To: Flavius
3 posted on
03/21/2006 2:04:29 AM PST by
Cornpone
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To: Cornpone
Sources within China's confirmed that the SAC is looking at a twin-engine, single-seat, single vertical tale fin design, but other design proposals has yet been ruled out
The text doesn't seem to match the picture (although there is the "has yet been ruled out" caveat).
Single vertical tail aircraft are decidedly non-stealthy, as the vertical stab(s) need to be canted (as with the F-117, F-22, F-35 and even the cancelled RAH-66) in order to properly reflect radar. A single vertical tail reflects radar about as well as a barn door.
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