F-23A photo recon version

[Spino]

I think it sits too high right now. I'll try to sand it down so it's less high than wide. It's just sitting in place right now until painting is done. At least I got the surfaces presentable as I ran out of usable CA glue. I know its bigger than the F-35 EOTS but I'm saying this is an earlier version that's a little more bulky.

Actually the EOTS on the F-35 is located in the upper nose, the chin window thing is basically a built-in version of the Sniper XR targeting pod.  Still fitting for a jet of this type though.

[DogfighterZen]

I think it sits too high right now. I'll try to sand it down so it's less high than wide. It's just sitting in place right now until painting is done. At least I got the surfaces presentable as I ran out of usable CA glue. I know its bigger than the F-35 EOTS but I'm saying this is an earlier version that's a little more bulky.

Actually the EOTS on the F-35 is located in the upper nose, the chin window thing is basically a built-in version of the Sniper XR targeting pod.  Still fitting for a jet of this type though.

I don't think so... at least judging by what they say in this video... note that there's no mention of upper nose sensors either on the Lockheed Martin's page for the EOTS or the video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ0nwQ4wO2s&t=96s

[Spino]

Hmm, thought the chin aperture was something else.  Either EOTS consists of both the chin aperture and the one on the upper nose, or the upper nose thing is part of DAS.  Guess I had my wires crossed.

[kerick]

The thing about the F-35 is that all the sensor data gets integrated together to present one picture to the pilot. Even the radar info gets blended in. The crazy part is with the helmet display the pilot can see in every direction including straight down "thru" the floor.

[scautomoton]

The thing about the F-35 is that all the sensor data gets integrated together to present one picture to the pilot. Even the radar info gets blended in. The crazy part is with the helmet display the pilot can see in every direction including straight down "thru" the floor.

Land Rover offers a feature along these lines to allow the driver to see under the car when off roading. It interpolates all the camera inputs and generates an image allowing you to place the front wheels fairly accurately when you can't actually see (cresting a rise for instance). When we were testing Defender Octa in Moab I made extensive use of it.