China Flanker Thread II
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For clarity, what is..
1. The top part with the square hole at front.
2. The side part with the oval hole at front and,
3. The main part with the white dome at front.
Many thanks.
1. an IIR seeker
2. an air intake for cooling the internal electronics
3. front end of the targeting bod with rotated/stored optical windows
By the way, I'm a bit surprised and disappointed since I expected not the regular Yings but the improved Yings III pod
Have we actually seen YINGS-III being used by PLAAF? If it's not something in large-scale use currently the IMO it makes sence that our first sighting of J-16 with targeting pod is with a pod that's been proven in PLAAF deployment instead of a relatively new product, just my personal take tho
J-16s in first exercises of the new year.
Looks like they are using new nozzles.
How they protect that flat lens pod from insect and debris strikes on lift-off, you cannot turn the lens to the back for protection like the balls ones?
He is asking how the older YINGS-III pod (the one that you posted, the one which is similar to the Sniper pod) protects the continuous outer lens from the elements.
On the spherical pod, such as pods like LITENING, KJDC01, or the new YINGS-III pod with the spherical front, the front spherical housing can rotate and make the front glass lens point "backwards" so that it isn't facing the incoming airstream (and any debris and so on that may be present), like so below as seen on LITENING
For pods like Sniper and the old YINGS-III pod, there is a continuous front glass housing that is gimballed and able to rotate but the glass housing itself is always facing the elements and is unable to be "retracted and rotated backwards".
E.g.: seen here with the housing rotated upwards:
The actual sensor elements within the pod of course is still protected, but the glass housing that it will have to see through, in theory cannot be protected from the incoming airstream etc.
That said I'm not too sure what the respective advantages and disadvantages of the two configurations of the front pod housing are, nor am I sure if the Sniper/Old YINGS-III design is particularly more vulnerable to wear.
He is asking how the older YINGS-III pod (the one that you posted, the one which is similar to the Sniper pod) protects the continuous outer lens from the elements.
On the spherical pod, such as pods like LITENING, KJDC01, or the new YINGS-III pod with the spherical front, the front spherical housing can rotate and make the front glass lens point "backwards" so that it isn't facing the incoming airstream (and any debris and so on that may be present), like so below as seen on LITENING
For pods like Sniper and the old YINGS-III pod, there is a continuous front glass housing that is gimballed and able to rotate but the glass housing itself is always facing the elements and is unable to be "retracted and rotated backwards".
E.g.: seen here with the housing rotated upwards:
The actual sensor elements within the pod of course is still protected, but the glass housing that it will have to see through, in theory cannot be protected from the incoming airstream etc.
That said I'm not too sure what the respective advantages and disadvantages of the two configurations of the front pod housing are, nor am I sure if the Sniper/Old YINGS-III design is particularly more vulnerable to wear.
Sorry, then I misread his question … thanks for the correction and explanation
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