If you were ever confused about the difference between the mechanical radars we have in DCS in its older era vs the AESA radars we use today, here is an extremely technical and accurate demonstration of the difference.

The funniest thing is that its actually not a bad visual comparison on a "first principles" sort of level

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And for PESA Radar, it is a combination of both. A single light source that is split off to create different waves of light.

@SinatsuFoxtrot Okay, nut anyone know what song that is, it slaps.

So basically it's watching everywhere at once? Nice Will the Eurofighter have AESA or only mechanical? Do we know?

one thing missing - with AESA, these small beams can use signal strength that other radars cannot distinguish from background noise.. while AESA can due to much higher sensitivity.. overall, AESA is gamechanger technology..

The annoying part about this is those beam patterns is not all that different

Lol. That is a good way of explaining it.

@malemalegre

Funniest shit I’ve seen all night 🤣

One day we'll get a phased array in DCS