Crazy camo.... :: Nauka ~ Tehnika ~ Military

Citat: Ghost 08. Dec 2006, 21:02:20

Једно питање ме увек занимало, да ли камуфлажа на авиону служи за нешто?
Пошто ја видим овде неке стварно оригиналне радове (посебно овај гепард), а мислим да индија има МИГ са тиргом нафарбаном.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/01/hyperstealths-fractal-camo-patterns-successfully-tested-for-aircraft/index.php

.....................The aircraft tests were also a success, and will allow Jordan to place their KA2 patterns on the Kingdom's F-16 fighter jets as well as vehicles and helicopters. Note, however, that the F-16 picture at the top of this article is merely a mock-up representation. As Hyperstealth's founder noted to DID in response to our questions, the actual colors and pattern were not revealed, and could easily be different for a variety of environmental and tactical reasons.

Ground-related fractal patterns certainly have obvious advantages for low level strike aircraft like the Tornado IDS, but what about the times when an aircraft is engaged against an aerial or even an ocean background? That's why American jets tend to use a dull grey blend effect instead, making them harder to spot at a distance against a wide variety of backgrounds.

When asked about the utility of camouflage patterns for aircraft, versus the USA's tested uniform grey compromise, Hyperstealth President Guy Cramer replied that misdirection had its own value:

"Russia uses camouflage on their modern aircraft and they usually don't go to any extra expense unless research has proved an advantage. So while camouflage may be used to reduce a visible signature it can also be used to deceive and confuse. Most camouflage schemes on Russian aircraft are designed to break the symmetry axis so the target is difficult to recognize and identify... [see also the painted] canopy on the underside the [Canadian] CF-18 uses under close combat conditions - it is enough to confuse the brain of the adversary to believe the CF-18 top side is facing him and will thus counter move in the wrong direction...."

A delay of even a couple of seconds in identifying the type and orientation of an enemy aircraft can indeed be decisive. The question is whether an advantage against one background type would cancel out its utility by being a disadvantage against other backgrounds.

Cramer replied by stating to DID that it is possible to create a combined fractal pattern that both blends (like the American grey) and disrupts effectively (like the Russian patterns) against a variety of viewing backgrounds.......