how about this design
2 engines top and bottom like the Lightning
3 intakes.. two side with dsi one on top
Laocean people tend to buy Chinese but this time they chose a Russian civil jet over a Chinese one for the first time!
I wouldn’t take any of that to the bank just yet.
Taking into account the direction of the sun, side-on and very slightly behind the aircraft and curvature of the APU inlet I say its more likely as follows (could be wrong, will certainly revisit it once better photos are available).
I believe the bottom dark area pointed to by label 1 in the pic above is the sun’s shadow of the small exhaust port at the top of the engine. The shadow is slight enlarged due to hitting a convex surface. This also checks out when looking at its placement on other prototypes. The top dark area pointed to by 1 is possibly the reflection of the same exhaust nozzle, or another shadow from a secondary light source (reflected ambient light off opposite stab). Angle of the front of the inlet may not be right for that though.
Area 2 looks like the reflection of the opposite rudder, complete with black stripe. Angle might be too shallow for that though. Could be something external to the aircraft altogether.
The distinct line pointed to by 3 is the reflection of the top of the engine cowling. The 2 different shades are likely the transition in surface materials. The 2 shades don’t match the color of the 2 materials, but may show the difference in ambient light reflected off them. Could also be the dark section is the shadow from the opposite tail projecting directly onto the APU intake’s surface. Option 3 is that the back of that reflection is lighter because of the reflection of bright light off the left tail onto the engine.
4 is the reflection of some blue sky and 5 possibly some clouds.
As with all shadows, when objects are closer to the surface their shadow is projected onto, their shadow is sharper. Same goes for reflections onto diffuse surfaces.
We’ll see, would confirm before transferring this directly to the gospel library.
yep, the skin on those pakfers are still slightly glossy and reflective, that explains why the shadows on the right and left tails are different. if they were faceted the shadows would be similar.
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