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- Lastly consider one more case like EJ200 versus M88 case. The EJ200 gives a much higher T/W, a very high climbing rate and a superb acceleration. But doing so, it lights up a lot more due to heat emissions. Like this below
What type of camera was the Rafale shot caught on?
This one was on a typical day/night camera and not an IRST, FLIR or any other specialized optics.
It looks "cool" doesn't it? If you didn't know better you'd say this Rafale's IR signature is significantly suppressed. But it's not, it's just that a different type of camera is playing a nice trick.
We see in a hovering F-35 that its signature is brightest near the F135, so that a Rafale is brightest near its active engine isn't to be unexpected, but the airframe of this F-35 itself isn't moving a whole lot and isn't generating a lot of friction either, so the body remains cool by comparison.
The EOTS is quite hot, might want to invest in better cooling for the electronics.
A maneuvering aircraft like the Rafale in that photo you posted seems exaggerated and I suspect it's more camera trickery then anything else.