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.
fixed (thanks wareta)
edit also I am dumb, bug report is wrong, flaps do work
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Anything to make the Rafale better than the Eurofighter…
(Gaijoob, pls gib IR AASM its automatic target recognition and SPECTRA the ability to launch weapons so I can accurately drop bombs on AA from >70km by initially tracking their radar emissions [who cares if it’s OP xD])
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Apparently Later variants of the F-16’s Harm Targeting System (R7) has a similar feature that can generate GPS co-ordinates from detected emissions.
The HTS system consists of the pod, the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, or HARM, the aircraft launcher interface computer, and HTS-unique F-16 software. The pod is mounted externally on the right engine inlet hardpoint for the release 6, or R6, pod and the left engine inlet hardpoint for the release 7, or R7, pod.
The current configurations are R6 and R7 pods. R7, a hardware and software retrofit to the R6, provides precision targeting for various precision guided munitions, or PGMs, to support the destruction of enemy air defenses mission. The retrofit is on-going and all R6 to R7 upgrades should be completed by the end of 2008.
Pilots designate targets on the HARM Attack Display for launch. Upon firing, the HTS derived target information is sent to the HARM missile. The precision targeting capability of the R7 pod allows employment of various PGMs using an aircraft datalink system to quickly identify and target threats from any PGM-carrying platform on the network. Pilots can also datalink precision targeting coordinates to other F-16s or to the RC-135 Rivet Joint.
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That’s for F-16 not rafale though