Cool Eurofighter video

[Gamera]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

One thing the Euro's figured out early in their designs was the use of canards.

Also, the real Typhoon can supercruise like the F-22. The real J-10, Gripen, and Rafale can't.

Of course us Americans turned around and built forward flight thrust vectoring and fly-by-wire systems that allow the same performance with slightly lower drag, but the canards are a good solution thats a little more resiliant.

I always thought the canards looked good on the F-15 S/MTD, but looked bad on the F-16 CCV. Even the Jap F-2 tried and abandoned the canards.

[ShapeSh1fter]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

Also, the real Typhoon can supercruise like the F-22. The real J-10, Gripen, and Rafale can't.

The Gripen is what...30yrs old?:laugh:

[ACE4U]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

Cool, how does it compare to the Euro Force game, though?

[Gamera]

Gripen history

The Gripen is what...30yrs old?:laugh:

http://www.gripen.com/thegripenfighter/gripenahistory.4.10deb5ffd9e2557fe7fff5018.html

June 1982:
Gripen programme begins.

9 December 1988:
Gripen first flight.

[ShapeSh1fter]

Re: Gripen history

http://www.gripen.com/thegripenfight...e7fff5018.html

June 1982:
Gripen programme begins.

9 December 1988:
Gripen first flight.

Oh really!? so the three you mentioned are the same age, built for same purposes too? otherwise i'm sure you could come up with better planes to compare:)

[Gamera]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

http://www.eurofighter.com/Evolution/EAP/

1982:
At Farnborough, UK government announces Experimental Aircraft Programme.

May 1983:
EAP contract signed.

8 August 1986:
EAP first flight.

The Gripen and Typhoon are contemporaries, but the real (English Electric) Lightning, Raptor, and Typhoon are the only mass-produced jet fighters that can supercruise.
The Soviet Firefox had two prototypes, but not mass-produced.

[troybob]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

that video (with its 15.6 seconds of ACTUAL footage) almost put me to sleep. neat "Fast and furious" style graphics of the engine start and missile release

I want my 5 minutes back.

[Gamera]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

> The Gripen and Typhoon are contemporaries, but the real
> Raptor and Typhoon are the only two known mass-produced
> jet fighters that can supercruise.

Erratum: The retired English Electric Lightning was also a mass-produced jet fighter that can supercruise.

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co...g/history.html

[Gamera]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

In Euro Force, does the Eurofighter Typhoon have the same weapons as the other fighters in BF2?
Meaning the Typhoon is just the same skeleton with a different skin or texture mapping?
Or does it have original weapons?

[colony]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

In Euro Force, does the Eurofighter Typhoon have the same weapons as the other fighters in BF2?
Meaning the Typhoon is just the same skeleton with a different skin or texture mapping?
Or does it have original weapons?

It handles completely different but has same weapons as other fighters.

[TITAN126]

Re: Cool Eurofighter video

Awesome video.