YF-22 vs YF-23

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by mityan » 30 Oct 2014, 12:27

Forgot to say that the RCS value for UCAV is taken from the chineese article "The Assessment Method for Multi-Azimuth and Multi-Frequency Dynamic Integrated Stealth Performance of Aircraft" and is a result of simulation
http://www.intechopen.com/books/aeronautics-and-astronautics/the-assessment-method-for-multi-azimuth-and-multi-frequency-dynamic-integrated-stealth-performance-o

But the UCAV has a very stealthy shape and is made using radio absorbing materials. Its RCS value should be less than that of ATF.


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by popcorn » 30 Oct 2014, 14:20

Why "should' it? Just because it "looks" stealthier or is of more recent vintage doesn't mean anything. Again, these are different aircraft designed/ built to different specifications.
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by sprstdlyscottsmn » 30 Oct 2014, 15:13

A vlo design is all well and good, but final RCS is determined by the bucks the developer throws at manufacturing tolerances and RAM coating.
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by mityan » 30 Oct 2014, 15:16

sprstdlyscottsmn wrote:A vlo design is all well and good, but final RCS is determined by the bucks the developer throws at manufacturing tolerances and RAM coating.

And are there any physical limitations that could set a lower bound of RCS?

And the second question. Could we trust this chineese estimations?


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by sprstdlyscottsmn » 30 Oct 2014, 16:40

I'm sure are is a physical limitation but I wouldn't know what it is or how limiting it is. The 172ft wide B-2 is often referenced as having an RCS ranging from .1 to .001. I don't know if one of these is an "overall" reference while the other is "frontal" but operationally I know it is for all intents and purposes "not there" on radars of the 90s-2000's.
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by mityan » 31 Oct 2014, 09:05

sprstdlyscottsmn wrote:I'm sure are is a physical limitation but I wouldn't know what it is or how limiting it is.

You may look at US patent for example.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5164242.pdf
Figure 7 shows that maximum of signal loss is greater than 20 dB for frequencies near 8 gHz - where fighter radars act, and for 14-15 gHz for active missile seekers.
Building a RAM is a great trade off between attenuation and its mechanical properties.


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by mityan » 31 Oct 2014, 09:14

popcorn wrote:Again, these are different aircraft designed/ built to different specifications.

So you have no doubt on the value itself? But have you any guess about specifications?
As I've heard X-47 is just a navy variant of X-45 which has been developed for suppression of enemy air defense. So for its greate survivability it requires to be even more VLO cause ground radars are more powerful and in a much wider band cause there are a lot of them from UHV to X band.


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by hornetfinn » 31 Oct 2014, 10:03

It seems like they modeled just X-47 (and X-45), but F-22 RCS comes from that USAF quote about metal marble size RCS. A lot depends on how accurate the X-47 model really is as even slight differences to actual aircraft can lead to rather large differences in RCS. It seems to me that they used pretty crude models in their analysis. Also they do not mention modeling effects of RAM and RAS and this leads to rather large difference as those can lower the actual RCS by a factor of 10 to 100 (10 to 20 dB) depending on frequency range. So to me it seems like it's entirely possible that X-47 actually has equal or smaller RCS than F-22 if the model is relatively correct and X-47 has modern RAM and RAS.


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by popcorn » 31 Oct 2014, 11:47

mityan wrote:
popcorn wrote:Again, these are different aircraft designed/ built to different specifications.

So you have no doubt on the value itself? But have you any guess about specifications?
As I've heard X-47 is just a navy variant of X-45 which has been developed for suppression of enemy air defense. So for its greate survivability it requires to be even more VLO cause ground radars are more powerful and in a much wider band cause there are a lot of them from UHV to X band.

X means experimental and was intended to lead to a follow-on design which never happened. No,sense trying to guess specs.,without credible documentation it's all speculation and assumptions on what the designs might have evolved into.
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by mityan » 31 Oct 2014, 13:01

hornetfinn wrote:A lot depends on how accurate the X-47 model really is

Yeah. I scrolled the article again with much more attention and realized that I understood nothing.
No frequencies, no material, not clear where the pictures come from (may be taken from other researches with unknown conditions). They (chineese) concentrated on air defence area penetration and probabilities of detection.


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by zero-one » 16 Jul 2015, 20:32

Well I just read all 28 pages and am surprised that there is not much data about the engine competition that was going on.

I also tried to search for any topics with the YF-119 vs YF-120 as the main topic but did not find any.

So I hope none of you mind if I post it down here?

How did the the prototype YF119 compare against the YF-120 anyway.
From what I read on this page, it looks like the YF-120 was the better performing engine.

Although Im sure the 119 met the requirements otherwise it wouldn't of been selected, but was is selected simply because it was the safer, cheeper, less risky option, or where there performance metrics where it outperformed the YF120?

Looking at the F100 vs F110 series, it seems that GE just builds better engines.

Looking here
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/how-to ... 1682723379

a viper pilot describes that most PW powered aircraft are good performers but not great, however most GE powered aircraft are "absolute beast" the PW powered block 52 was the only excemption and made it into the beast category.

IIRC all GE powered Vipers have larger intakes, which could explain the performance advantage.

If this is true, then PW should be given tremendous credit for matching the Block 50's performance on their block 52 even with the smaller intake. Were PW engines ever installed on big mouth vipers?

Anyway we're veering off, mainly I just wanted to ask if there were any released statements (official or from someone's cousin's brother's neighbor's gardener who knows somebody who knows somebody) about any performance comparison of the YF-119 against the YF-120.

And what led to the YF-119 getting the nod? Since it looked like the 120 clearly had performance advantages.


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by slapshot! » 16 Jul 2015, 21:01

zero-one wrote:Well I just read all 28 pages and am surprised that there is not much data about the engine competition that was going on.

I also tried to search for any topics with the YF-119 vs YF-120 as the main topic but did not find any.

So I hope none of you mind if I post it down here?

How did the the prototype YF119 compare against the YF-120 anyway.
From what I read on this page, it looks like the YF-120 was the better performing engine.

Although Im sure the 119 met the requirements otherwise it wouldn't of been selected, but was is selected simply because it was the safer, cheeper, less risky option, or where there performance metrics where it outperformed the YF120?

Looking at the F100 vs F110 series, it seems that GE just builds better engines.

Looking here
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/how-to ... 1682723379

a viper pilot describes that most PW powered aircraft are good performers but not great, however most GE powered aircraft are "absolute beast" the PW powered block 52 was the only excemption and made it into the beast category.

IIRC all GE powered Vipers have larger intakes, which could explain the performance advantage.

If this is true, then PW should be given tremendous credit for matching the Block 50's performance on their block 52 even with the smaller intake. Were PW engines ever installed on big mouth vipers?

Anyway we're veering off, mainly I just wanted to ask if there were any released statements (official or from someone's cousin's brother's neighbor's gardener who knows somebody who knows somebody) about any performance comparison of the YF-119 against the YF-120.

And what led to the YF-119 getting the nod? Since it looked like the 120 clearly had performance advantages.


For the F16, I dont believe there was any real performance gain for the F100-229 with the big mouth. The F110 just required more air. From what I could see, the YF119 and YF120 were fairly similar in most aspects, its just the YF120 was variable-cycle. Variable-cycle is just a way of saying it could vary its bypass ratio, thus having big improvements to fuel consumption. It was an early version of the ADVENT or AETD engines being worked on now and apparently only added ~10lbs.

Nonetheless, the YF120 was deemed "risky" and not picked up. 25 years later we are looking back at the technology for application in the F35 and other future aircraft.


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by popcorn » 17 Jul 2015, 06:57

slapshot! wrote:Nonetheless, the YF120 was deemed "risky" and not picked up. 25 years later we are looking back at the technology for application in the F35 and other future aircraft.

In retrospect a wise decision. The F-22 program had a tumultuous gestation and the last thing it needed would be the additional challenges that would come wih the variable engine approach.
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by charlielima223 » 17 Jul 2015, 08:23

popcorn wrote:
slapshot! wrote:Nonetheless, the YF120 was deemed "risky" and not picked up. 25 years later we are looking back at the technology for application in the F35 and other future aircraft.

In retrospect a wise decision. The F-22 program had a tumultuous gestation and the last thing it needed would be the additional challenges that would come wih the variable engine approach.


I would guess that because the engine technology would be in its early infancy, that would have been more problematic for the F-22. Already the F-22 was at a political disadvantage after 1991; Cold War was over, Eagle still reigns supreme, lower defense budget and restructure...

I had asked this question earlier somewhere else around here but I didn't get a definitive answer, just a "no".

Could the F-119 engine or F-22 be improved upon by taking advantage of the development in ADVENT or AETD engine technology and materials?


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