In message , Chad Irby
writes
In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" wrote:
But those involved fairly minor changes (the "low RCS program" mostly
consisting of sticking some RAM in the intake), not major design issues.

Would that it were so simple.

Actually, it was.

I'll take the designers opinion on the issue, thanks.

A layer of RAM in the intake channel, and most of the
radar return went away.

After reshaping the intake, sure.
"Sticking some RAM in the intake" merely results in a FOD hazard: how
do you shield the compressor blades?

By using the normal turns in the intake.

Those "normal turns" didn't figure in the design baseline and were a
1990s addition.


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