photolithography. pretty simple stuff that you can do in a shed. however adding capacators and chipsets still costs more than a bare board for a mockup
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thats the reflection of the expo/ airshow
why would you need to do that for a mockup?
nobody that is going to see it wouldnt even know if it makes sense or not, because they are likely not engineers
I get where you are coming from but its not necessary to include those additional bad faith comments
finnaly a bit sensible claim
I should clarify “more research” doesn’t mean its reached testing or is even close just more advanced than a basic idea
i understand, still better than saying its outright mockup
and guess what we can see in the “mockup” either huge capacators or resistors
and there seems to be even prints on the PCB
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except they dont look like either, they seem to have a metallic exterior which is not a good idea for either resistor or capacitor
to give an accurate weight to information brochures while being cheaper than a fully complete product
Military expo shows do have a lot of press or random civillian punters yes but they are not selling to them, they are selling to the militaries that are checking things out there. they arent going to pay attention to something that looks like an empty shell.
Its a matter of presentation over its actual function, ill use an analogy i used higher in the thread
You just need to show something basic but preferrably looking functional to get attention to possibly put a sale into motion
oh gee idk… maybe because mockups are made to attract attention?
and a shabby mockup doesnt work well as advertisement?
other mockups
HFK-KV
EPHAG
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youre still dodging the question.
why bring a real expensive AF seeker to an EXPO inside a mockup?
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that looks more like how the seeker plugs into the board to me than a large capacator. as it looks like theres cables coming out of what you circled.
silkscreening on a pcb would be a leftover from where they pulled a board off the production line before it had more components soldered onto it. it also makes it look more complete
what is their weather resistance rating? or max voltage? both of those will be limited due to metalic exterior
also in the mockup it has a hex fitting on the end of it implying that it either has a removable cap or the whole cylinder is removable
because maybe its not a mockup?
maybe its a inert piece?
Where did people find the name of the seeker “9-Б-7738” again?
nobody is going to weigh a mockup at an expo
so how do you know how the “fake” stuff is supposed to look like if the real thing dosent exist
i wish they would
most caps are metal on the outside actually.
because it might be an inert missile
guys this is just going nowhere just take it to dms