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How do you think the inlets work? And why do you think they would be high mx?
I've worked on F-15 and F-22 inlets and don't see what you're seeing.
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There's some stuff there that makes me think it's probably a decent aircraft.
If those inletts actually work like I think they do, it's going to be very high maintenance though.
How do you think the inlets work? And why do you think they would be high mx?
I've worked on F-15 and F-22 inlets and don't see what you're seeing.
See those tiny holes that are there to scavenge boundary layer crap? That tech took Northrop/MacD decades to get right. There's like ten or twelve x planes that tried it on everything from upper wing surfaces to vacuum driving flaps... FOD, supersonic abrasives, weird drag induction.
Maybe all those tiny holes are easy these days? My discovery channel education says using tiny pipe cleaners to clear air channels sucks.