Eurofighter Typhoon
 

Hi guys,

To you military guys:
How good is the Typhoon compared, let's say, to the F-16? I know the F-16 is much older, but I didn't know which other fighter aircraft to compare it to.

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The answer is, it depends.

Factors for consideration include: numbers of, armament, range, speed, service ceiling, availability, logistics chain, fuel economy, manufacturing time, field repair-ability, man hours servicing per flight, switch on to take off time, purchase price, noise, air show prowess, ejector seat water immersion certification, fatigue life, etc.

Or you could consult a pack of Top Trumps cards!

WTF?! Assuming the comment wasn't tongue in cheek that is... :ooh:

-RP

Tornado wins that one; carries twice as many people :E

Wouldn't they also have the higher average IQ?

I was going to mention the Typhoon excess baggage capability, until someone brought up the 2-man crew of the F3...

Gripen and Rafale?

well, even staying within the weather phenomena, you'll find a plane to compare it with, the Gust aka Rafale. Or even Lightning, which comes in 2 variants: the one that people (used to) understand how it works, and the one that needs regular software security patches & bug fixes and an occasional reboot.

Don't forget Hawker's variant of the Typhoon. Loses a bit in top speed and payload, but carries 4 times the number of guns, and much better rough field capability.

......and some bl**dy big rockets.

I usually try and give seven year-olds a sensible answer if I have one; or admit that I don't.

CG

If the answer is a Tornado F3 it must have been a very strange question...

PDR

“ejector seat water immersion certification,”
Perhaps he was thinking of the Russian Typhoon.....

Good job the answer wasn't Tornado F2 either......

I've flown the F16 and I loved its performance; but I understand that the Typhoon is superior in several ways, not least the excess power.

Not a 7 yr. kid nor a Russian troll either. I just wanted to know how good is the Typhoon.

I am really surprised that there are not masses of responses to this post.
On the positive side the aircraft seems to do everything that it was designed to do, that primarily being air to air. It has big wings and two very powerful (as well as being highly reliable engines). It has also sold reasonably well given its high price. While there are some obvious benefits in multi national programmes there are some key drawbacks. It has taken far too long to be a true multi role fighter with the 4 nations having differing requirements and that has adversely affected sales prospects.
The primary difficulty is that it is not a 5th generation jet at the time that this is the current flavour of the month.
Having worked on the engine during the development programme I too am interested in comments on how good it really is...

It’s very good but, not as capable as a Super Hornet, significantly inferior to the F15C from a radar perspective too.

Great idea, not enough investment and Captor E will be 15 years too late.

"not as capable as a Super Hornet, "

That can't be right, 'poons pylons are nailed on straight.

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