p2prada
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DSI is meant to control air flow inside the inlets. Most aircraft have variable inlets that does the trick and is more complex than a simple DSI.
I don't know why the Chinese chose DSI over variable inlets but it is still a design solutions.
Maybe it has a certain capability at low altitudes.
There is some sort of fiction in forums where DSI is related to stealth, it has nothing to do with it. The same with the F-22's flat nozzles. The flat nozzles are a design solution for supercruise. For supercruise you need to modify the exhaust or the inlet in a special way unique from other aircraft. The F-22 modifies the exhaust with flat nozzles. Similarly, the SR-71 modifies the inlets to achieve supercruise. Instead of letting air in, it actually sucks the air inside.
I don't know why the Chinese chose DSI over variable inlets but it is still a design solutions.
Maybe it has a certain capability at low altitudes.
There is some sort of fiction in forums where DSI is related to stealth, it has nothing to do with it. The same with the F-22's flat nozzles. The flat nozzles are a design solution for supercruise. For supercruise you need to modify the exhaust or the inlet in a special way unique from other aircraft. The F-22 modifies the exhaust with flat nozzles. Similarly, the SR-71 modifies the inlets to achieve supercruise. Instead of letting air in, it actually sucks the air inside.