Multi role Typhoon "Fully combat ready"
 

BBC NEWS | UK | Eurofighter 'fully combat ready'

According to the Beeb it's the "jet for the Nintendo generation..." :ugh:

Does that mean it's good then..?

If so, well done :ok: to all concerned.

sv

edited to add this other link:
BBC NEWS | UK | The last test for the Typhoon

I had a sneaky look at the model mockup in the missle musuem at Newton, and that was in 1983!

And 25 years later here you go, the capability of a late 80's F18.

I can't remember late-80's F18's dropping GPS guided weapons......:bored:

But I can remember the late 80's F/A-18's having problems with fatigue cracks appearing, very short range compared to other such aircraft and a poor weapon load though, of course don't let any of this distract anyone from a bit of Typhoon bashing.

I'm just pleased that it's up and ready to go, and I hope that it provides the support and firepower that is needed so much in the Middle East. It is probably the Phantom's true successor as a multi-role aircraft, and the Mosquito's before that. Good luck to all involved. I'm envious, very envious.

Multi role Typhoon
 

In a single seat ac of Typhoon's undoubted complexity, the ability of its mission management system to fuse all the relevant data into a coherent, usable form was always going to be one of the tricky bits. If that particular nut has been cracked, then the boys have got their hands on a winner.
Well done.:D

Which variant of the late 80s F-18 could carry 6 x PGM, a designator pod (which also works), 4 x BVRAAM, 2 x SRAAM and a gun simultaneously? And still have enough fuel to leave the vicinity of the airfield? Must have missed that one..:hmm:

A quick snap from today. Taken during the the press day at RAF Coningsby.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...O/a3352f85.jpg

Cheers

TJ

Great pic, TEEEJ - thanks.

I was at CBY yesterday to look in on the RAF's only 4-engine heavy, and I was pleased to see a few of the 2-seater Typhoons up doing the rounds.

From TEEEJ's photo, does anyone know why the under-wing stores all seemingly have different attitudes? The inboard ones look roughly in line with the fuselage centre axis, but the further outboard you go, the more nose-down they look. I wouldn't have expected the wing to change shape much with in-flight loadings.

Just curious...

And not Typhoon-bashing either.

BBC website has "England's Big Picture" for today:


BBC News | Enlarged Image

Rejoice - now at last we are safe from Flankers!

and still needs a chute to stop.....:ugh:

Cheers Nacluv,

A side view for comparison. I can only think that the pylons are set that way for aerodynamic reasons?

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...O/fe5e285f.jpg

TJ

ftrplt wrote

So do Flankers and Fulcrums, etc. Surely that is a safety option when carrying weight and it also saves the brakes?

TJ

The pilot said that in the interview - not the Beeb's words!

That's his kids' Christmas presents sorted then.:)

It's a fantastic asset and one that is much needed right now, so the sooner the final checks are over with and the 100 percent target destroyal (in range) that was proved at green flag, is going to be a confidence booster to the troops of which its going to be working hard with. It's also a nice (safer) pilot platform with its radar system and also its data links, allowing targets to be viewed on ground improving targeting techniques to maximise accuracy, coupled with faster transit times too and from target sites and the longer above target times now acheivable, it is vastly impressive in its unconventional form. Oh and there's also the fact that this will scare the living SH*t out of any one on the ground, beyond the abilites of that of its predocessors! The comment of its capabilities comparable to that of a late 80's f18 is simply ignorant, but lets face it, with the enthusiasm the pilots have for such a plane its going to do extremely well.
NOT_SO_SIS

not so sis

Hope you are right.

I must admit, the Typhoon looks the business. At £67 million it needs to be. Time will tell. But whatever brickbats are thrown at the aircraft, to the guys and girls who will fly the aircraft into harms way, stay safe.

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According to the Beeb it's the "jet for the Nintendo generation..."

The pilot said that in the interview - not the Beeb's words!

One of the few downsides of life down here is that we are inhibited from viewing vid news clips (and selected progs via iPlayer) on the BBC web site so unfortunately I haven't been able to watch this particular one.
And not ever having knowingly played/ridden/squeezed a Nintendo ("It's a popular electric entertainment machine, m'lud"), I'm not sure what the allusion means but I'll take it that it means it's the dogs swingy bits.
sv

sidevalve:

I also cannot use the iplayer from BBC as I am not in the UK. However, most videos can be played in RealPlayer.