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December 12, 2013 at 5:52 pm in reply to: T50IQ – Iraq's new trainer / light fighter #2233129

halloweene
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Well L159 deal is dead then.

T50 will be a nice LIFT for the F16 with a secondary combat capability. Impressed that Iraq is going for a modern up to date type.

I have seen the figures for flight enveloppe of T50 and yes, its is a very nice lift for F16.In fact it largely covers all training “hotspots” (cant find the proper word in english) for interception etc.

December 11, 2013 at 8:26 pm in reply to: Brazil closer to Boeing on jets deal after Biden visit #2234031

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Well, french press said that in the absence of defence minister, prolly no defense contract to be signed…

December 11, 2013 at 8:22 pm in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2234032

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I hope, but do not think so as french defense minister is not doing the trip…

December 11, 2013 at 4:04 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon Discussion and News 2013 and beyond #2234281

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Its not so much landing that’s the problem but the vibration in the air. The SFTs (Tanks) vibrate and then the pylon sections crack. Originally it was the rivets that used to pull but they used stronger rivets and all that’s done is transfer the vib stress into the formers which now crack. I think I remember being told that even PWII vibrates slightly but is deemed within limits. I certainly remember one of the boffins doing static vibration testing with a 4 bomb load and there being lots of ‘Oh’ and ‘erm’ when the results were tabulated.

interesting… no doc available i guess?

December 11, 2013 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Brazil closer to Boeing on jets deal after Biden visit #2234334

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No clue. Noone here really expect a deal this week. But good signs…

December 11, 2013 at 10:35 am in reply to: F/A-18 to go out of production in 2016? #2234582

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$51-52 million per plane

Lol

December 11, 2013 at 10:19 am in reply to: Brazil closer to Boeing on jets deal after Biden visit #2234597

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One link here

http://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/?p=34140

more detailed here

http://www.defesanet.com.br/rafale/noticia/13412/Dassault-%E2%80%93-Oferece-entrega-acelerada-de-Rafales-/

December 10, 2013 at 2:58 pm in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2235105

halloweene
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Eric Trappier will accompany PdT Hollande during his tour in Brazil on thursday

December 9, 2013 at 10:20 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon Discussion and News 2013 and beyond #2235551

halloweene
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I wonder if there will be an issue with vibration on Stormshadow? The SFTs have a tendency to crack when fitted to Stns 5 & 6, obviously SS is quite a sensitive bit of kit and susceptible to vib.

well, if you consider that it can land on a deck, i guess it is not THAT fragile 😉

December 9, 2013 at 5:13 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon Discussion and News 2013 and beyond #2235753

halloweene
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No, but Tranche2 can be retrofitted with AESA.

December 9, 2013 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2235960

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Nice photo of RL collimated display (tactical situation) in Rafale, from Vianny Riller Jr

December 9, 2013 at 11:31 am in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon Discussion and News 2013 and beyond #2236054

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Footage of first tranch 3 maiden flight

December 9, 2013 at 8:19 am in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2) #2236101

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Ok, lets clear this up. The whole thing is coming from Qatar. They wanted proposals from EADS, DAssault and US via FMS few months ago. As US knew F18 tests hadn’t gone so well, they asked fora delay till the end of the year for their proposal. I suppose thay are wondering if they will propose F35 or not, and that Qatar is certainnly interested in evaluating it… No big deal… Personally i’m inclined to think they will buy (as they want to enlarge their air force) a mix of european and us made aircrafts.

December 9, 2013 at 8:10 am in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2) #2236147

halloweene
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Not sure your point here. Just because there was no briefing at the air show does not mean no information has been shared at any point.

There wasn’t any briefing with classified (aka reliable) data. Be it before or during air show (according to LM official, cant remember who)

December 8, 2013 at 11:14 am in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2236699

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Recent poer unit cost updates of french Rafales (note : unit cost depends on number) :

Projet de loi de finances pour 2014 : Défense : équipement des forces et excellence technologique des industries de défense

Rafale C : 68.8 Meuros
Rafale B ! 74 Meuros
Rafale M : 79 Meuros

including 19.6% VAT. (at least, usually prices quoted by assmbly do)

http://www.senat.fr/rap/a13-158-8/a13-158-814.html
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