Phalcon AWACS

[su-47]

Sorry, i was posting more from the point of view of general interest in the sub-continent Awacs acquisitions. Since Pakistani Awacs will be very much relevant in context of Indian Awacs, I thought it will be of relevance here.
Otherwise, I am also interested to know whether sharing IAF pics in this forum generally discouraged or not? Since it is a soft issue, if I know the rules I will abide by them.

Talking bout the rotodomes, I think it is static dome housing the phase array radar......

Thanks

Thanks a lot for those great pics man.

and about posting pics of IAF, we'd love to see them. just make sure you post them in the correct section.

 

[muse]

Adux

Any pic from inside the cockpit ? Would appreciate it if you could post them if you have those

 

[was]

 

[blain2]

Hi All
This is my first post in this excellent forum.. I express my warmest regards and love to all the fellow aviation lovers of Pakistan

Indian Phalcons arriving in Israel from Russia for Avionics fitting


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These do not look to be the pictures of the IAF Phalcon. The IAF Phalcon will not have a rotodome. The Israeli radar would either be a nose mount or a side mount. At least the first picture shows a rotodome. Am I off here?

 

[indiapakistanfriendship]

These do not look to be the pictures of the IAF Phalcon. The IAF Phalcon will not have a rotodome. The Israeli radar would either be a nose mount or a side mount. At least the first picture shows a rotodome. Am I off here?

Blain it is not a rotodome but a static dome. The radar is placed in the form of a triangle inside the static dome

 

[blain2]

Blain it is not a rotodome but a static dome. The radar is placed in the form of a triangle inside the static dome

Ok thanks. For some reason I was thinking that the IAF solution would look similar to the Israeli nose mounts.

 

[Munir]

ykXKqvio8BA[/media] - Phalcon

Didn't someone tell here that Phalcon was AWACS and Saab2000 was just AEW+C? How come the Elta add is about AEW+C....

 

[blain2]

Didn't someone tell here that Phalcon was AWACS and Saab2000 was just AEW+C? How come the Elta add is about AEW+C....

Whoever said that was probably confused. The first generation of such surveillance aircraft were all lumped together under the AWACS acronym. The new acronym AEW&C is the more recent definition of this capability. Overall they are used interchangeably even though there are minor architecture and systems differences between the two terms.

 

[IceCold]

Blain it is not a rotodome but a static dome. The radar is placed in the form of a triangle inside the static dome

So why exactly is it not mounted over the nose of the aircraft similar to Israel? If one examines the video posted above, it cleary rejects the rotodom in favour of the nose mounted.

 

[IceCold]

ykXKqvio8BA[/media] - Phalcon

No offense but its one huge ugly looking mama.

 

[TOPGUN]

Dude,
Thats an ugly bird!
What happened to IL-76 based Phalcon?

I agree ugly as hell!!!!!!!

 

[was]

No offense but its one huge ugly looking mama.

i agree it,s very ugly

 

[su-47]

yep definitely ugly. but better than looking than the israeli nose-mounted version.

http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phalconc1up1.jpg

 

[IceCold]

yep definitely ugly. but better than looking than the israeli nose-mounted version.

http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phalconc1up1.jpg

You misunderstood me. I was referring to the Israeli one at the first place.

 

[araz]

No offense but its one huge ugly looking mama.

Yeh that nose mounted radar looks like a droopy tit of some big ugly mama

Araz