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That 180 turn does ugly things to the thrust delivered, and the pipes take up valuable internal volume...

Depends on the composite.
Fiberglass will expose the internal structure (there's a story about replacing the aluminum skin of some plane with fiberglass for RCS testing and the RCS was much bigger with fiberglass skins). But that also means that a fiberglass on foam construction will have next to no RCS, and you can use a very small amount of RAM around the metal parts alone, wrapped inside the fiberglass for protection.
Carbon fiber reflects radar like metal does.

[QUOTE="Scott Kenny, post: 626328, member: 43359"] That 180 turn does ugly things to the thrust delivered, and the pipes take up valuable internal volume... Depends on the composite. [LIST] [*]Fiberglass will expose the internal structure (there's a story about replacing the aluminum skin of some plane with fiberglass for RCS testing and the RCS was much bigger with fiberglass skins). But that also means that a fiberglass on foam construction will have next to no RCS, and you can use a very small amount of RAM around the metal parts alone, wrapped inside the fiberglass for protection. [*]Carbon fiber reflects radar like metal does. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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