Types of combat jet inlets, what are your favorites, and the pros and cons

1. Gaping mouth type (ex: Sabre, Mig-15, Tunnan, Ta-152, etc)


pros: sexy as hell
cons: no radar

2. shock cone type (ex: Starfighter, Mirage 3,5,f.1,2k,4k, mig-21)

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pros: useful for supersonic performance
cons: lasted longer than it should, still survives in Brahmos

3. side tiago splitter types (ex: F-4, J-8, MiG-23)


pros: great for reducing boundary layers
cons: we had a member named F-4 Phantom II (be wary of users named after airplanes like F-4, Y-20, etc). Big fan of splitter plate airplanes. Hung around the Chinese aviation thread for a very long time since they were the last ones pushing splitter plates. When the jf-17 and j-10 came out, he was so upset, chinese posters got fed up with him not allowing the Chinese aviation industry to move on. can’t blame him. F-4 was sexy, so was the mig-23.

4. Chin Chin types (ex: f-16, Lavi, Eurofighter, Eastern Eurofighter, etc)


pros: somewhat similar to above, but placed under the chin, Great for subsonic and transonic regimes. Always smiles when you have a bad day
cons: not so great for supersonic. Also prone to eating copilots

5. Mike Spick type (ex: A-5, F-15, F-14, Flankers, foxbat etc)


pros: more flexible than the chin chin at various regimes due to use of ramps
cons: RCS. This was really the best looking design of it all because the next one is boring as hell

6. DSI (ex. F-35, every Chinese aircraft after 2000)


pros: removes need for splitter plate, simpler and less complex
cons: not good at supersonic regimes