I believe in unstable FBW aircraft the FCS constantly makes minute movements of the control surfaces to keep the plane flying as desired compared to ‘stable’ airframes. hence the actuators (from Moog) need to be really heavy duty.
you can see 4 prominent bulges on wings of Rafale prototype here:

http://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/AIRCRAFT-IMAGES/Rafale.jpg

on production rafale they seem to have reduced that to two perhaps by combining the actuators.
http://www.comptoir-aviation.com/Rafale.jpg

Wise,
I am still not convinced. It looks like over size to me.. 🙁

Farce again???:rolleyes:

😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

How can you tell from a miniature plastic model?

no radome. which in my world makes it electronically scanned.. 😀 😀 I may be wrong..

What no coffee holders…………..:p

man.. we need caffeine every morning.
😮 😮

The SH is a mediocre plane and IAF was least impressed with it. The Mig-35 is not the best option on its own but if it can be souped up like MKI with indigenous, french and israeli avionics then it easily works out to be the most economical deal. If the french have given up on MRCA, then MIG can rejoice.

“The SH is a mediocre plane” – I dont agree with this. It may be a sluggish plane w.r.t speed. But I will bet on it for its avionics and missile systems. MiG can come nowhere near it.:dev2:

I personally doubt that very much………..really the writing is on the wall and it says “Super Hornet”.:D

My vote to SH.

What is happening to Phalcons… nobody talks about it.. any build pictures.. 😉