I understand most fighters today use forced air cooling system for all electronic bays and the radar in nose.
1. Is that true ?
2. Is it like typical home AC only more reliable and compact ?
3. going by f22 and f16-b60 liquid cooling is a must for AESA radar, is everyone else slated for AESA working in liquid cooling systems ?
4. I read long back that SU30 uses “cool by fuel” to supplement air cooling, piping the cold fuel around hot parts to soak up heat. is this true ?
5. in ac with such “cool by fuel” cant they run a pipe loop through the nose and soak up the big heat generated by son-of-Irbis ? 😀
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March 6, 2006 at 2:34 pm