To: Red Badger
WTF, don’t most “stealth” drones have a dorsal inlet???
6 posted on
06/05/2024 1:07:15 PM PDT by
Chode
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To: Chode
Maybe the pic is upside down?........................
7 posted on
06/05/2024 1:08:20 PM PDT by
Red Badger
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To: Chode
Boeing’s failed entry for the JSF contract, the X-32, had a similar inlet configuration.
15 posted on
06/05/2024 1:43:23 PM PDT by
ETCM
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To: Chode
WTF, don’t most “stealth” drones have a dorsal inlet??? Because fighter type aircraft who are expected to make high-g maneuvers reach high angles of attack when doing so. A dorsal mounted inlet would be starved of air and could cause a compressor stall.
Stealthy aircraft that aren't expected to make high-g maneuvers do use dorsal air inlets, such as the original stealth demonstrator Have Blue, and the B2 and B21 bombers.
The North American F-107 had a dorsal intake, and the pilots feared (needlessly) that if they ejected they would be sucked into the engine.
20 posted on
06/05/2024 3:14:00 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
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