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Correct points - The serpentine inlet works by (1) preventing any signal from reaching the compressor face and bouncing out without hitting the walls and (2) ensuring that any signal bounces as many times as possible on the way in and on the way out.The result is that it doesn't take a lot of RAM to suppress the signal, because even a few dB down is quite a lot, multiplied over four of six bounces.And there is not a lot of penalty if designed-in from the start (cf Typhoon). Actually, Typhoon and Rafale have neater inlets than F-35, which has to deal with a large-diameter engine installed a long way forwards.Grills can be aerodynamically not-too-bad, and can be the right solution in length-constrained applications, but icing is a [lady dog].
Correct points - The serpentine inlet works by (1) preventing any signal from reaching the compressor face and bouncing out without hitting the walls and (2) ensuring that any signal bounces as many times as possible on the way in and on the way out.
The result is that it doesn't take a lot of RAM to suppress the signal, because even a few dB down is quite a lot, multiplied over four of six bounces.
And there is not a lot of penalty if designed-in from the start (cf Typhoon). Actually, Typhoon and Rafale have neater inlets than F-35, which has to deal with a large-diameter engine installed a long way forwards.
Grills can be aerodynamically not-too-bad, and can be the right solution in length-constrained applications, but icing is a [lady dog].
