911 <123@456.com> wrote in news:lt84ne02e44@news4.newsguy.com:
> John Szalay <john.szalay.at.att.net> wrote in
> news:XnsA3919207CCFCBjohnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
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>> 911 <123@456.com> wrote in news:lt7qb5017uh@news3.newsguy.com:
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>>> First pure all-Jap fighter in 75 years.
>>>
>>> I was curious about the blurring on nose gear. S'pose it is
>>> just some number... but on a prototype? Comments?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> I suspect its to cover the detail of the "saw tooth" shape of the edge
>> of the gear doors, as was done on the F-117 & B-2
>> ( straight line too detectable on radar.)
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>> other images also blurred , and including the intake details.
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>> http://blog.goo.ne.jp/sekiseikai_2007/e/2d13bb56d755082929562c2dc37c8bb8
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> *SLAP* I coulda had a V-8!
>
> I'd like to think I'd have figgered it out if the full intake in my pic
> was blurred. They may have 'shopped it or made some changes between the
> taking of the two pictures we posted.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
Oh wow. Yep there is 'quite of bit' of diff (probably 'shopping) the more
I compare ours and other pics of the ATD-X.
e.g. The nose gear cover gets moved from forward to behind the gear.
!Photoshop!
May be the reason for intake blurring in one pic, but not in the other.
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