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RasenSmiffy 10th August 2014 16:26

Intake on base of VS on Typhoon
 
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 August 2014 17:16

ECS intake.

RasenSmiffy 10th August 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 August 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.


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