Museum of the United States Air Force · Sukhoi SU-27UB “Flanker-C” Trainer ↗USAF museum, individual Su-27UB history.
Limiters and manoeuvring surfaces
The developer listing identifies selectable AoA/G limiters and automatically managed surfaces. The manual’s Cobra and tailslide sections describe how its trim and limiter functions participate in those manoeuvres. This account concerns the DC Designs implementation.
DC Designs / Just Flight · DC Designs Su-27 Flanker Manual ↗DC Designs Su-27 manual, limiter/trim and manoeuvre descriptions.
Systems & details
Learning the developer’s Flanker cockpit
DC Designs retains Cyrillic cockpit labels while providing English tooltips and an interactive checklist to help locate controls. Its manual describes an internal radar intended for intercept practice in MSFS multiplayer and treats the high-angle-of-attack manoeuvres as specific procedures. The large internal fuel load is part of its description of the aircraft’s patrol role. These are the developer’s documented systems and operating presentation; they do not establish a measured flight-model or force-feedback match to a Su-27.
In your simulator
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Manuals & resources
Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Manual
DC Designs Su-27 Flanker ManualDC Designs / Just Flight · DC Designs Su-27 manual, limiter/trim and manoeuvre descriptions.Aircraft background
Su-27 Flanker MSFS by JustFlight | Contrail ShopDC Designs · Aircraft equipment and developer product details. Sukhoi SU-27UB “Flanker-C” TrainerNational Museum of the United States Air Force · USAF museum, individual Su-27UB history.Built-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 1 profile choice
DC Designs Su-27 Flanker
DC Designs · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Su-27 was developed as a Soviet all-weather fighter-interceptor to counter the F-15.
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