would you mid explaining TVC and since i have no knowledge about any single engine fighter jet fitted with TVCN's would this technology can be lucrative for thunder or not if even possible to integrate on it?
Do you think 10% extra thurst can be because of a possibility of a TVC feature , i am asking because i have read somewhere.
Please explain JHMQS if you can ,and infrared look at shoot at capibility and also would an aircraft without TVC but fitted with JHMQS be the answer to the big MKI with TVC in a dogfight?
regards:
Thrust vectoring is the ability of an aircraft or other vehicle to direct the thrust from its main engine(s) in a direction other than parallel to the vehicle's longitudinal axis. The technique was originally envisaged to provide upward vertical thrust as a means to give aircraft vertical (VTOL) or short (STOL) takeoff and landing ability. Subsequently, it was realized that using vectored thrust in combat situations enabled aircraft to perform various maneuvers not available to conventional-engined planes. To perform turns, aircraft that use no thrust vectoring must rely on only aerodynamic control surfaces, such as ailerons or flaps; craft with vectoring must still use control surfaces, but to a lesser extent.
A Helmet mounted display (HMD) is a device used in some modern aircraft, especially combat aircraft. HMDs project information similar to that of heads up displays (HUD) on an aircrews visor or reticle, thereby allowing him to obtain situational awareness and/or cue weapons systems to the direction his head is pointing. Some applications refer to these devices as Helmet Mounted Sight and Display (HMSD) or Helmet Mounted Sights (HMS). For non-aviation applications, see Head mounted displays.
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS)
JHMCS
After the U.S. withdrawal from ASRAAM, the U.S. pursued and fielded JHMCS in conjunction with the Raytheon AIM-9X, in November 2003 with the 12th and 19th Fighter Squadrons at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. The Navy conducted RDT&E on the F/A-18C as lead platform for JHMCS, but fielded it first on the F/A-18 Super Hornet E and F aircraft in 2003. The USAF is also integrating JHMCS into its F-15E and F-16 aircraft.
JHMCS is a derivative of the DASH III and the Kaiser Agile Eye HMDs, and was developed by Vision Systems International (VSI), a joint venture company formed by Rockwell Collins, Elbit and Kaiser Electronics (Kaiser is no longer affiliated with VSI; it is now equally owned by Rockwell Collins and Elbit's US subsidiary Elbit Systems of America). Boeing integrated the system into the F/A-18 and began low-rate initial production delivery in fiscal year 2002. JHMCS is employed in the F/A-18C/D/E/F, F-15C/D, and F-16 Block 40/50 with a design that is 95% common to all platforms.[9] This may also be intergrated into the system of the F-22.
Unlike the DASH, which is integrated into the helmet itself, JHMCS assemblies attach to modified HGU-55/P, HGU-56/P or HGU-68/P helmets. JHMCS employs a newer, faster digital processing package, but retains the same type of electromagnetic position sensing as the DASH. The CRT package is more capable, but remains limited to monochrome presentation of calligraphic symbology. JHMCS provides support for raster scanned imagery to display FLIR/IRST pictures for night operations and provides collimated symbology and imagery to the pilot. The integration of the night-vision goggles with the JHMCS was a key requirement of the program.
When combined with the AIM-9X, an advanced short-range dogfight weapon that employs a Focal Plane Array seeker and a thrust vectoring tail control package, JHMCS allows effective target designation up to 80 degrees either side of the aircraft's nose.
Three dimension vectoring (pitch and yaw axes)
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Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon MATV (SE)
* McDonnell Douglas F-15 ACTIVE
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* Mikoyan Project 1.44
* Mikoyan MiG-29OVT (MiG-35)
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Rockwell-MBB X-31 (SE)
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Chengdu J-10 (SE)