Martian2
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Russian T-50 aircraft aerobatic flight at Moscow air show (MAKS-2011) on August 19, 2011
I have a few more complaints about the T-50 underside that I want Sukhoi to fix.
1. I've already mentioned the non-stealthy gaps, vents, and stuff jutting out. Notice the engine pods and fuselage are at different heights.
2. It has been over a year since the T-50 debut, there is no excuse to not cover the exposed engine nacelle with RAM material. Do you see the non-stealthy gleaming metal? If Sukhoi has a cooling problem, hire more engineers to fix the problem.
3. The air ducts are canted only for the forward-portion. The photograph clearly shows that Sukhoi did not bother to encase the engine pod in a fully canted air duct. The rear-part of the air ducts are the round engine pods, which is not stealthy.
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The underside of a stealth superfighter should look like China's J-20 Mighty Dragon:
J-20 Mighty Dragon enters into a dive.
1. No vents, gaps, or stuff jutting out.
2. Engine pods are completely enclosed in RAM material.
3. Entire air duct is canted.
[Note: Thank you to Marchpole for the J-20 picture.]