sancho
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Initially i heard it will be a retractable probe, however it seems we might get the fixed one.
What happened to the Swedish refuelling probe that would be added by the end of last year?
ive posted a pakdef pic of a probe a few pages earlier-- i dont know what kind of probe will be present in jft.. but i speculated it would be a retractable one atleast on the ''stealthy'' varient-- as fixed one increases rcs , as in the case of rafale fighters, in which fixed were built solely on the requirement of french airforce [dessault was against it]
Actually they took a fixed probe to reduce maintenance, because the benefit at fighters that carries external payloads (fuel tanks, pods, bombs, missiles) is limited and Dassault is stating it even on their website, that it was a feature to ensure reduced maintenance.