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RasenSmiffy
10th Aug 2014, 16:26
I was watching a few Typhoons doing their stuff at Conningsby and I noticed that they have a small air intake on the base of the vertical stabilizer and I wondered what it was for. Anyone care to enlighten me? I expect that it might be some radiator for something or other.

DaveReidUK
10th Aug 2014, 17:16
ECS intake.

RasenSmiffy
10th Aug 2014, 17:22
Thanks.
There is also a hole above the port wing root that is always sooty. Obviously an exhaust for something or other (on a Lightning it would be the avpin exhaust :)). APU maybe?

DaveReidUK
10th Aug 2014, 18:11
APU maybe?

Yes, the APU exhaust.

Interestingly, there is a thriving aftermarket in add-on APU exhausts to add realism to the various large-scale Typhoon plastic kits.