This shit about wingloading is the most misunderstood aspects of an aircraft design. The correct word should be coefficient of lift and aspect ratio which allows you to achieve a higher lift at lower alpha and better L/D ratio. A deck based fighter must be able to generate much higher lift at a lower alpha to reduce drag and get best L/D ratio to allow it to quickly accelerate away. It is of extreme requirement for a STOBAR carrier.
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defence decode did mention the aspect ratio part in his recent video on tedbf. I said that becoz I have been hearing about how low wing loading close to sea level generates more lift & less drag as opposed to HWL fighters. I think HAL should rope in a foreign consultant & Navy must be involved the the project from get go.
The wingloading as a function of sweepback angle reduces. Higher the sweepback angle, lower the wingloading needed for a design MTOW. so you need higher wing area and that reduces your aspect ratio. Use of CCC or LERX or BLC, allows for reaching a more optimum sweepback angle and wing design. CCC of Rafale are good but they still can't beat the LERX-Wing-Tail design. Even a three surface control configured design like Su-30MKI, cant beat such a design. I have a reason to say so as I have done CFD analysis of these designs.
So other than CFTs and twin engine layout, majority of the design is similar to MWF. This will help in reducing development time. But the intake seems to be similar to the Mk1,Mk1A, MWF, are those air intakes big enough for both the engines?Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter : preliminary concept render
Is it just me or does thatt thing have a DSI bulge replacing the Tejas' splitter plate inlet ? That's good. I do hope they do some tealth shaping of the thing. The round inlet looks awful.Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter : preliminary concept render
In this angle isn't the dsi bulge visible clearly? Or is it something else that I'm seeing infront of inlets?
Yes, DSI is clearly present on this replacing the splitter plate. If you notice the rear end, you can see a gap between the engine nozzle and the fuselage. It is possible that the aircraft uses bleed air to obscure the IR signature of the engine exhaust. I do hope the intake's circular design is preliminary and not final. As it is, it looks like a enlarged Tejas intake.
Yes, DSI is clearly present on this replacing the splitter plate. If you notice the rear end, you can see a gap between the engine nozzle and the fuselage. It is possible that the aircraft uses bleed air to obscure the IR signature of the engine exhaust. I do hope the intake's circular design is preliminary and not final. As it is, it looks like a enlarged Tejas intake.
The inlet must be preliminary design as a) hv thakur had said this was some coarse design in his tweet and b) i had read from luminaries of many a forum that inlet design is sort of a black art and hence intuitively i find it hard to accept that a simple size enlargement would do the trick
