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I'm not a plane designer, but there are very interesting pictures. However, the article is weird - "And, above all, the aircraft is way to small" The point of
by guylhem 14y ago
I'm not a plane designer, but there are very interesting pictures.
However, the article is weird - "And, above all, the aircraft is way to small"
The point of a stealth fighter is in being stealthy. Being small may therefore be a good thing.
And as long as it can strike and deliver missiles, how relevant is its size?
Also, aybe it will be cheaper to make, something especially important for a country under embargo. Quantity is a quality it itself - and making 10 small planes might be better than making 3 average sized ones.
There is another critic about the lack of advanced computer electronics in the cockpit. Who knows, maybe the iranians learnt a thing or two after the stuxnet centrifuge stories, and this makes the plane less vulnerable to viruses and software attacks??
- rprime 14y agoIt's "way to small" in the sense that the pilot cannot fit in it properly. As it has been stated this looks pretty far from a working prototype, it's merely a model.
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- meaty 14y agoI think the issue regarding the size is more that there isn't enough space to add enough fuel, a full set of avionics such as comms, radar, IFF etc and get a pilot without a growth hormone deficiency crammed into it (perhaps they are using that monkey when it comes back!). Size doesn't matter with stealth technology at all - it's all about which way EM radiation bounces off it. It looks like a JJ Abrams prop to be honest. Actually not even that credible. Regarding virus and software attacks on aircraft (military at least) - it's all a load of JJ Abrams style "let's inject a virus into the core" horse shit.
- jnsaff2 14y agoWay to small consideration is not about the pilot fitting in but rather not having enough range (can't carry much fuel) nor useful payload (in this case armament).