@sudo_su1 heres what RBE2 PESA brochure says
Provides target tracking independently from that of the search volume.
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Can you please share the the whole brochure?
Hopefully link works, if not, you just need to create a mega account
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Indeed. The spine antenna is a F4 standard thing, and some F3R/F4 prototypes did carry it
This magazine by Dassault and partners clarifies that this is one of the inherent advantages of the electronically scanned radars over mechanical radars:
https://omnirole-rafale.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Fox-3-14.pdf
Its not, these Antenna were already used starting with F.2 or F.3.
The antenna sticking out on the back specifically is something I only see on F4s and F3R
I am not talking about the recessed electronics here
Its what I am talking about too, it has been in use long before F.4.
I see.
Do you happen to have a picture of an F2 using it ? (Since it’s easier to differentiate it compared to an F3 to the others).
Personally all of the F2 I see on google image don’t feature this antenna
Not an F.2 (i.e. the “or”) but F.3 (non -R), as well as standard and exported F.3Rs.
It was added some at some point between F.2/.3 and F.3-4+ /-R as far as I can tell, however its absolutely not something that just came with F.4.
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That magazine could be misconstrued by devs or tech mods to be talking about the AESA specifically. I got something better. A textbook authored by engineers who worked on the RBE2 PESA radar discussing the benefits of PESA. Book was published before the existence of the AESA variant.
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Maybe it’s a stretch but for tanks we use separate antenna and systems for training vs war time.
To be more concise, you would have operational level equipment and Training equipment.
For the majority of air forces, your training equipment is completely separate to your operational equipment with minimal cross over. We typically don’t go swapping out parts at a whim because the aircraft may need recertification from a regulatory standpoint depending on the part you are changing.
Maybe I’m not comprehending this, but looking at the graphs, the induced drag seems to be increased overall, and yet the data miners state that the induced drag is actually reduced. What did I miss ?
I think the orange line is the current one (we are currently at the 2.43.50 and the orange is the 2.43.41)
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Rafale lacks supercruise capabilities // Gaijin.net // Issues
Thanks to @Mulatu_Astatke for sources.
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shamefully deleted bug report here
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Your link does not work.