This would be quite a news item if its not the pilots fault.:eek:, apparently he’s OK, but the aircraft is a writeoff.

Where are you getting this information from?

First RAF Tranche 2 Typhoons

This site suggests that the RAF will be get the first 6 Tranche 2 Typhoons and not the Saudis. Is this correct?

http://www.targetlock.org.uk/typhoon/production_uk.html

RAF Colerne between Bath and Bristol

http://www.chew76.fsnet.co.uk/colerne/colerne.html

Teej

Nils,

There has been no OFFICIAL change from the original plan, which was for 7 squadrons, EXCLUDING 17(R) and 29(R).

Numberplates have not been decided beyond the first three (3, 11 and 6). 25 looks MOST unlikely to make the jump, even if we get the full seven squadrons (expect 43, 111 and 56, and perhaps 92 or 74, while 54 or 41 may still re-join the frontline fast jet fleet).

If we are officially to get 7 squadrons, where are the 6th and 7th squadrons expected to be based, Leeming?

As a unit flyaway, the Austrians paid €62 m per aircraft, and under the terms of the original agreement, the price to EF partner nations has to be lower than the export price. The UK price quoted includes system and some support costs, and the NAO do not dispute the price of £45.45 m for Tranche 1 aircraft, and £42 m for Tranche 2. That’s about €60 m.

Why does a Tranche 2 cost less than a Tranche 1, surely it should be more?

Why is the empty weight of the Typhoon abort 20% more than the Rafale?

I was using; one short ton (2000 lb), which is 90.72% of a tonne. This gives the figure of 35000lb’s. Lol I used a google converter and that is what it came up with; 17.5 ton’s = 35000 lb’s, and 17.5 tonnes = 38600 lbs, so actually I think your right,;) I do not really know what a “short ton” is:confused:

But I would have thought it would have been higher for the typhoon in any case. Slightly greater then 1 to 1 with 2 ASRAAM and full internal fuel seems less than I would expect. Has anyone got any ideas of the T/W ration when on QRA duty?

A short ton is a US ton. I would have thought it unlikely for an British pilot who would have been educated using metric tonnes to be referring to US tons.

Anyone know which unit of ton RAF pilots would more commonly use?

As for your question regarding T/W for QRA. Do you know what the internal fuel capacity in litres of the Typhoon is? We know this weighs 5.5 tonnes(?)We should then be able to calculate the weight of 2000 litres of drop tank fuel. The AMRAAM 120 weighs 330lbs so we should then be able work out the approx T/W. All we need to know is the likely unit of tonnes as used by RAF pilots.