/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3887340
Both. Targets below the horizon are obscured by ground clutter at best, and completely masked by terrain at worst. Terrain masking is 90% of why those "stealth" helicopters they used to go kill Bin Laden got so far into Pakistan undetected. Low RCS certainly helps make an aircraft harder to detect, but even today, terrain masking is still king.
>>3887357
Not particularly, no.
>>3887422
The X-35's transformations looked cooler than the F-35B, but I gotta admit, the F-35 (A,B,C)'s weapons bays are fookin' sexy.
>>3887646
They should've gone with flat (rather than round) nozzles on the F-35. Even if they didn't vector, they're mechanically simpler and they help reduce the jet's thermal signature substantially.
>>3887964
I fly a lot, but I don't do much building anymore. I have a bunch of the new BNF micros from Horizon - the Parkzone Vapor (a definite favorite), SU-26m, Eflite MCP-X (incredible, indestructible 3d helicopter), Beast (my favorite for outdoor flying), Parkzone P-51, the DeHavilland Mosquito... Oh yeah, and the Corsair. They're just too great - they fly well, they're cheap, and best of all, they bounce when they crash.