Hmmm..........
In an A2A battle, I'll take Aluka's words. It's relatively hard to detect a F22 w/ a ground radar since the plane's radar wave are going forward, and unless you are lucky enough to get the plane at an angle, your waves will simply deflect off the plane.
But in an A2A battle, the F-22's radar is on.(Note that the F-117 and B2 have no radars onboard.) And I am 99.999...999....% sure that the Raptor carries an active radar, you can detect the plane head on by receiving the Raptor's waves. And if you've noticed the back of the F-22, it isn't very stealthy, rather curved, meaning that if you are on its tail or on top of it, you can probably detect the plane conventionally.
It is disturbing to me that while the F-22 can achieve Supercruise(Flying faster than the speed of sound without the use of an afterburner), it can only achieve Mach 1.8, while the F-15 with a less powerful engine can do 2.5. But I guess I need some physics review here?
The manuverability of the Raptor is above average. It is better than that of some planes, but definitely behind that of the Flankers and Fulcrums. The Berkut, off course, I believe, has maybe the most mauverability w/o TVC. It and the MiG-35, Su-37/MKI definitely grabs top 3.
Yandex?
The Flankers and Fulcrums are in no way copies. Their engine intakes alone are unique.(The only fighter in service to feature dual, spacedivided under-intakes.) And as for the Frogfoot, anyone smart enough can think of the design!!!!!
I thought the MiG-1.42/1.44 was only a demostrator.
In an A2A battle, I'll take Aluka's words. It's relatively hard to detect a F22 w/ a ground radar since the plane's radar wave are going forward, and unless you are lucky enough to get the plane at an angle, your waves will simply deflect off the plane.
But in an A2A battle, the F-22's radar is on.(Note that the F-117 and B2 have no radars onboard.) And I am 99.999...999....% sure that the Raptor carries an active radar, you can detect the plane head on by receiving the Raptor's waves. And if you've noticed the back of the F-22, it isn't very stealthy, rather curved, meaning that if you are on its tail or on top of it, you can probably detect the plane conventionally.
It is disturbing to me that while the F-22 can achieve Supercruise(Flying faster than the speed of sound without the use of an afterburner), it can only achieve Mach 1.8, while the F-15 with a less powerful engine can do 2.5. But I guess I need some physics review here?
The manuverability of the Raptor is above average. It is better than that of some planes, but definitely behind that of the Flankers and Fulcrums. The Berkut, off course, I believe, has maybe the most mauverability w/o TVC. It and the MiG-35, Su-37/MKI definitely grabs top 3.
Yandex?
The Flankers and Fulcrums are in no way copies. Their engine intakes alone are unique.(The only fighter in service to feature dual, spacedivided under-intakes.) And as for the Frogfoot, anyone smart enough can think of the design!!!!!
I thought the MiG-1.42/1.44 was only a demostrator.
