Bhartiya Sainik
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Yet on M88-2, it is one of the coolest parts when seen from the outside (granted, I think this is M88-3, but still, same thing).
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You spoke of turbine which is towards the center shaft. Around that is the bypass channel & aroud that is the outer body made of kevlar composite in this diagram. See how u mix parts of engines & concepts
sour own CFD pic shows how long is inner plume. That's hardly hiding the inner plume. i already showed real life example of non-afterburning civil jet plume is so long even with high bypass ratio also.Please, do find one place where I claimed that it masks entirety of the plume.
Plume is not the same temperature throughout. It cools down over distance:
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And what matters are viewing angles. Now, I do not think this is technically accurate representation, but illustrates rather well what I'm talking about:
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Difference may not be that large, but as you can see, Rafale's nozzle hides the hottest part of the plume from view from more angles than your typical circular nozzle does. And just as importantly, outer nozzle hides the inner nozzle from view.
So a military jet engine's inner plume cone cannot be so short as also evident from the IR image above of M88 testing. This contradicts other grey-scale diagram & Rafale-EF-2000 comparison diagram showing very short cone. Diagrams & drawings are good to explain theory but they sledom match the real life observations.
WOW! what a claim.US 6th generation fighter is basically Dassault Rafale in its basic concept:
I do not doubt there will be technical improvements, though.America’s Sixth Generation Fighter Will Emphasise Electronic Warfare Prowess Over Stealth or Speed - Reports
Speculation regarding the capabilities of America’s upcoming sixth generation fighter jet have been widespread for over a decade, and have grown considerably in lightmilitarywatchmagazine.com
When u go to doctor's clinic, he speaks briefly but still in medical terms, is that excuse?These are not my "personal standards". You are using "standards" as an excuse to completely ignore the context and the entire point.
It will mean a lot, actually. As I have already explained:
Turn performance is not dependant on total lift, it is dependant on lift-to-weight ratio.
Acceleration is not dependant on total thrust, it is dependant on thrust-to-drag ratio.
Climb performance is dependant on both of these ratios.
Capisci?
Let me give another example if fuel station example didn't get into ur head & perhaps u take fuel % way.
Some shirt makers use S/M/L/XL/XXL, some use Cm - 36/38/40/42/44. I require 44Cm which usually corresponds to XXL but it is observed that 2 makers may have different Cm for XXL, 1 could be 42 other 44. So it has happened many times that i had to wear a wrongly insisted shirt to show to an arrogant shop salesman that the measurement which he was insisting for me was wrong. I told them that i require 44Cm still they were arrogant & were proven wrong. So that's how using the global std. units is best.
Now u r shifting everybody's focus from throttle % to ratios. Yes, Ratios definitely matter but they are dynamic. How do we calculate the ratio, from absolute values only, right? I only showed u the calculations then what r u trying to explain me?
U said Rafale reaches Mach 0.9 with 50% throttle, but with what load? If that load is increased, may be 60% throttle will be required. If with same load altitude is increased then due to less air density, again more throttle % will be required.
I gave you example of 5 jets with GE414 engine, different gen, different aero-config, different empty/gross/max weight, etc. So all of them won't have same speed at same altitude & throttle %.
But for u still speaking in terms of throttle % is paramount.
According to me? Just bcoz i showed a IR image of civil jet? U hav an unusual sense of humor.According to you, best dogfighter in the world would be Boeing 777...
F404 is hardly bigger than M88, 0.6" more in dia. & 14"in length? 1st it is decided what kind of new jet is required which decides its dimensions & hence the size of engine. Then the engine makers based on their knowledge & experience tell if they can make it within the airframe or airframe needs to be modified.They could have easily made a bigger engine. Rafale A (Rafale prototype) used F404 engine, which is larger than M88-2:
Had they wanted a bigger engine back then, all they had to do was make M88 (which was being designed) a bit larger. M88 was sized to fit Rafale, not the reverse.
Most European jets are designed for self-defense, hence no need for large fighters... or all-aspect stealth of offensive designs such as F-22, F-35, T-50 etc.
My point was, F-22 didn't use TVC because it is the "best thing ever", designers used TVC because they had to compromise to maintain F-22's stealth.
European jets are designed for self-defence bcoz of small countries & NATO support.
EU's R&D was not even near USA's decades of experience hence EU dumped 5th gen & jumped to 6th gen. And now when F-XX, FCAS, Tempest will finally fly then it will be exciting to see their comparison. I'm not taking any sides as of now.
I also said that canards don't seem to match stealth, hence TVC. Why r u repeating my point? J-20 is an exception, i don't know why. RCS of F-22 is 0.00015 sqm & J-20?
OMG what a twist in story, Grippen is best for Croatia but still die-hard defence for Rafale. Please make ur independent post on comparing these 2 jets.Cut the crap.
I supported Rafale even back when the only options being considered for HRZ were F-16 and Gripen, and when I had thought Rafale was a no-go due to being too expensive. I actually didn't expect Rafale to be even considered, let alone chosen, for Croatia up until it actually happened. And I still do not think Rafale was a best choice for us - back then and even today, I considered Gripen to be the best choice for Croatia, and not only for Croatia either.
No, you don't. I do acknowledge other aircraft where they are good, but you seem to be intent on knocking down Rafale in comparison to just about everything.
The way u hav defended Rafale & offended other jets doesn't reflect your thinking on appreciating other jets. Even now u pass statements like US 6th gen will be based on Rafale & 6th gen won't be necessarily better, etc, etc. Then how do u expect people to understand u?
I sufficiently defended Rafale against F-35 w.r.t. dogfighting, considerable amount of sensor fusion, terrain following & avoidance, newer AESA radar, etc. Didn't i say that Rafale will beat almost every non-TVC jet in most cases? What more do u want?
But I'm"knocking down" Rafale when compared to F-22, that too with calculations. Many jets are called 4++ bcoz they have reached the max improvements of their airframe, now a new airframe is required with evolving technology. In the end Rafale is 4th gen, F-22 is 5th gen, FCAS will be 6th gen.
Rafale still has plans for F5 & 6, perhaps TVC will be added,who knows, time will tell.
No, bcoz the speed is low, u hav to design an engine so that T/W ratio is maintained. Someone like U argued in late 1980s that's why the ATF team tasked GE & P&W to make new engine for a 30-40 Ton fighter.Yes, because speed is so low that they would be dead.
If Snecma can make M88 variants with higher thrust then USA is vast & rich country with so many private firms so why shouldn't they use their money to make better components too?
They were really alarmed seeing the MiG-29 & Su-27 performance & also anticipated PAKFA designated as NGRF (Next Gen Russian Fighter) to have TVC which would also proliferate to older Su-3X. Hence they wanted to develop an ATF. Engine becomes a very important factor bcoz of thrust & it has to provide electricity to additional sensors & equipments.
The X-31 demonstrated a hover on its nozzle for few seconds, then MiG-29OVT showed crazy flips, spins, rolls combo in every direction. Such is the power & advantage of TVC to fire missile or gun 1st.
Today multiple countries have implemented TVC, all of them are wrong? All the products are useless? Su-30MKI, Su-35, Su-57, J-10C, etc.
And I said F-22 may have used TVC but limitedly, i'm not sure bcoz from the HUD the F-22 was mostly quite far while usage of TVC can bring the jets dangerously close. In exercises there are protocols to avoid collisions. But irrespective of that, we don't know how many engagements took place over hours & days & how many each side won. In such excercises there is non-disclosure agreements usually. F-22 HUD video unavailable, how many time it got Rafale, etc. Only 1 side of coin is being shown & heavily marketed.And why F-22 wouldn't be using TVC?
F-22 is not for export but Rafale is, hence be it TVC, sensors, avionics, etc, why would any country reveal the full capability to an exported potential adversary so that they can make strategy & tactics in advance? In the 1st place i don't understand how such HUD videos can be leaked publicly unless a private firm wants publiciy to sell its products. Such data is supposed to be above top secret. F-22 HUD videos & MFD shots are available only through simulators, for few seconds.
We have done excercises with various countries & jets like F-15, F-16, F-18, EF-2000, we went to Red-Flag, but very limited info is released. we used our own data links to avoid potential snooping & interference. We didn't operate our radars to full potential.
When u react "the HELL r u talking abt?" u r expecting a heveanly/favorable situation. U also mean to avoid enemy missiles & fire missiles & guns 1st. I'm just telling u TVC with strong engine & good avionics can do it at lower velocity as seen in the demos of multiple TVC jets.The hell are you talking about? You need G capability to get into favorable position and also to avoid enemy missiles and other types of attacks. Regardless of the missile, its chance of hitting the target increases if it is launched from a favorable position.
Low velocity means low inertia means low G.
Don't compare 2 diff. scenarios of dogfight & doging missiles. There is high G capability in all TVC jets to doge missiles but a non-TVC jet has far lower FCS limits of AoA due to stall like u only said, that's where TVC comes into play provided the T/W ratio should be >1. Non-TVC jets will have far less chances to escape missiles at present.
TOOK, past tense, 1970s. Good Morning, welcome to 21st century.Nope. Radar always took a couple of seconds to establish a lock. Back in 1970s, it could be 15 - 30 seconds, or even more.
You are again confused here. F-22 and Rafale both have 360 degree sensors coverage, but both aircraft primarily rely on radar (and IRST for Rafale) to provide a firing solution.
Rafale's DDM has enough angular accuracy to provide firing solution for potential laser jamming of IR missiles, yet I'm not claiming Rafale was using it to track the F-22.
A sports car is only as good as its driver.
An electronic H/w is only as good as its S/w programmer.
You do vouch for Rafale's latest AESA radar, right? U know diff. b/w AESA & 20th century radars, right? U expect Rafale to take few seconds to lock? Good luck!
And the HUD video evidence of losing lock is enough. F-22/35 won't loose any lock bcoz it is sensor-fused. Direction to target, it doesn't matter RF antenna is telling u or EO-DAS.
Suppose if a target is in vertical direction in +ve or -ve Y axis then either there should be a radar antenna on spine or belly to lock it or EO-DAS sensor.
For missiles, their RF/IR sensors have limited off-boresight capabilities. Hence there is something called LOAL (Lock On After Launch), especially if launched from IWB of 5th gen jets, where once the jet has got direction of enemy by RF/EO sensors, it can instruct the missile to turn rather than turn the jet & then fire. 4++ gen jets can also use this provided they have spherical sensor coverage & their avionics S/w has code module to manage it.
There are only 2 hemispherical DDM MAWS which cannot look down through the wings & fuselage
The DDM can identify a missile but will it identify a jet & display on HUD? At present it doesn't seem so otherwise from HUD video the target indicator would always be present.
RWR & jammer don't lock target.
Theoretically Rafale can mount RF & EO sensors on spine & chin & just below exhaust but at present does it have? NO. Future F5/6 upgrades might address this through multi-spectral multi-function RF & EO sensors, i said this long back.
OMG, u r so impulsive & desperate. ANYTHING!! We are discussing since days now so just pick up any of my line from anywhere, twist it & reply anything, who cares to go through our entire conversation, isn't it?I am correcting inaccurate claims. You have only yourself to blame after writing this:
By that, you have proven that you have no understanding at all of Rafale's aerodynamic design and characteristics, and close-coupled canards in particular. Yet you are trying to lecture me about how F-22s thrust vectoring makes it a superior dogfighter:
So, you do not know what close-coupled canards actually do, you do not know what thrust vectoring's advantages and disadvantages are; you just think that "thrust vectoring = I WIN!" button, or at least that is how what you have written comes off.
Of course I will respond to that. So again, you only have yourself to blame for the offroading here.
Who am i to "lecture" u? Does this look like online class for Aeronautics? Are u an aeronautical engineering student? What's ur age, qualification, profession? Do u think members r here on an unofficial forum for time pass as enthusiats or completing PhD? Perhaps u should seek forums containing people persuing or completed Aeonautical Engineering degree.
No member needs advanced mathematical modelling explanation here. People have brief idea about aerodynamics & location of control surfaces & their effects, that's all is needed.
So whether i agree or disagree, u twist my lines.
My post was on engine & exhaust, specifically for "Indian" rafales then u brought in cooling channel concept which is still mystery in implementation. May be only for French Rafales, perhaps Croatian Rafales too.
There u mixed up parts & cooling concepts & then blaming me.
Then u diverted to comparison & performance of different jets, so i had to write some T/W calculations.
Then TVC is part of nozzle but u started detailed comparison of canards so i had to tell u that u should have got independent post
I indicated u multiple times not to go offtrack but u didn't listen.
I'm not even comparing to F-35 particularly. I have actually criticized its huge exhaust & compared its afterburner plume to SR-71.
But it has extra HX system framework for cooling, also the F-22.
Why the hell are u shifting focus to comparing performance of F-35 & Rafale when i have never done that. Please do it with that American member. I myself said that Rafale is a very agile jet & will beat almost every non-TVC jet in gunfight, it gave tough time even to F-22.
How many times i need to tell u to stand topic of my post? U still wanna blame me?No, i'm not comparing fighters in any way. My original post focuses only on Rafale, that too "Indian" version, that too its engine only. May be it is inferior to French Rafale & doesn't have the engine feature u claim.
Who is offroading?
i did acknowledge ur points above & said that i thought over this briefly long back so u didn't have to give such huge documentation with mathematical modelling.Excerpts are below, but long story short:
1) close coupled canard delays stall onset, thus allowing higher maximum lift and improved lift-to-drag ratio at high angles of attack
2) close coupled canard delays vortex bursting (leading to above) best when it is close in front and above the wing; coplanar canard is much less effective, as is canard positioned far in front of the wing
3) due to the above, close-coupled canard above the wing produces lift-to-drag ratio some 12% better than a coplanar canard
4) in general, close-coupled canard improves both maximum lift and lift-to-drag ratio compared to either wing-only, wing-tail or other types of wing-canard configurations (e.g. long moment arm, close-coupled coplanar etc.)
But 5th gen design philosophy is different from 4th gen with different priorities. Rafale is considered 4++ gen means it doesn't function like 1st, 2nd, 3rd gen. Some older gen jets also have canards but it is the FCS which makes a jet agile by properly controlling the control surfaces.It is common sense by natural observation & simple physics that compared to a traditional tandem bi-plane design or a regular delta, a canard addition will give additional lift, but i didn't ask u to give huge documentation for exact position of canards. I thought naturally 2 decades back in 1990s even without reading that co-planar canards will partially disrupt air flow for wing hence being at different level is better.
When i said that Rafale will loose more than 50% dogfights then ratio can be 60:40 also. So i'm giving a possibility for Rafale to win upto 40% dogfights, that's not bad at all against a 5th gen TVC jet. What more do u wan't?
But If TVC doesn't make a jet better dogfighter then either the pilot training is bad or all the scientists & engineers who worked on F-22, Su-57, Su-30MKI, Su-35, J-10C, etc, etc are WRONG AS PER YOU They all wasted tax payer's money on TVC, right?
So which is better - levcons or canards? When Rafale is using composites to reduce RCS & RAM too as per media reports, so perhaps it should have used levcons too?Su-57 chose levcons for stealth reasons, I believe. Naval LCA used levcons for the purpose of reducing takeoff and landing distances, for which they are quite good.
And the F-22 pilots casually talk over tea/coffe that they did 70 degree+ normally for which it was designed from beginning & they might have done some crazy 120 degree+ maneuvers too.29 degrees with centerline fuel tank, 32 degrees with no tank. I do not remember how much it achieved during the dogfight, but certainly no more than 32 degrees.
But unfortunately neither the F-22 HUD video catching Rafale nor a compiled animation was provided to public.
Your questions should be answered ideally by makers of MiG-29 OVT, SU-35, Su-57, J-10C & F-22 Vs makers of Euro-canards on other side. The abstract u shared mentions all the capabilities demonstrated by Euro-canards but I have never seen video of Rafale, EF-2000, Grippen do any of those publicly. If u have a video of them doing it then pls share, it will add to everybody's knowledge.And why do you think F-22 would also not be AoA-limited? Rafale's (and Gripen's) AoA limits are not there to prevent departure (that is, "unrecoverable stalls and spins"). Close-coupled canard aircraft can recover from those just fine - stalls and spins both - so they do not need AoA limits for safety reasons. They do however need them for practicality reasons: in combat, if you engage in post-stall maneuvers, you are already dead.
This is what close-coupled canards offered Gripen; and Rafale is, if anything, even more aerodynamically refined design (though not by much):
So what, exactly, would thrust vectoring offer that canards do not offer already? Beyond maybe further improving takeoff-landing distance and cruise fuel efficiency, as you could use TVC to further adjust trim while optimizing control surfaces for low drag.
U might hav tried to balance a stick on ur finger or seen someone trying to do it. The entire force is given by finger to stick against gravity. This how Elon Musk's Falcon-9 booster & Starship control their descent, only diff. is of rocket engine. If u stop adjusting lateral position of finger then stick will tip over.
Similarly in stall situation the speed is low & air flow is minimum so the controll surface don't work, only the 3D TVC engine can direct the jet to hover pointing up like X-31 demonstrated, go up if T/W ratio is >1 or fall towards regaining regular flight or a different maneuver in whichever direction desired.
So non-TVC jets are incapable of doing most if not all of these maneuvers, they would be dead but for TVC jet pilots stall & post stall is just having fun like roller coaster ride.
And whatever a conventional control surface does, TVC amplifies or supplements it.
If Croatia or France doesn't have some concern doesn't mean the entire world won't have concern.
See this is how u sidetrack. I gave u calculations of Rafale & F-22 & now u wanna bring in F-16.Fighter jets always gain weight over time as they receive additional capabilities and upgrades.
F-16A Block 10 is 15,600 pounds empty weight. F-16A eventually grew to 16 300 pounds.
F-16C Block 30 is 18 900 pounds empty weight.
F-16C Block 50 is 19,200 pounds empty weight.
F-16C Block 70 is 20 300 pounds empty weight.
F-16E Block 60 is 22 000 pounds empty weight.
If you don't understand something this obvious, how can I expect you to understand anything else?
In present era, F-16 is one of the worst examples to give. Repeatedly i have mentioned it to be slim & lean jet. The entire 4th gen is a learning lesson & so will every gen for next gen.
I was speaking in terms of electronics & u r giving an obsolete design which is mechanically constrained hence need to gain weight. While the idea behind 5th gen jet like F-22 or F-35 was to already have max mechanical features which contribute to weight like in-flight refuelling, more spacious internal fuel tank, cooling system, sensors for spherical coverage, inbuilt EOTS, etc. Once u got all that then over time H/w components will become smaller, lighter. some dedicated H/w functions are offloaded as S/w functions also.
CAUTION- I don't wanna start F-16 Vs F-35 debate or them Vs any other jet. Let's stick to Rafale vs others in Rafale thread.
Moreover, backtracking on this reply, i was giving calculations for F-22 & Rafale. So if weight increases slightly then engine variants also improve upon thrust.
Perhaps u can do an independent post on Rafale Vs Grippen.Gripen has an issue with lack of thrust, but yes, I do expect it would be better than Rafale in a dogfight. Not sure about "FAR" better - Rafale would be superior in the energy department - but it is smaller, lighter and has smaller wing span. All of this, when combined with its excellent aerodynamics, means that it should have advantage in agility. Definitely when it comes to transients, which are crucial in a dogfight.
"argue" with "U" in an unofficial forum? I can only give pics, diagrams, calculations, but i can't "argue" with people like u.You know, if you are going to try and argue with me, at the very least you could try to understand my arguments. Otherwise you will produce completely illogical non sequiturs like this very quote.
I could write you down a very long list of jets that are inferior to Rafale in dogfight, despite being smaller.
And again, your lack of logic is stupefying. There are fourth generation jets that are inferior to third generation counterparts, but Rafale is not one of them.