What’s the history behind 1016 kg = 1 ton ?

The British are a bit strange… 😀

So not an official source.

Not a critic towards you, but I can link to a dozen sites with different values, ranging from 4000 to 5000kg, that’s why I asked.

Do you think the 5000kg value is credible?

AFAIK there are three diferent official documents that confirm the 5 tons of internal fuel for the Phoon, two by Eurofighter themselves (including the latest comparison with the F-22 in the “Eurofighter World 2010/3” publication, you can find that in the Eurofighter site) and another one by the Luftwaffe, that has been posted severall times here.
It is indeed 5 tons, and its official.

Its official, Boeing won.
An EMD contract of 3,5 billion US$ and a total of more than 30 billion US$.

True, perhaps with the exception of some ME countries — just look at F-16 block 60 and the Mirage 2000-9.

Look at the Orbat of the Indian Air Force, where else would you find a Jaguar with an AGAVE radar? Not to mention the MKI, or Sea Harriers equiped with Derby´s and Israeli radars…
There are severall examples of evolved versions of platforms buying payed by foreign users, the Streak Eagle was developed with Saudi money, the heavy weight 9/10 ton evolved vipers were based on the “Soufa” airframe (a very diferent beast of the other block 50/52+), an israeli tailored fighter.

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Did the lens also distort the shadows?

The shadows at the array are at a different angle than the shadows on the rest of the airplane. :rolleyes: Clearly a photoshop.

DJ

The sun was in front and to the right of the aircraft, the shadows of the TRM´s would be projected to the left of the aircraft, slightly down, precisely where they are…
If you comparing with shadows on the ground those are being projected on a surface that makes a 90º angle with the radar antenna. Both are correct and if you have any doubts look at the shadow of the refueling probe, it has the exact same orientation of the TRM shadows.
It might be a photoshop but i dont see one single clue that it is.

That pic is obviously Photoshopped. Whatever that array really is, it looks like they rotated it so that the shadow would match the aircraft. Notice the elements are not centered in the array plate, and the mounting screws on one side do not match those on the other.

Phaid

Thats because the TRM´s are not centered…
The photo was taken with a bloody big wide angle, that was the only way to have the entire aircraft in the photo while at the same time having a great big image of the radar on the center, and a great big wide angle distorts, a lot.

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Thank you GoldenPawn, it is the radar of the photo for sure. And the OSF matches perfectly to.

Or more probably the mock up is a copy of the original…