Jun 112009
A new Boeing promotional video for the F-15SE has shown up on YouTube. I’ve grabbed a couple of the images…
The exhaust nozzles don’t look especially special… not dedicated 2-D vectorable nozzles like on the F-22, at any rate. This is not to say that these “round holes” can’t vector, nor is it to imply that the CG model used in the video is necessarily accurate. Just “good enough” for PR purposes. On the other hand, there appears to be some slight facetteing going on forward of the cockpit. The underside of the nose *looks* like it might be flattened.
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I’m puzzled as to why they didn’t bother squaring off the wingtips in a fashion similar to the F-22. I have no idea what improvement it would have on the radar cross section, but the wingtip change would be cheap and have little effect on flying qualities.
> I have no idea what improvement it would have on the radar cross section, but the wingtip change would be cheap…
There’s no such thing as a “cheap” change in aerospace. Such a change could easily cost several millions; unless something provides evidence early on that the change would provide a worthwhile advantage, it’s unlikely to even be seriously studied.