i saw this, looks plausible, then again i saw it said its a foreign object diverter,
…I thought something similar, more airflow simulator for the definitive blocker:
The photoshopped image below, is the one kapedani tried to pass-off as the real-deal (of the above right).
I don’t know! Otaku’s non-concentric circles on a picture…almost have me convinced.
Anyway, the issue has huge implications on RCS. Not the S-ducts per se (though of course they are a big part of the issue, if the radar blockers can or can’t offer the same level of reduction…which they can’t!), but also the design itself.
……can be repeated all it wants, but it just ain’t so.
I’d like to apologise unreservedly to kapedani, it’s clear the engine RCS integrated solution will include a blocker. Clearly, the many hundreds of scientists & engineers in the know (and 3 in particular), feel S-ducts (and barn door fins) are yesterday’s tech.
Just one question, why is the comp-face straight on, and not (even slightly) angled downwards or inwards? That’s your mission harvaala, for MAKS 2011, in case I can’t make it myself……..or is the answer “it just ain’t so”.
Without a fundamental breakthrough in materials and propulsion tech, that Boeing concept (i.e. manned UCAV) is about as good as it gets for 6G, imho.
Maybe VG wings will make a comeback- but in some sort of funky, shape-shifting form :p
I do like this though:
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