China KJ-3000 AEW&C or Y-20 AEW "So far clearest image" [1256 x 707]

Please tell me you understand the concept of an electronically steered beam, in a two-sided, [rotating] rotodome, itself affixed to an aircraft that you know, flies around.

And lastly, the radome in the “stinger” at the end of the aft fuselage. You can even play a fun game trying to spot all the radars, and the EW, ESM, ECM, ECCM, satcom and CEC antennae on this beast.

I guarantee you, the engineers who built this do.

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agha0013@reddit

much more composite use, probably less an impact than the E-3's wings and stabilizers.

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Linkz98@reddit

That's got a lot of power to have to put a full intake under the tail like that. We won't ever get specs or a picture of the inside until it doesn't matter.

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AsanineTrip@reddit

This is Beriev A-50 Mainstay style.

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Pzb39@reddit

The inlet on the tail is probably for ECS or APU and was probably on the baseline aircraft without the dish.

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Pyrhan@reddit

I think their point is that it's got to be a large APU for it to have a full intake like that, which probably implies that radar array uses a lot of power.

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longsite2@reddit

You are correct, radar uses a shit ton of power.

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BlackFoxTom@reddit

It looks like the intake and imedentely there is exhaust. They just didn't put it in the tailest part of the tail as it usually is in like Boeing or Airbus.

Possibly cause it does have a tail radar, flares or whatever other equipment or at least space for it.

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