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April 15, 2005 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Saudis pledge to buy French jets in €6bn deal #2616669

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But why 96? Why not a full, roiunded figure of 100?

Let me bet :

4 squadrons with 20 rafale and 4 spare planes for each squadron because they plan an average attrition rate of 25% during the operational life of the plane.

4 x 20 = 80
25 % of 80 = 16

80+16 = 96 😀

more seriously, if they do plan 4 squadrons of 20 operational aircrafts, having 4 more aircrafts in maintenance for each squadron is a minimum to get a good turn over imho.

April 15, 2005 at 11:16 am in reply to: Saudis pledge to buy French jets in €6bn deal #2616828

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Acording to Dassault, nothing is signed yet.

So wait and see.

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050415/323/fgeg8.html

April 14, 2005 at 4:45 pm in reply to: F-18E performance #2617297

Kovy
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or win a close dogfight with a mach 2+ fighter

a dogfight at mach 2 ? what a funny idea 😀

April 14, 2005 at 10:13 am in reply to: Greece rethinks Eurofighter deal #2617459

Kovy
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Since when does EADS own Dassault?

actualy, EADS have a slightly bigger stake in Dassault aviation than in the eurofigther consortium :rolleyes:

EADS owns 46.03% of Dassault aviation and 46 % of the eurofighter consortium 🙂

Nevertheless EADS is the major shareholder in the Eurofighter consortium but not in Dassault aviation (the biggest shareholder in Dassault aviation being “Groupe Dassault” with a stake of 50.22%)

Hope it clarifies things.

As a result we can say that (economicaly speaking)

– Rafale = 52% Groupe Dassault + 46.03% EADS
– Erofighter = 46 % EADS + 33% BAe systems + 21% Aliena aeronautica

sources : rafale eurofighter

April 10, 2005 at 4:01 am in reply to: IRST vs stealth #2620192

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I read the F-22 is coated with a paint that “absorbs lasers” which is supposed to make it impossible to use a laser rangefinder against it.

There are differend kinds of laser. may be the F-22 could absorb the wave lengh of a specific laser but I don’t see how it could absorb all of them :confused:

April 9, 2005 at 5:45 pm in reply to: INTERESTING SHIPS #2054841

Kovy
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This Bae CVF concept was very interresting imho

April 7, 2005 at 3:23 am in reply to: Identify this mystery plane #2622449

Kovy
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mig-23 ?

April 7, 2005 at 3:19 am in reply to: F-16 Block 50/52 Vs Mirage 2000-5mk2 #2622453

Kovy
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notice the 2 mica IR on the mirage 2000-5 mk2

April 6, 2005 at 2:39 am in reply to: Rafale vs. Eurofighter in BVR #2623098

Kovy
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Overall length of E varies from 14,08-14,54 m, when 2000 varies from 14,36-14,55 m.
If it is not an E, the C is 13,85 m.
The Mirage 5 is 15,55 m.

you are absolutely right ! my bad ! 🙂
According to the wingspans (which doesn’t change), the scales seems correct indeed.

April 5, 2005 at 4:00 pm in reply to: External Diferences of the Rafale #2623342

Kovy
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is it backwards retracting?

no 🙂

April 5, 2005 at 4:09 am in reply to: External Diferences of the Rafale #2623553

Kovy
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By the way, What’s the current status of the Rafale’s family in France Air Force?

The 2 first serial rafale B (B301 and B302) are used for trials and Air shows.
The first serial rafale C (C101) is also used for trials

5 rafale B (B303 to B307) have just been delivered and are at the Mont de Marsant Air base (CEAM) for opval

10 more rafale B should be delivered in 2005.

April 5, 2005 at 4:00 am in reply to: External Diferences of the Rafale #2623567

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You can make the difference by looking at the markings too

– the M has an anchor on its cocardes 🙂
– the cocardes of the fuselage are next to the engine nozzle for the M and next to the canards for the B/C
– On the M, cocardes are low viz
– The serial number of the rafale M is between 1 and 99 in the middle of the tail and under the cockpit (big)
– The serial number of the rafale C is between 101 to 299 at the top of the tail (tiny)
– The serial number of the rafale B is > 300 at the top of the tail (tiny)
– If there is a squadron code under the cockpit (330-EB for exemple) it is a B or C

April 3, 2005 at 7:20 pm in reply to: Rafale vs. Eurofighter in BVR #2624294

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Not sure whether the dimensions are correct….

On the first drawing the mirage III (15 m lengh) should be bigger than the mirage 2000 (14.5 m lengh) 🙂

April 3, 2005 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Rafale vs. Eurofighter in BVR #2624443

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April 3, 2005 at 3:45 am in reply to: MiG29M2 Vs Mirage 2000-5mk2 #2624616

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These 10 M2000H are exactly same aircrafts that those have been built in the 80’s (IAF request).

Not exactly. They have the RDM-7 radar and better mission and nav computers.
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