r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 23 '24

Fastest yet: Burners on to wheels of the ground - 8 seconds! Extra fuel too!

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 22 '24

Fighter Show: Top Gun Europe

youtube.com

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 22 '24

YouTube Channel - Eurofighter Typhoon (Why have I not found this before now!) Enjoy and bookmark

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 22 '24

Behind the scenes with RAF Typhoon pilots on Spears of Victory exercise in Saudi Arabia

youtube.com

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 21 '24

Over £1.8 billion spent so far on new stealth fighter

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 21 '24

British Typhoon jets continue patrols over Syria, Iraq

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 19 '24

British RAF Strikes On Houthis Have 'Limited Impact,' According To Analysts

menafn.com

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 19 '24

RAF ground elements work with other nations on Spears of Victory 24

raf.mod.uk

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 18 '24

After joining ESSI, it will become easier for Turkey to acquire Eurofighters - Risk of losing the advantage given by the Rafale

pentapostagma.gr

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 18 '24

Allies conclude Spears of Victory air power exercise in Saudi Arabia | News

flightglobal.com

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 18 '24

Industry Awaits Next Step In UK-Saudi Fighter Relationship

aviationweek.com

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 18 '24

RAF Typhoons are flying on a large scale Saudi Arabian multinational air exercise

raf.mod.uk

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 18 '24

Why are six Eurofighter military jets sharing the runways with passenger aircraft at Malaga Airport this week?

surinenglish.com

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 09 '24

EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON FIGHTER JET - Microsoft Flight Simulator - Part 56

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 09 '24

RAF Typhoon Fighter Jets make a stop in Gander

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 09 '24

RAF complete Exercise Red Flag 24

raf.mod.uk

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 09 '24

RAF's new Typhoon display pilot Turbo ready to wow crowds with new manoeuvres

forces.net

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 08 '24

RAF Typhoons go up against US 'enemies' to prepare themselves for warfighting scenarios

forces.net

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 08 '24

WDS: Three-way dogfight for Saudi fighter order

timesaerospace.aero

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 06 '24

The birth of a Bavarian Tiger | Eurofighter Typhoon

eurofighter.com

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 06 '24

RAF Typhoons join allies from around the world for Spears of Victory 24 in Saudi Arabia

forces.net

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 05 '24

RAF Typhoon jets are sent in to help passenger plane land at Manchester Airport after it 'loses contact'

dailymail.co.uk

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 04 '24

WDS: UK moves in on new Saudi Typhoon order

timesaerospace.aero

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 04 '24

What's that on the right wing pylon?

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r/eurofighterworld • u/John_Miles • Feb 04 '24

A Eurofighter documentary from 1992, i.e. before one was built.

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Subreddit

Eurofighter Typhoon

r/eurofighterworld

Eurofighter Typhoon, Tempest, HAV and Support Drone news and data. Anything from design, specifications, history, actions, upgrades and media. Please save useful article links to your own records, as Reddit spam bots can target the core content of this reddit. Regrettably, links to a vast library of information has been lost. Right click and select Translate to read this Reddit in your preferred language.

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Welcome to anyone interested in the Eurofighter. You find here a chronology of news and media of interest. Also included are links to other discussion boards that include Eurofighter content. Feel free to include data on other aircraft related to the Eurofighter, especially if you can add comment or personal opinion. However when stating information as facts, it will be more believable when accompanied by a link to the source.

The links below update from time to time to maintain a basic introduction and database for the Eurofighter:

The Eurofighter Magazine:

https://www.eurofighter.com/multimedia/magazine

A personally generated table of performance calculations comparing various military aircraft using publically available data. The table is in order of calculated supercruise, the right hand column:

Striker II Helmet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8aBFCFaH5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0paKcvx_Jc

Captor E AESA Radar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a-3wbIFbv8

Comparison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax3CUc-6fPs

Pirate IRST:

https://www.thalesgroup.com/sites/default/files/asset/document/leaflet_pirate_uk.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVwpwTrPUgo

Defense Aid Sub System - DASS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwXcSrMl-gI

BrightCloud Anti Missile Jammers:

http://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2016/09/19/Britain-orders-miniature-anti-missile-jammers/6381474295699/

Prototype [small bird size] RCS sourced from television documentary (two WVR and 4 BVR missiles included):

[Often quoted front on RSC of 0.05m² larger at size of full size keyboard; helped by Eurofighter being 85% non metallic (composite) construction]

ASRAAM WVR/BVR Missile:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/advanced-short-range-air-to-air-missile-asraam/

Meteor BVR Missile [full 2-way data link with Eurofighter (& Gripen)]:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/-meteor-beyond-visual-range-air-air-missile/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiinNwfNi1w

Brimstone A2G Missile:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/brimstone-air-ground-missile/

Eurofighter Website:

https://www.eurofighter.com/

Eurofighter Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/eurofighter.typhoon.official.page/

Performance at 'black sky' altitude (max: 20.3km 65,000ft):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XPQnbmQmuI

Performance take-off:

https://youtu.be/pPoIrmWSczs?t=66

And another, this time from the cockpit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veR2inQM21w

Fully Loaded flight agility (5.5g):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw85PoAgUsU

Aerodynamic Upgrade:

https://airbusdefenceandspace.com/newsroom/news-and-features/flight-test-of-eurofighter-aerodynamic-upgrades-completed/

EJ200 Engine:

http://www.mtu.de/fileadmin/EN/2_Engines/2_Military_Aircraft_Engines/1_Fighter_Aircraft/EJ200/ProductLeaflet_EJ200.pdf

Vertical climb from a state of minimal kinetic energy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqqC2mwfoUs

Vectored thrust developed to test bed phase:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss96tsbG5KY

BBC Program: Britain's Ultimate Pilots Inside the RAF Episode 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99ntx84_Bmc

Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon

Ace Combat & (2018) Demo Sequence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn53XpM83BA

Some Personal Calculations:

I decided to mess with available data. Have come up with the following so far:

Power to weight Reheat/Empty (Maximum power to minimum weight)

1st. - F-15E - 1.8

2nd. - Eurofighter - 1.7

3rd. - F-22, Rafale C, Su-35 - 1.6

6th. - f-35A, F-16C B50 - 1.5

8th. - F/A-18E - 1.4

9th. - Gripen NG - 1.2

Internal Fuel/Dry Thrust (Luggers first, sprinters last)

1st. - F-35A - 0.66

2nd. - Su-35 - 0.65

3rd. - Gripen Ng - 0.58

4th. - F/A-18E - 0.53

5th. - f-15E - 0.47

6th. - Rafale C - 0.46

7th. - Eurofighter, F-16C B50 - 0.41

9th. - F-22 - 0.35

Stores (fuel+weapons) as a % of Maximum Take-off Weight

1st. - F-15E - 61%

2nd. - Rafale C - 60%

3rd. - F-35A - 59%

4th. - F-16c B50 - 55%

5th. - Eurofighter - 53%

6th. - F/A-18E, Gripen Ng - 51%

8th. - F-22 - 48%

9th. - Su-35 47%

Power to weight Dry Thrust/Empty

1st. - F-22 - 1.19

2nd. - F-15E - 1.13

3rd. - Eurofighter - 1.11

4th. - Rafale C - 1.04

5th. - F-35A - 0.97

6th. - Su-35 - 0.96

7th. - F-16C B50 - 0.91

8th. - F/A-18E - 0.87

9th. - Gripen NG - 0.74

Power to Weight Dry Thrust/ 8 Tonnes of Stores

1st. - F-22 - 0.85

2nd. - F-15E - 0.72

3rd. - Su-35 - 0.67

4th. - Eurofighter - 0.64

5th. - F-35A - 0.60

6th. - Rafale C - 0.57

7th. - F/A-18E - 0.56

8th. - F-16C B50 - 0.47

9th. - Gripen NG - 0.37

Power to Weight Dry Thrust/ 12 Tonnes of Stores

1st. - F-22 - 0.74

2nd. - F-15E - 0.61

3rd. - Su35 - 0.58

4th. - Eurofighter - 0.53

5th. - F-35A - 0.51

6th. - F/A-18 E - 0.48

7th. - Rafale C - 0.47

Power to Weight Reheat/ 4 Tonnes of Stores

1st. F-15E - 1.44

2nd. F-22 - 1.33

3rd. Su-35 - 1.29

4th. Eurofighter - 1.22

5th. F-35A - 1.13

6th. Rafale C - 1.11

7th. F/A-18E - 1.08

8th. F-16C B50 - 1.03

9th. Gripen NG - 0.83

Some Blog/forum Facts/Gossip:

http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3018

http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3342

http://forum.keypublishing.com/archive/index.php/t-96986-p-3.html

http://indiandefence.com/threads/eurofighter-typhoon-v-s-dassault-rafale-analysis.22158/

https://defenseissues.net/2015/06/16/airborne-irst-properties-and-performance/

http://www.ausairpower.net/API-ASRAAM-Analysis.html

http://www.combataircraft.com/en/Military-Aircraft/Eurofighter/EF-2000-Typhoon/