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The centerline pylons can have dual ejector racks for R-77 series and allows for a maximum of 12 R-77 and 2 R-73
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Why do Mig-29 and Flanker series of aircraft not utilize double ejector racks for missiles?
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Can’t believe the timing of this at HKG
Posted by Master_Enthusiasm754@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 79 comments
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He's selling it here:
[https://theautisticaviator.pic-time.com/client/posters-and-banners/gallery](https://theautisticaviator.pic-time.com/client/posters-and-banners/gallery)
How do I track these fighters?
Posted by The-Stoned-Ranger@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 8 comments
Banfy_B@reddit
Try TWS on your radar settings.
First high density A321neo of Delta Airlines, with 44 first class seats (originally posted in r/delta)
Posted by freestyle50m@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 201 comments
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How do you evacuate in case of emergency?
Multiple levels of side by side bunks would be required to achieve the density you need for the average traveler to be able to afford beds.
Lie-flats work in business/first class because you get to sit upright during takeoff/landing and at most one person is blocking your exit. In economy class you’d hit your head on the upper bunk if you try to get up quickly and the upper bunks can’t get out if the aisle is full of evacuating passengers.
Unfortunately lie-flat seats will remain a luxury for most ordinary travelers.
Can’t believe the timing of this at HKG
Posted by Master_Enthusiasm754@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 79 comments
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Poster printing up to A0 size costs less than US$10 just across the river in SZ.
Chinese Passenger's Mandarin Demand Delays AirAsia Flight
Posted by victoriablackee@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 111 comments
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She's probably on the no-fly list for a few years at least. Depends on how severe the circumstances are and how far the authorities want to prosecute this she can be banned on domestic flights/railway in addition to fines and a suspended sentence.
What’s this 100NM exercise area?
Posted by loveofflying@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 123 comments
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Apparently red flag 26-1 and 26-2 was over and 26-3 will be in the summer, you probably heard about some other exercise.
What’s this 100NM exercise area?
Posted by loveofflying@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 123 comments
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It's not even that big compared to the annual Red Flag. BVR engagements or long range SAM systems can easily cover 100NM. If you really want you can fly inside the exercise zone to find out.
Today, Lufthansa made a recreation of it's first flight to Zurich and I was there. I'll tell you how the atmosphere was.
Posted by shadeyyyy_@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 28 comments
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99% of the people also aren't on an aviation forum.
How would the A-12 Avenger II have maintained yaw stability without a tail?
Posted by Super_Neutral@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 10 comments
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Flying wings can be stable if the center of lift is sufficiently behind the center of gravity. If the aircraft yaws in one direction the other wing presents itself more to the airflow and drag pulls it back. The problem would be if it were flying supersonic (which it doesn't) the center of lift moves according to airspeed.
First Class cabin on TAAG Boeing 777-300
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At least it’s not 3-4-3 in economy.
The Department of War Has Shot Down a Friendly Drone…
Posted by Frosty_Log6972@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 240 comments
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Shouldn’t there be an IFF interrogation and possibly a positive visual ID before shooting down an aircraft?
Mum of girl, 17, killed in Air India disaster blasts 'cash for silence' payout
Posted by Pizzas_Coke@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 31 comments
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That’s nearly 10 times the median income in India for 2 people. Not saying it’s fair but it would be like a £700k payout for if it was in the UK.
Chinese copies (or alternatives)
Posted by ketchup1345@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 80 comments
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This is so much misinformation.
KJ-600 engines (WJ-6C) are AI-20 as much as F135 are F119. Being based on something doesn’t mean they’re the exact same.
J-10 comes from J-9 and alleged technology transfer from Lavi.
Y-20 is more of a heavily modified Il-76 than C-17.
Z-10 is a heavily upgraded Z-9 which is a license production Dauphin which has nothing to do with the Apache.
Z-20 comes from reverse engineered Blackhawks that were sold by the US in late 20th century, not from the crash in Pakistan.
The purchase and technology transfer of T-10-K-3 from Ukraine has very little to do with Russian withdrawal from CR929 which happened over a decade after the acquisition.
J-36 with new main gear design, previously it was double bogie like Mig-31/Su-34.
Posted by MoazzamDML@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 118 comments
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F-135 is ill suited for high speed cruising. It has nearly double the bypass ratio of F-119 for higher efficiency and thrust. Twin engine design is not yet feasible as there is no engine available that can support something the size of J-36 going Mach 2+ while generating enough power for possibly the largest AESA on a fighter.
AvGeek Challenge Can you guess the aircraft from this image Drop your guess below
Posted by aviationstudy@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 87 comments
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I mean it can’t be easier than this. Only one double decker plane in the world has serrated engines without an elongated upper deck. 747-8F
Is there a advantage for having two engines over one ? Like the F-22 vs the F-35 one engine.
Posted by Youngstown_WuTang@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 1021 comments
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Single engine supercruise? On what plane?
We're Martin-Baker - the worlds leading manufacturer of Ejection Seats that have saved over 7,800 aircrew to date. Ask us anything!
Posted by MartinBakerAircraft@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 276 comments
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Do you guys have any recent ejections from Rafales and Mirage 2000s? Or possibly F-16s?
What’s the difference between rectangular and circular AWACS radar?
Posted by 60TP@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 121 comments
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In hindsight it was an inaccurate rendering with a KJ-2000 style radome on a Y-20B. I saw the triangle on the radome and thought it was a KJ-2000.
What’s the difference between rectangular and circular AWACS radar?
Posted by 60TP@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 121 comments
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Via the DAS which is IR/optical. F-35 is designed to be a systems fighter and is supposed to be able to aggregate data from other friendlies in the area via datalink. It requires an extensive network of supported assets to achieve its full potential. Russia doesn't have that luxury as it has less than 50 AWACS in total to cover the largest country on earth and the vast majority are Cold War A-50.
What’s the difference between rectangular and circular AWACS radar?
Posted by 60TP@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 121 comments
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Fixed AESA in the nose. There are other designs that attempts to increase the scan zone, newer batches of EF-2000 and Su-35 has hybrid radars that steers mechanically off bore to allow the ESA see angles it wouldn’t normally be able to scan. Su-57 has a very interesting design with a main array facing forward and two smaller ones in the cheeks to scan sideways. It also allegedly has a radar in its tail boom that scans for threats behind.
What’s the difference between rectangular and circular AWACS radar?
Posted by 60TP@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 121 comments
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AWACS have to either have a rotodome or a multi-array set up to avoid blind spots. Electronically Scanned Arrays are really bad when it comes to high off boresight. E-2D has an AESA from 2010s so you're around 3 decades off. KJ went from having 3 fixed arrays in KJ-2000 to two rotating arrays in KJ-3000 which was a new development.
What’s the difference between rectangular and circular AWACS radar?
Posted by 60TP@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 121 comments
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They're rotating but they're also AESA (KJ-3000), or fixed triangular AESA (KJ-2000 as pictured). E-2D also has an AESA rotating dish.
A clear photo of the Chinese sixth-generation fighter jet J-50 has been leaked
Posted by Koala245@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 1915 comments
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Look up J-10B TVC
What are these oddly shaped devices next to the Rafale's inlets?
Posted by Gabi98x@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 78 comments
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Sort of, the most primitive forms of ECM are just noise emitters that makes it impossible to discern targets on a radar screen. The more advanced ones can give false signal returns to incoming radar waves or try to cancel out the returns altogether (like the active stealth marketed on the Rafale).
Since everyone here loves SU-57. Here’s one more video of it.
Posted by rahul19193@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 48 comments
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More likely a T-50 I think because they sent T-50-4 to Zhuhai and Aero India for flight performances.
Why do people clap after landing?
Posted by Randomreddituser1o1@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 54 comments
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To celebrate the first/last flight for either the aircraft or one of the crew members I guess?
Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet after its emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram Airport , INDIA
Posted by Happy_Bid_8102@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 81 comments
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Of course geometry is the main contributor, but you you can't say
>no absorption really happening
When modern RAM reduce returns by -20dB or more depending on the type and wavelength and is estimated to account for [\~20%](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/radar-absorbing-material) of LO/VLO design. For future upgrades for current airframe designs RAM is the only feasible aspect to upgrade in terms of (passive) detection avoidance.
Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet after its emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram Airport , INDIA
Posted by Happy_Bid_8102@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 81 comments
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That’s literally what A stands for in RAM. Without absorption S-duct doesn’t make sense at all.
Why did we stop getting updates on the DCA collision and why did it go out of the news cycle so quickly despite being the deadliest US accident in over a decade?
Posted by IllDot7787@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 11 comments
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Maybe because NTSB isn't due to release the final report for another year or so and there hasn't been any major developments otherwise.
Beauty Of J-36.
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Unlikely for a two-seater, will probably be made transparent via the DAS though.
What's with China and canards on their fighter jets?
Posted by WitchedPixels@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 265 comments
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Counterpoint: F-47
How do I convince a "Chemtrails" Conspiracy theorist that Chemtrails aren't a thing
Posted by DifferenceMuted4624@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 253 comments
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You could use car exhausts on a cold day as an example and try to work your way from there?
Chinese enthusiast found out that he actually took shot of the prototype 6th gen back in 2008, only thought it to be a UAV
Posted by uniyk@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 83 comments
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I thought it looked more like two recessed exhausts for IR signature reduction. Your observation is quite plausible as well.
Chinese enthusiast found out that he actually took shot of the prototype 6th gen back in 2008, only thought it to be a UAV
Posted by uniyk@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 83 comments
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You can clearly see two exhaust trails in the picture (distortions due to exhaust heat) rather than just one
Chinese enthusiast found out that he actually took shot of the prototype 6th gen back in 2008, only thought it to be a UAV
Posted by uniyk@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 83 comments
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This is clearly a demonstrator/prototype and quite possibly a drone. The exhausts point to a twin engine design which is a massive difference. It’s not abnormal for flying prototypes of aerodynamic designs (in this case VLO design as well). The flying aircrafts we see now for the next gen fighters are probably more akin to the relation of J-20 Prototype seen in 2011 to J-20 LRIP.
what's going on here?
Posted by PainRemote1037@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 144 comments
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Looks like the typical navigator/bombardier/photographer seat depending on what the mission is.
WW3 Warning As Russia 'Planned Terrorist Attacks On Airlines' (posted r/faa r/fearofflying r/eaa r/airlinepilots)
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That’s not even a proper news outlet. You got better sources?
F-35 makeup for today 🎉
Posted by Medium_Link_8804@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 12 comments
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The sweep at the wingtip almost makes it look like a harrier or a phantom. Still really cool tho.
A330-941neo and Su-30MKM Flanker
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You do know MKM is for Malaysia and MH17 is shot down by SAM not a plane right?
I went down the military cargo plane rabbit hole and the An-22 stood out because it arguably outperforms the C-17 which was introduced a whole 30 years later...
Posted by HortenWho229@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 35 comments
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Jets have really bad fuel efficiency, also higher cruising speed means higher drag.
Bizarre Incident: RSF Mistakenly Shoots Down UAE Cargo Plane in Sudan
Posted by moah11@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 143 comments
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I have never seen any available portable missile systems with a range greater than 8 km. Recent improvements are mostly on guidance systems and maneuverability.
Bizarre Incident: RSF Mistakenly Shoots Down UAE Cargo Plane in Sudan
Posted by moah11@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 143 comments
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Try go on a hike with an AIM-9 or equivalent plus combat gear for 10 miles and come back to comment on how man-portable missiles with 20+ km max aero range are.
Can someone please explain how these airline due threat assessments? This plane today flew across barrage of missiles.
Posted by im-here-to-lose-time@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 468 comments
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Cruise missiles don't have a plume because they usually use non-afterburning engines for range. Some have a rocket final stage for defense penetration but very rarely do cruise missiles emit light.
Can someone please explain how these airline due threat assessments? This plane today flew across barrage of missiles.
Posted by im-here-to-lose-time@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 468 comments
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Because the rocket engines are still burning. Ballistic missiles are quite slow in the beginning and that appears to be the phase here as the glowing dots are rising not falling.
How the heck does someone tag the inside of a jet engine?
Posted by squirtleturtle79@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 165 comments
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That is an F-16 engine in a sense
Spotted this Shaanxi Y-8F-200 during the Military drills.
Posted by Eddieabdull@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 14 comments
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It’s an AN-12 mod not C-130
"Cobra" 😔
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It was a little bit, but you can’t always get the perfect frame. No need to apologize.
"Cobra" 😔
Posted by YogurtParfe@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 10 comments
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You're asking too much from a pair of F-16s.
Building an F22 with nerfed stealth capabilities
Posted by International8935@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 8 comments
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So basically an F-22 without RAM? Why would you build more expensive airframes when F-35 is cheaper and better at multirole. You aren't going to be dogfighting with Sukhois so I don't see the upside at all.