F-117 was not shot down because of the IWBs. Serbia radar detected it, EW support was not present at the sortie. F-117 was shot 3-4 times and each except 1 returned to base with minor or heavy damage
There is room for IWBs, there are 2 of them (left and right of the intake/engine), the render posted by that newspaper/site is correct. You can just use the humans for scale there.
This one has 2 IWBs. It is not as small you think, while it was in production it took me a while to walk by it.
As i said, until TEI produces something more powerful (than a AI-322/TF-6000), this is the one we got.
I am not saying that TF-X is not open for discussion, but if he wants to accuse TAI of designing stuff with no expertise, then he needs to come with real proof, analysis and credentials
The part about Vstabs are not really open for discussion either. Like did he run CFD on the aircraft to claim those? Did he look at TF-X with a strong IR sensor? There is a reason why engines and Vstabs are like that...
And before our guy comes and whines about how they traded aero for more space, that is not the case.
It is known/claimed to perform better in subsonic/transonic regimes. Iirc it is related to shock cones and airflow.
Like cmon, newer versions of J-35 and J-20 also sport a spine/canopy/cockpit like the TF-X, apart from aerodynamics you know have more space for either fuel or avionics, more room for upgrades etc.
Please, cmon