Typhoon.

 

 

 

Rafale

 

A little knowledge. 

 

The joker, BW, is finally right about one thing. That is a topside view. I had to blow it way up to see the vertical stabilizer and canopy. There is a claim floating around the internet (research here: Claim) that the idiots at Dassault moved the exhaust port after the IRST test footage of the two jets.

 

Herald

 

 

I was looking for the paper but Herald was quicker :

 

""The picture of the Rafale could be either that of a Rafale M flown by Hives Herherve at Farnborough or the C01 previous to 1995 anyway.
This particular year, i have personaly spoken by telephone to Dassault-Aviation Rafale programe manager on the subject after emailing the photo to them, i was also involved with a non-selected Flight simulation for them.
The source of the IR spike is the the exhaust of the avionic bay vent situated behind the cockpit.
The reply of the Rafale programe manager was that this picture was taken before ALL IR sources had been TREATED.
You wont find this sort of IR spike on the serie Rafale today.
The ony noticeable difference between the two is that Rafale picture is taken from ABOVE weither that of Typhoon from under.
One could argue that Typhoon visit panels are thiner under than the skin on the top fuselage, but this is unlikely.
The reason for Typhoon higher IR signature are well documented, and NOT as some cartoon characters are trying to make up, assumptions from myself used to make false points.

When I make a mistake I tell you, and explain the "data" [unverified claim] I find, poster.

 

You didn't have a clue except what stuff you read on an internet forum. At least I had the HONESTY TO LOOK AT THE IMAGE and check it for detail to see aspect.

 

Herald

 

Herald :

Herald , regarding the Mica mid-link antenna (which you keep bashing has it 's not well placed , you even said that it was part of the body , etc , all kind of BS ) , look where the antenna really is :

 

 

 

 

 

Do you get it now ?

 

Cheers .

 

 

Since I can post pictures for real , I am a happier poster :-)

My personal doc is so huge that I can basically back-up pretty much everything I say with very carefully chosen pics and links . Lovely !

 

Cheers .

Herald

 

Herald , you prove your case . I let you dig ...

 

Cheers .

Find me a picture of Mica who shows where you think the antennas are .

 

Cheers .

sigh.  a bit more blah blah.  I'd like to see a comparative thermal shot of this early dorsal Rafale against a ventral later model.

the hot spots are still going to converge in either loc anyway.....  the only way that it wouldn't would be if the vents were pre-chilled, the tunnels were chilled, the materials were changed etc.....

dorsal or ventral you still have a heat exchange problem.

but then again, what would I know .....