Courtney
The RAF wouldn't pay for the clearances so it was taken out
I don't believe that this is entirely correct. I was always told by the likes of "the Major", Clive Rowley, "G+10",
et al that the "Girls at Boscombe Down" didn't like it as they could do wingsweeping better than the automatics - fine if you're a 2,000hr FJ TP, but no so good for the
ab initio f^cknuckle! I do remember collecting a jet from Waste O'space that still had it connected and worked pretty well in my opinion; at least it would have stopped the Navs from shouting "wings back" and "wings forward" all of the time. It would have also saved the poor crew whose Nav just shouted "wings" when in about 45 wing at .95M - unfortunately the poor pilot put the wings forward instead of back!
Anyway, back to the thread. I believe (if I recall correctly) that Typhoon's manoeuvre devices are automatic but you can manually override them. However, my experience was flying the sim at Warton during 17(F) Sqn's brief stay before going to CGY.
LJ