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Old 05-21-2010 | 05:27 PM
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Doug Cronkhite
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Default RE: PAK-FA: video


ORIGINAL: patf

armchair engineering here but looking at the canopy lines and gear doors etc.. i have a feeling the rcs isnt going to be that small
More so than that.. the engine setup is REALLY bad for RCS. There's nothing low-observable about those engine nacelles at all. RCS will be bad, as will IR detection.

Biggest RCS problem that airplane is going to have is head-on looking into the intakes. The engine compressor blades are going to show up like the side of a barn! There's a reason those are shielded from direct view on the F-22 and F-35.