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yes, but the intakes pulls it back much more than RAM beyond mach 2, it is a fixed intake not a variable ramp inlet.
They look very small for CM dispensers
j-20 gets 108 large calibre cms, which aint bad
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Did they figure out the number from close up pictures?
yeah a long time ago by other people (not me)
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F-22 and friends
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What kinda of signal they use to control the drone? That link 16 they talk often about?
maybe
but probably not
both F-22 and F-35 have their own datalink systems optimized for stealth
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i heard that f22 radar gimbal limit is 120 degree each side and combined 240 degree? is that true any info on that if that so it would actually be pretty insane matching the su57 120 gimbal and su35 and in game su30sm2
The Raptor uses a standard fixed AESA radar, so it is physically incapable of achieving a coverage greater than ±70° (140° in total)
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That would be such a huge letdown because missing out on this feature would really hold back how incredibly powerful it can be! For example, imagine enemies unable to track you until you’re just 40km away, while you spot them from over 100km out so instead of charging straight in and squandering your massive stealth edge by closing the distance, you hold back until the ideal missile launch range fire it then ease into a 120degree turn away while keeping tws locked on them This preserves your speed and altitude for an enormous kinematic advantage to your missile all while staying safely undetected as you zoom at 9.5km and Mach 2!
95% of aircraft equipped with AESA radars use a fixed-array radar. The Su-35, EF-2000, and Gripen E—which feature a steerable AESA—are exceptions.
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120 dgree in both azimuth and elevation?
120° FOV is the same as ± 60°. So a little less than the physical maximum of 70.
Expect similar or worse performance than the F15C(GE) radar (I have no source for this claim, just a feeling as the f15cge radar is newer and both are fixed plate, I would be happy to be corrected).
APG-77 might be better then APG-63V3, someone else might have source but thats what I remember, I read about it somewhere
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Difference with the F-15GE radar would be its mounted flat in the nose where as the Raptors radar like the F-35 is mounted at an angle. So it would be most similar to APG-79 without the wider 140° FoV.
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damn kind of disappointing
It’s doctrinal more than anything, there isn’t a world where a F-22 is fighting with only its onboard sensors. It would have access to satellite tracking, AWACS and other off board sensor data to build its air picture via Link16.
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