Why are some fighter canopies so different? All older jets have this round toilet seat looking thing at the front, then some newer ones have a single structural bar thingy at the front like f-15 and f-18 but f-16 has one at the back.Modern stealth fighters are different too, f-22 has a one piece canopy but f-35 and chinese f-31 both have the bar...The reason cannot be technology, as ancient mig-21f13 had a cool one piece canopy too?Thank you for reading my post.
>>65605399>Why are some fighter canopies so different?Why are some of human skin collors so differents?
>>65605399Built Different
A drawback of curved glass is that it causes image distortion. It should be possible to divide the canopy into sections using a framework and install different types of glass panels—such as flat, bulletproof, or anti-glare glass—as needed.
>>65605399the answer is probably related to tolerances in glass manufacturing
>>65605399F16 is the best canopy. We cannot have it because stealth and bvr ruins modern air combat.
>>65605438>>65605450>>65605867Samefagging?
>>65605434(You) wouldn't exist without the 2012 Smith-Mundt modernization
>>65605399Depends on the design of the combat aircraft overall, and location-configuration of the cockpit in the airframe.The earlier gen jet fighters, some had 'bubble' configuration but others had a 'semi-bubble' that was partly conformal with the dorsal fuselage e.g. the later MiG-21 variants.Also remember that many of the primary training aircraft were designed with side-by-side cockpit crew seating
>>65605913No, it's at least 2 different people. It's hilarious how people try to pretend there's a single person going around negating bot melties.
>>65605399>50s-mid-70sHeavy glass canopy to withstand supersonic flight. Straight, slanted forward piece acts as HUD reflector>mid-70s-todayPolycarbonate/advanced plastic canopy. More difficult to manufacture, sometimes (F16) single bandless for visibility, usually has a frame band for support. Reduced max speed but nobody flies >M2.5 anyways (See MiG-31 vs. M)>Mid-2000s onwardsStealth coatings added
>>65606199Are PC canopies harder to make? I was always under the impression that glass was generally more difficult to work with than plastics
>>65606230Easier to mold into complex shapes without optical distortion but the plastic chemistry wasn't there for a supersonic jet canopy until the 70s. Bubble plexiglas canopies were very common in WW2 but went away with jets because they can't sustain the compression heating and other loads.
>>65605425I'm not sure niggers are the explanation to fighter canopies.
>>65606278absolutely
>>65605425Wrong.
>>65605399The F-35 looks like a stubby little penguin to me, but I do think its canopy looks really nice. The way it's neatly set in there just looks sleek and kinda cozy somehow.
