It’s 10.5kW peak performance but for normal operations it’s 5kW. Like whenever it goes over 18 targets or has to process lots of things at once it’ll use it’s peak kW automatically. Anything less and the RIO has to configure it iirc.
Exactly.
actually f-14d is the same size as raptor. kinda hilarious considering each one flew within like 10 months of each other with their first flight
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Yeah I was about to say the F-14D is the same size as the raptor when swept. When unswept, it’s ~20 feet wider.
Still half that of the Raptor. And all those TRM are working togetehr
i mean we’re comparing the raptor to the damn tomcat. a tad unfair aint it lol
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a better comparison would be to that super tomcat. i forgot if theres even mockups of that thing tho
Ah yes let’s compare a radar from the late 60s/ early 70s to one from the 90s
And afterwards call the older radar bad
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It’s not a bad radar for its time by any means, it’s just that I’ve heard some people say it has equal/better range than APG-77 (for the APG-71)
The output power of a radar isn’t the only factor determining the radars range
Frequency and antenna size are way more important
It was the best radar of its time
And 370km is indeed more than the claimed range of 250km I could find for the f22
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Both are X band, and what I could find has 3ft diameter for both.
Where did you get 250km, I’ve seen 250 miles, but not km
The F-22’s radar is 20 kW peak power, whereas the F-14’s radar is 5 kW average power.
Average power is generally more relevant than peak power when discussing performance (as I’ve said before the Lancaster’s H2S radar has a peak power of 50 kW, but no one is seriously going to argue it is more powerful than the F-14 / F-22’s radar). As far as I know, the average power output of the APG-77 has never been disclosed, however, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is in fact lower than the average power output of the AWG-9.
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or mig25p 600kw
F-14 peak output is 10kW
Air Force better
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