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B2 isn't round.
No true stealth plane is round shaped.
But Rafale is
Also lack of internal weapon's bay means easy detection.
Super cruise with 50KN dry engine? No way. Please provide some credible source for your claim.NO NO NO.
It reach Mach 1.4 with 6AAM without PC !
YOU JUST CREATE THE GENERATION IN THE ENGINE !!!! are you paid by LM ?
It's BS.
F35 has many issues because of its stealthy design but this doesn't justify flaws of Rafale which is a non stealth plane.The Sugar box F35 need more thrust and request more PC to fly at lower speed ! It's all but stealthier in IR !
In terms of IR signature, primary factors are size, speed and engine emissions. Rafale has two M88 engines producing a total of 9.953 kgf on dry thrust and 15.077 kgf thrust in reheat, compared to 12.700/19.512 kgf for the F135. Further, since Rafale’s engine emissions are divided in two engines, leading to increased cooling due to greater ratio of plume surface area to crosssection. While normally this advantage would be negated by aerodynamic superiority of single-engined aircraft, this is not the case here. F-35s unaerodynamic fuselage means that it requires full dry thrust to achieve speed of Mach 0,95, while Rafale supercruises at Mach 1,4 at equivalent engine setting, and with 6 missiles. Consequently, Rafale has significantly lower engine IR signature when compared to the F-35 at same speed. Rafale also has smaller frontal and side signature,
And don't forget F35 need to open its internal bays often to refresh itself.... cold plane you say ?
F-35 helmet is computer in pilot's face. It provides complete HUD and motion controls inside pilot's helmet. A ground breaking feature of its kind. No other plane has this feature. not even Rafale.F35 helmet is more like a fireman helmet than a fighter helmet.
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It breaks the small pilot neck.
And the F35 system is unable to follow a ground moving target ! no need of a complicated helmet to do so few.
Design choices. They had to choose between maneuverability and stealth.Sure.
It's why it is unable to sustain more than 7G.
You are including early development costs. F35's flyaway cost is $90 million and soon will fall down to $70 million.Same for the so called "less than 100$million" F35...
Still even if we count it is a $100+ mill plane it still is cheaper then Rafale which was sold to Indian Air Force at a ripoff price of $220 million a piece for 36 planes.