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  • February 1, 2015 at 7:36 pm in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2227013
    halloweene
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    Apparently, Egypt will be first export customer….

    February 1, 2015 at 12:58 pm in reply to: Best Fighter of the 70s #2227113
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    Thought we were talking about 70ies???

    February 1, 2015 at 8:41 am in reply to: SDSR 2015 Place your bets…. #2227180
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    More detail please halloweene if you have it?

    Are you saying that BAE etc are looking to reuse elements of the F35 production process to produce a future demonstrator? Or is it that the U.S. is jumpy about the UK talking to France having helped produce the F35?

    i do not have more details sorry. Apparently there is some of the tech used on F-35 on Taranis, and the US would be jumpy if used for EFCAS (and in their mind “give” the tech to France)… We will see.

    February 1, 2015 at 8:31 am in reply to: P-8A , SH-60B , P-3C , Su-34 – anti submarines warfare #2227184
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breguet_Atlantic

    It entered service with the French in 1965, and is still in service with them.

    Other operators: German Navy, Italian Air Force, Pakistan Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy.

    Current version: http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/atlantique/

    Thanks for the link, but there is no Atlantique 3, France is modernizing some of its Atlantique 2. It happened to be useful in Mali and is used over Irak presently (ESM…)

    January 31, 2015 at 12:19 pm in reply to: P-8A , SH-60B , P-3C , Su-34 – anti submarines warfare #2227666
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    French talking. What about Atlantique2?
    MAD is excellent to refine torpedo solution btw.

    January 29, 2015 at 9:01 pm in reply to: Best Fighter of the 70s #2228284
    halloweene
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    Let’s stick to operational aircrafts?

    January 29, 2015 at 6:39 pm in reply to: Best Fighter of the 70s #2228353
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    Anyone got any information regarding the mirage F1’s and Kfir’s performance, turn/climb/accerleration etc.. rates?

    Mirage F1, to me, has always been an often brushed aside plane, did it just have “average” performance for its day?

    If you wish, i can ask a former F1 pilot to answer you. If he accepts.

    January 28, 2015 at 9:04 am in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2015) #2229002
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    not sure if Rafale and Typhoon are using CFRP nowadays on the canards

    On next batch. Orignally they did use composites, but miantenance operators asked for Ti/Al for the sake of solidity vs birds, hail etc. (at least on leading edge). They now consider CRFPs to be strong enough to reverse towards canards made of it.

    January 28, 2015 at 8:54 am in reply to: Greek F-16 down at, Albacete, Spain… #2229006
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    [ATTACH=CONFIG]234903[/ATTACH]

    Presence of Hydrazine residues from F-16 slows inquiry.

    January 27, 2015 at 9:39 pm in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2015) #2229157
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    DJC – Most of the people who say that are USAF coming off F-16 and F-15. Not the same as a Rafale, Typhoon, Gripen or even SH.

    Sshhhhh don’t tell them that these planes have a 5th gen integrated avionics architecture… In some of them, subcomponents are virtualized…

    January 27, 2015 at 8:24 am in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2229399
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    French Mod was discretely in Qatar last week… And there still are discussions with Dassault (how intense i do not know, but there are).

    January 26, 2015 at 6:15 am in reply to: The PAK-FA News, Pics & Debate Thread XXIV #2229877
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    When will we see new engines and hopefully exhaust shielding?

    January 24, 2015 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Super Hornet Demo #2230352
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    Nice demo. TBH not so nimble as compared to eurocanards…

    January 22, 2015 at 7:57 pm in reply to: Adour engines #2231355
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    It sounds to me that the USN got the spec wrong. One of the things a carrier capable aeroplane must have is a high thrust to weight ratio and the ability to spool up the engine quickly. This has been known wrt jet engines since the late forties. It seems to me that the T-45 has the wrong version of the Adour, and the USN must have specified the engine it wanted from RR otherwise why would RR go to the expense of changing a perfectly good engine?

    Regards

    The original requirement as for a twin engined trainer. Requirement was twisted so as to buy the (already) selected supplier, as so many times in US purchase policy (see KCX for ex…)

    January 20, 2015 at 9:01 am in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2232581
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    As I understand it, HAL will not be building the Rafale from raw materials and components sourced indigenously*- but will merely be assembling French built kits- so why are Dassault being such jackasses? Is the Rafale built using alien tech? It’s pretty poor alien tech if it is, as high res. images of panel tolerances will attest.

    No. First indian Rafales would be assembled by HAL, then there is a rampig up of indigenous components (up to 90%) built from raw components.

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