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Originally posted by highsea View PostAlso, those "wing bays" are dummies. There is no door there. You can see that clearly in Andrey's first hi-res pics. That doesn't mean they are not planned for that purpose, but this plane will never carry weapons, so it's not needed.
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Originally posted by Zinja View PostWow! Is there such a project on the pipelines? I thought they were just getting started to bump up the raptor for Aim-9x and 120Ds, are they planning to bump them up further?
Originally posted by Zinja View PostBesides, how wise is it to put electrics with moving parts(weapons bay and launch systems) in the same vicinity with fuel tanks? Is that not disaster waiting to happen?"We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way." -President Barack Obama 11/25/2008
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Originally posted by Zinja View PostBesides, how wise is it to put electrics with moving parts(weapons bay and launch systems) in the same vicinity with fuel tanks? Is that not disaster waiting to happen?
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Originally posted by highsea View PostMDBA Meteor. We had a similar AMRAAM version planned, but we dropped it.
Also, there was talk that the Aim-9x for the Raptor will be with much reduced fins to allow two missiles per weapons bay, is that still on the cards? Sorry for asking too many questions Highsea.
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Originally posted by Sisyphus View PostUhhhh...not that impressed with this fighter. It doesn't look as stealthy as the F-22 (especially those Flanker fighter looking engines sticking out like that vs. the raptor or the Lightning II). What's the range and speed of this fighter?
The Russians appear to have played the hand they were dealt quite masterfully. Will it have the avionics package of an F-35? Of course not, but it will have better maneuverability, much longer range, similar RCS, much larger payload, and arguably a better radar. It appears to best the F-22 in some areas while lagging in others, but overall, this is an impressive airplane.
You have to hand it to the Russians. They did fantastically well on this one.I want what I do not have.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DutpBr3KYSk
the first secounds of the video show the internal weapons bay
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Originally posted by scorefour View PostI'm quite impressed with this plane. It plays brilliantly to Russian strenghts, i.e. range, 3D thrust vectoring, large and powerful radar, big payload.
The Russians appear to have played the hand they were dealt quite masterfully. Will it have the avionics package of an F-35? Of course not, but it will have better maneuverability, much longer range, similar RCS, much larger payload, and arguably a better radar. It appears to best the F-22 in some areas while lagging in others, but overall, this is an impressive airplane.
You have to hand it to the Russians. They did fantastically well on this one.
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Originally posted by wellman View Posthow do you know the range will be better? if memory serves then russia has a thing for fast aircraft with short rangesI want what I do not have.
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Originally posted by citanon View PostOther than a large fuel load and probably good maneuverability, it seems way too early to state anything else given the present state of the aircraft.
I do think that we can draw some reasonable conclusions based on what we know they've been working on, such as large and powerful AESA radar, supercruise, 3D thrust vectoring. We can also see from the photos that there are more weapons bays than the F-22.
We don't know anything but we've been given some good clues.I want what I do not have.
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