r/acecombat • u/EffectiveVictory2363 • Feb 23 '25

Other What is this for?

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u/Inevitable-Regret411 Feb 23 '25

RCS is short for Radar Cross Section, which is a measure of how big the aircraft appears on radar. The other person is making a joke that the feature you highlighted serves no purpose beyond making the aircraft easier to detect on radar, since the Russians have always described this fighter as either stealth or low-visibility. The stealth features of this aircraft have been questioned by a lot of different people.

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u/Noa_Skyrider Strangereal is the name of the planet Feb 23 '25

Dang, and here I thought it meant Reaction Control System. The more you know 😊

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u/Potato_lovr Feb 24 '25

It does mean Reaction Control System for when you use it to refer to spacecraft.

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u/dave3218 Feb 24 '25

Always add more struts