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  • February 21, 2013 at 8:04 am in reply to: F-35 debate thread. Lets talk about the world's 2nd best 5th gen aircraft #2328197
    halloweene
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    and SH while not stealth do have clean RCS = 0.1 m2 same as rafale and typhoon

    Pls dont post affirmative numbers like that… We do not know real RCS for these aircraft, and i’m fairly dubious about your assertion about SH.

    February 20, 2013 at 11:43 am in reply to: F-35 debate thread. Lets talk about the world's 2nd best 5th gen aircraft #2329362
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    Wrong comparision. You have to compare the same fuel ratio to get the related wing-load or TWR. 😉

    Partly true, partly not. You have to compare fuel amount necessary for a given task. (to oversimplify for a certain range with certain load)

    February 18, 2013 at 5:00 pm in reply to: Dassault Rafale #14 – News & Discussion #2332055
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    Well, bin Zayed spent one hour in Dassault stand talking with Trappier…
    UK announce a semi-permanent base in UAE as french have.
    Flight tests of Typhoon havent started in UAE.
    They want to sell their 2000-9 if any Rafale deal…
    They are greedy of hightech
    All in all they will want something like F3R or Tranche 3 with fully integrated A2G stuff.
    Honestly i wouldnt expect a signature before 2014, for 2017 delivery or so…

    February 18, 2013 at 4:59 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon News and Updates #2332059
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    Well, bin Zayed spent one hour in Dassault stand talking with Trappier…
    UK announce a semi-permanent base in UAE as french have.
    Flight tests of Typhoon havent started in UAE.
    They want to sell their 2000-9 if any Rafale deal…
    They are greedy of hightech
    All in all they will want something like F3R or Tranche 3 with fully integrated A2G stuff.
    Honestly i wouldnt expect a signature before 2014, for 2017 delivery or so…

    February 18, 2013 at 2:45 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon News and Updates #2332233
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    Good news for EFT, sincerely…
    On the other hand, if i was french pr, i’d always look above my shoulder as Cameron always looks to be following him 😮

    February 18, 2013 at 2:43 pm in reply to: F-35 debate thread. Lets talk about the world's 2nd best 5th gen aircraft #2332241
    halloweene
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    I know, i know. But if we talk general subsonic performance, as most of us do…

    And if we want to discouss drag then speed is an absolute must in that equation. Without speed there is no drag or friction, just a static position with no forces in any direction apart from gravity and ground resistance.

    WRONG F35 is also a navy plane, drag do have its importance in order to take off from carrier…:diablo:

    Bad joke, i quit :rolleyes:

    February 18, 2013 at 12:55 pm in reply to: Dassault Rafale #14 – News & Discussion #2332344
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    There is. !india sent a RFP, after defining requirements. Proposed planes are to be compliant with these requirements. Now, if you want upgrades etc…
    As i said it would have been even worse in the case of EFT.
    Let also be cautious with these “official” or whatever sources quoted by journalists, there have been enough contradictory examples during the selection process…

    February 18, 2013 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon News and Updates #2332350
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    gratz

    February 18, 2013 at 11:58 am in reply to: Frankenplane Prototypes #2332463
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    Now i know where iranians engineers got ideas for their furtive plane 😀

    February 17, 2013 at 10:11 pm in reply to: Dassault Rafale #14 – News & Discussion #2332992
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    The price tagged was for a given version . Life cycle and maintenance are different from upgrading imho. Imagine for ex that Typhoon had won the market at that time. Could BAE/EADS have priced the unscheduled (situation getting better little by little) upgrades of the plane?

    February 17, 2013 at 4:59 pm in reply to: F-35 debate thread. Lets talk about the world's 2nd best 5th gen aircraft #2368912
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    Mostly agree bring it on

    February 17, 2013 at 4:16 pm in reply to: F-35 debate thread. Lets talk about the world's 2nd best 5th gen aircraft #2368915
    halloweene
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    There were competing claims, and as I just showed you above at least one EF pilot acknowledged that at lower speeds and altitudes an F-35 is comparable to or better than a Typhoon.

    Naturally you will just have to add yet another pilot to the ever growing list of un-trustworthy liars that have said things you prefer not to believe.

    Actually it should be noticed that this pilot is a LM employee… Desn’t mean he lied, just maybe arranged words in the proper way.

    February 17, 2013 at 12:02 pm in reply to: F-35 debate thread. Lets talk about the world's 2nd best 5th gen aircraft #2368954
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    JSF jet does not fit in revised Dutch defence strategy, says institute

    http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/02/jsf_jet_does_not_fit_in_revise.php

    February 17, 2013 at 11:49 am in reply to: Winner of India's light helicopter competition is? Kamov? Eurocopter? #2368956
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    LUH : first flight scheduled in 2014, probably with shakti engine whatever press said. IOC scheduled in 2016 according to last Air & Cosmos issue.

    February 17, 2013 at 11:35 am in reply to: Military Aviation News-2013 #2368967
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    I think you’ve misunderstood the situation. The USA has more or less pulled out of MEADS. The US is not going to buy it. US participation is now limited to funding its share of the remaining development, & trying to identify technology that it might want to use in the future.

    The current issue is whether the USA will abandon development – but the other partners insist that if it does, it must still pay its share, because that’s what the agreement says.

    Recently other partners said they’d have USA pay contractual penalties if they left… In fact slightly more then the actual investment value if they stayed in program (i think its around 400 M)

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