Nikhil Seenivas T K damn man! That’s amazing! Can’t wait to fly those beasts, especially the EFT, it’s something unique from the rest of the aircrafts, would be nice if they could include Rafales also and a new Russian aircraft, whatever it is. :)
Typhoon is fast developing into a superb package truly multi role, the Striker 2 helmet, the new radars, the new ordnance and upgrade engines are available. Not many really compare to this package, maybe expensive but a bloody good protector.
@@realMaverickBuckley When the design was originally conceived in the late 1970s/early 1980s it were a pretty good; a decent half-step beyond the US teen series and the Soviet 4th generation airframes that were in service/under development at the time. Unfortunately, due to a variety of good and bad reasons, they ended up taking about a decade longer to develop than originally expected and that inevitably takes a lot of the shine off them. They should really have flown for the first time and entered service alongside their Swedish cousin, the JAS-39 Gripen.
@@Akm72 I dont think I'd agree with that; in terms of pure performance, the Eurofighter seems to clearly beat aircraft like the Gripen, the F15, or even the Rafale. Only the F22 comes really close to that speed, maneuvrability and flight ceiling. Avionics are also top notch, from what I understand, and way ahead of aircraft from the 70s and 80s. The only thing that really distracts from the aircraft is the lack of stealth; but its not like theres too much competition. The F22 production was cut short because of cost, teh russian stealth program failed, and theres a lot of questions about the performance of chinese stealth aircraft. And the F35 is unlikely to be an opponent, same as its hardly a fighter aircraft.
@@termitreter6545 I don't think we disagree really. By the time it entered service the avionics had been improved beyond what it would have had if it had entered service in the mid to late 1990s and it was always a more aerodynamically powerful aircraft than the Gripen and other earlier fighters. If it had entered service on the original schedule it would probably have been equipped with either a variant of the British Blue Vixen radar or the American AN/APG-73 and the EW kit would probably have been closer the systems used on the Harrier GR.5/7/9 series of aircraft. However that doesn't mean it wasn't later than it should have been and the knock-on effect of that lateness is that important updates such as AESA have been delayed by a decade as well.
@@Akm72 Delays to stuff like the AESA radar a real issue; same with the conformal fuel tanks, which also got delayed. Besides thats also just the cost; the Typhoon isnt quite F-22 levels, but its probably the most expensive jet after that. But I feel like the Typhoon doesnt really "suffer" from the delay, because everyone else seem to struggle with new jets anyway. I dont think it makes much of a difference if gets introduced 10 years later. Maybe we have just different views on how we rate jets, though.
Hey Bismarck you need to build the Elbonian Air Force, Gun Jesus and The Chieftain have done Infantry weapons and Armour, your turn....we are asking Drac to do the Navy too!!
It never was the best fighter, even in its prime. Just look at kill ratios during the Battle of Britain. Sure there were other factors but if the bf-109 was so good, you wouldn't expect it to perform so poorly against its competitors.
Your description of how the foreplanes and flaperons interact to control pitch was the reverse of what actually happens. Flaperons initiate pitch movement and foreplanes control the limits.
The decoy system does not help avoid radar detection. The decoy drogue is intended to confuse/attract an incoming missile to itself and away from the towing aircraft ( in this case a euro fighter).
Is the relative lack of stealth features a drawback? Many people in my own country think we should've bought the Tornado (and perhaps in the process shown England that we were serious about this Europe thing), but the first impressions and mock dogfights with the F-35 seem positive as far as I've heard. There's a claim that it can detect and attack almost everything before being detected itself... which sounds impressive but doesn't mean anything if they're knocked out on the ground -- as they probably would be, given how small my country is.
Spartaner251 The official RCS of the F-35 is still classified. However it at least the no.2 of all stealth jets (well except the F-22 there aren’t any legit stealth jets anyway). In several Red Flag exercises there was again and again the comment of aggressor pilots, that they could not „see“ the F-35 coming. There was even recently an exercise for F-35 pilots which supposed to train how to react, when they are targeted by air defense systems. However they had to cancel that exercise, because the ground troops could just not locate the F-35‘s in combat “mode“ (unfortunately the article I read didnt gave any details of the respective air defense system)! Also Israel is using already the F-35 and basically “bully” the whole Middle East by flying over sovereign countries without anyone who could locate or intercept the F-35I. So - we can easily dismiss these anti-F-35 propaganda... I guess...
typhoon is a light intercepter, it has a solid response and ready rate, and a high ceiling, and each version is just jam packed with ews, radar, and other systems, and as a platform, can easily be upgraded, as has been proven, and its been a good bastion to have based European Rapid Reaction for the last 25 years, and still has major value in patrol, denial and seek missions, and in all probablility, will still be flying in a decade.
Another great video. I have a question about the tail markings - What is the Bavarian Air Force? Is it a squadron? And why would it be written in English on a German plane?
The main german production and development facilities of the Eurofighter as well as the flight test center of the Luftwaffe (where a lot of the test flights of this aircraft were carried out) are all located in Bavaria (in fact they are next to each other at Fliegerhorst Manching north of Munich).
Because most of the german parts of the Eurofighter are produced in bavaria. The fuselage and it's wiring are produced at the former Messerschmitt factories in Augsburg (bavaria) and the assambly line is located at Manching which is also in bavaria.
Where did you get the information on how the Canard would "initiate a manoeuver" while the outboard flaperons would "trim the aircraft" This sounds very adventurous.
I was really curious what the tail intake was for. You didn't say. Apparently a heat exchanger for the engines. I love your pronunciation of fuselage and canard.
I think the Eurofighter Typhoon is a very competitive machine (great video). IMHO the multirole capabilities aren’t the main issue. This can be easily overcome with rather insignificant upgrades. The real problem (which was ,entkommen but not necessarily emphasized on) is the price. The Typhoon is significantly more expensive than any other jet sans the F-22 (and at this point the F-35B and C - but probably this will change also soon). And it’s rather spotty upgrades (AESA was delayed again and again) it is just not a great value for money offering.
It saved the European military aviation industry, though, including the French one which built on a lot of the same research done jointly. Quite a bargain in the long run. Else we'd all be required to buy American from the Orange One and his successors for the forseeable future (Note: buying a few dozen SHs or F35B isnt a problem as long its just to complement and add additional capacities, be it for naval or nuclear strike purposes. Being 100% dependent on the US in this field would be, though). Neither the new FCAS program nor the UK/Italian equivalent would be possible without the EF. The per aircraft price would have also been a lot cheaper if the participating countries hadnt shlashed the number of planes initially ordered. But I feel reasonably sure that the future tranche 4 will come in at a very competitive price, now that the initial investments for the EF program are paid off.
@@positroll7870 And can't forget all the political turmoil particularly from the german side about trying to make it cheaper that caused so many delays that in the end cost a lot of money.
Posi Troll look- I have got a bit different opinion. The European a military aviation industry pretty much started from square one. That’s why the Typhoon was so expensive and had so many delays - we have to realize, that it has been about 20 years after F-16 and F-15 still the same theoretic generation. The same mistakes they are doing now again. It is quite important to continuously develop and progress defense ideas. Hence if you need to build a project, you have got just to put Typen puzzle pieces together. It is difficult enough to develop a reasonably good airframe. I believe that the French had the advantage as they produced already jets before and did (at least to a certain extend) future developments. And maybe the Europeans were benefitting from France more than the other way around (consider that the Mirages were delta fighters). And no- the Eurofighter at about $110M is still prohibited expensive s maybe they can “throw in” an AESA radar without price increase but that’s about it. The F-35 would be a really interesting interim solution. I am especially not a fan of orange POTUS but also pretty critical about all American foreign policies (...). But they throw money at problems and it shows promise. It’s not always the most efficient and most cost effective solution - but the F-35 now really shines. In a world which might have widespread advanced integrated air defense systems, the air becomes increasingly thin for traditional airmusters - especially at a price point of the EF2000.
@@Dominikmj I wouldnt say square one, but sure, they had to play catch up, and thats always expensive. I dont see the F35 point. The EF project was agreed to long before the F35 ever was an option. The first EF flew back in 94. The first X-35A in 2000, and it was a long way from there to the F35 we know today. Oh, and have you seen what Trump did re Turkeys part in the project? If Germany was in it today, chances are we'd get sanctioned on that front, too, not just airbases and gas pipelines ... And the FCAS has the potential to be way, way better than the F35. Makes more sense to keep improving the EF. Once the FCAS gets introduced, it will play the role for European airforces the F15/16/18 is now playing for the US...
@Bobby Brady So what? Neither were the muricans under the articles of confederation. Not everything has to be a country to be real. The founding members of the EC understood very well that in a world dominated by the US, the Soviets and for a while the British Empire, the could either hang together or go hang seperately. Replace Soviets with Russia and British Empire with China, and nothing much has changed. And Airbus sure is a European company.
UK and Omani Typhoons carry ASRAAM rather than IRIS-T. It’s slightly less agile off the rail, but has a considerably longer range and a higher energy (and hence better agility) in the terminal phase. DASS is Defensive AIDS Sub System, not “Air”. The underwing chaff and flare dispensers are built into the flaperon actuators, not weapon pylons. I’m a little surprised that you didn’t mention the four swivelling air data sensors beneath the nose, which are crucial elements of the fly by wire control system; or the strokes on the fuselage sides, just above and in front of the wing and which throw vortices over the wings in the same way as a close coupled canard.
Aphain It’s an excellent weapon, and certainly better than AIM-9X. ASRAAM is an altogether different approach to the problem and reflects the RAF’s tactics of engaging as soon as possible with the first shot. ASRAAM has also demonstrated over the shoulder shots in service.
Is the range of the ASRAAM really higher. I know it is just Wikipedia but it claims that the ASRAAM has a range of 15 kilometers while the range of the IRIS-T is stated with 25 km.
The other thing is that it would be perfectly straightforward to produce an active radar guided version, since CAMM is exactly that, with the addition of a cold launch booster.
When you have both (the 300km ranged) Meteor and IRIS-T under your wings, the slightly lower range of IRIS-T doenst really matter that much, does it? Except for saving some money, but then the UK at least is only firing them in exercises and if they ever get into a shooting match with the Russians, money isnt an issue any longer ...
Great video not many say about the gun or the countermeasure system not sure why but why do jet don't have much ammo for the gun something like the apache helicopter as 1200 rounds of ammo yes I know it a very different war machine but I sure you run out within seconds. Also the typhoon has alot of countermeasure systems 5 different types also they are working on a anti ship missiles like you said.
The gun on a jet aircraft is a last resort. You shouldn't need more than a few seconds. The helicopter is meant to stay on station and provide fire support to ground troops so it carries a lot of it.
The materials of the Typhoon actually are a bit tricky, because there are documents that say that the composition is classified but the official site of the plane says 75% carbon fibre But aviation carbon fibre costs 185000 to 220000 dollars per ton, so it's pretty costly especially on a 10 ton plane, and the carbon fibre has a very bad tendency when stressed breaks internally without giving any sign on the exterior and even with an x-ray you won't see the internal damage and when hit buy shells or shrapnel the fibres tend to untie So my best guess is that the slight majority of the plane is made in metal, maybe something between 50+ and 60% or even something a bit less than 60%
The empty airframe is probalbly weights somewhere between 6-7.5 tons. So compared to the price of a completed EF, 1-1.5 million € for prepreg carbon fibre raw material is really not much.
@Bobby Brady the F35 is more a bomber though with very poor air to air capabilities while the Eurofighter was developed as a air superiority fighter and the capability to carry bombs was added later and never was the main purpose.
You're a German talking about a European engine, why then give the thrust in pounds? The developed parts of the world use a clever system of measurement where the thrust of jet engines is given in kN (kilonewton).
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD What do you think is the best and most convenient alternative: 1. Using different units in different countries so people have to convert units. 2. Use the same units in all contries. ? Please be aware that 95 % of the world's population use the SI system, only 5 % use the Mickey Mouse system of measurement.
@@skunkjobb Please be aware that I was born in a metric country and I use feet/knots/nautical miles for aviation. If I can do it, any dummy can. No excuses.
@@skunkjobb Then if you know, you know. Personally, anyone who can't deal with conversions needs to stay the hell away from airplanes. So it's convenient.
70% carbon composite only skin material. Aluminium and rear Titanium metals are used for bulkheads and wing spars. Overall material percentage is classified.
@@natureenthusiast660 1. Depends on the weapon and not really on the plane. 2. Depends also on the weapon but most likely the Eurofighter once the METEOR is available. 3. Depends on the version. The Tranche 4 Eurofighter should have an edge above the rest. 4. None of the above. That's why Germany is interested in the Growler.
In the future when you are avalible to travel more again (covid) i hope to see a serires of the Swedish SAAB fighters from early prop to the Gripen. In sothern Sweden we have the Airforce Museum in Linköping. I live very close and visits now and then. They have really much intresting stuff. =) I know you would love it. Check it out! Best regards.
You mentioned the word "interceptor" several times. Maybe my interpretation of that word is different(or wrong). But i am a bit skeptical about it's role as an interceptor. I would rather think it is better suited as an air superiority fighter. The big difference is the "alarm start capability" in which the EF is lacking compared to other aircraft specifically designed for that. (Have talked to mainennance personel, that before the EF was working on dedicated interceptor aircraft. Maybe it's just the tranch of aircraft they have, and newer ones got that covered)
With its high thrust to weight ratio and incredible climb rate (318m/s) the Typhoon is a great interceptor, its designed to get speed and altitude FAST.
I can hear the QRA in Germany take of every day and have seen them countless times. I really don't know what they are lacking. They take off within 5 minutes and can reach every point in the German air space within minutes.
Well the maint personell i talked too told me that in order to make it able for alarm start capability, the CPU's have to run constantly on UPS Systems. (Which is counting on the operation hours) Otherwise the startup takes too long for a reaction. If you loose 20 minutes or above with the startup procedure you won't make it up in the air. No problem if you have a few of them constantly in the air. (-> air superiority) Maybe the tranch of aircraft they got are lacking and this has been addressed in later ones.
@@nirfz but that is the case with every QRA plane in the world. Having the systems booted up, the engines pre heated and all systems checked is sort of the point. If they would have to do the entire start up procedure including pre flight checks they would easily use hours but that is normal with modern day fighters. We no longer have WW2 but even those planes took some time until ready.
@@comsubpac From what the maint personell told me, that is not the case. There are still (current gen) aircraft that don't need the effort of having the system beeing booted all the time. (The old one they worked on was from the 60's and was way faster between alarm and take off than the EF even when the EF is already booted)
@ The Rafale is very good and has the big advantage of a carrier version. But the engine in the Rafale has about 20% less thrust than the EJ200 while only being 10% lighter. Overall the EJ200 is the superior though slightly larger engine.
@@LiamE69 PArt of that is due to the S-shaped air inlet of the Rafale. Which in turn is better for stealthyness. Its all about trade-offs ... Still a shame they didnt cooperate more. Couild have used the original EF for air superiority, and the rafalized EF for naval purposes and to replace the Tornado ...
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@@LiamE69 the Rafale consumes less fuel than the typhoon also, and it seems the fuel consumption is significantly lower.
The rafale has excellent range though. The French simply had very different requirements so the did their own jet. I might even reluctantly say that after all it's a better design for European necessities than a pure air superiority fighter like the typhoon.
At first I wasnt a fan of the Typhoon but, now that I understand it alot better. I'm a believer.its a multi role fighter. Agile, yet its ground strike capability is above that of a normal fighter, which, fighter/bombers are the standard today. All in one package. Like the Raphale or Super Horn
@Gar This. Keeping the Russians out of friendly airspace is the main mission. That allows NATO helis to shoot the crap out of any invading tank divisions (nowadays in the Baltics; Germany when the EF was originally planned). Then, once the number of Russian jets has been decimated somewhat, you can go help the F35 and Tornados with striking at S400s, airfields etc on Russian territory.
It has the usual multirole fighter "problem" of being expensive and not as good in its secondary role(s) as a dedicated aircraft. Edit: Please read "problem" with massive finger air quotes and heavy sarcasm.
That's not usual at all. Multiroles are as cheap as dedicated role aircraft and the savings of having less tyoes of aircraft in inventory are enormous. Plus modern multiroles are better at secondary roles than many dedicated aircraft.
I've often wondered where/when the second i in aluminium got lost in the US spelling. After all, you 'colonials' spell all the other elements with the ium ending the same as we do in UK/Australia/Canada etc. Most of the other spelling differentials between AmerEnglish and BritEnglish are either retentions at your end of an older spelling or the use of a more systematic or logical spelling. Aluminium is a bit of an oddity though. I have to admit that aluminum does roll off the tongue rather nicely - might work better in poetry too! Do school kids ever get it 'wrong' and spell it 'our' way because it's an anomoly?
@@EuroScot2023 I am unaware if the school kids get corrected if they spell it "wrong" as I do not believe they are taught with the extra i. In truth I find aluminium to much more scientific sounding and indeed preferred. My great-grandfather was a Wilkinson from Edinburgh so perhaps that is why it sounds so sweetly in my ear. As an aside, even my spellchecker does not like aluminium..LOL
@@alviecrumpton5216 Lol. Setting your language to 'UK English' sorts that one out. Alumin(i)um apart, I find many US spellings more rational. They're often the common spellings from 2-300 years ago on both sides of the Atlantic before UK English became Hellenised and Latinised out of intellectual snobbery. The US stuck with more phonetic versions. It must make life a little easier for students of English as a second language.
@@papanoma5710 I know that feeling. As a german you have to travel around the world to see the last Ju 88, Do 335, Ar 234, He 219, 190 D-9. Me 262 2-seater or Ju 87...
@@jix9898 Ok, so you're telling me France withdrew from the Eurofighter project because it was too expensive ? France left a project shared by 4 other countries (then the investments pretty much cut by 5) to develop a whole new project from scratch, while having one of the biggest, if not the biggest, military budget of them all because it was too pricey? It doesn't make any sense.
"Britain also played a big role in developing this aircraft" - lol. Without the EAP, a private venture of British Aerospace, there would have been no EF bandwagon for the Germans to jump on and, as always, claim credit for. Thank God we've parted ways on FCAS! The German cert. authority is completely irrational and I thank God daily that they'll soon be out of my hair at work! Good luck with the French (I say as the harmony-wheels are already wobbling on that program).
What really pisses me off is that your English is as good as mine. My French equals your English ,but, it still annoys me. Have a good future, I'de love to meet you.
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I am sure there is a conspiracy in that somewhere.
@@comsubpac me too i can just feel it
I noticed anyways keeps up tthe good work. I am really enjoying your great contents :D
Well it isn’t RUclips fault this time XD
It's ok. Germans have had a lot of issues with that.
While Britain bought the basis for the engine, Germany to no one's surprise brought the
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The RAF is neither using, nor even train the use of the Mauser. Shame really.
@@CidFafner Wrong, we have the mauser and have used it in syria for gound attack. So they must train atleast to use it.
@@jakehayes1998 Thanks for the update. My source was rather dated, if at all reliable.
@@CidFafner Takes a big man to admit he’s wrong. I respect it.
However it's main weapon is British the Meteor missile.
DCS typhoon major HYPE
Nikhil Seenivas T K me too!
EF+Mudhen are gonna rule the skies
Hetznaz What? They are adding F-15E Strike Eagles? And if so, will it be a full fidelity version unlike the current FC-3 F-15C?
@@Acepilot1312 yep full fidelity strike eagle is in the works
Nikhil Seenivas T K damn man! That’s amazing! Can’t wait to fly those beasts, especially the EFT, it’s something unique from the rest of the aircrafts, would be nice if they could include Rafales also and a new Russian aircraft, whatever it is. :)
Typhoon is fast developing into a superb package truly multi role, the Striker 2 helmet, the new radars, the new ordnance and upgrade engines are available. Not many really compare to this package, maybe expensive but a bloody good protector.
@@davidbarrett1487 by far one of the more underrated jets of all time......till you see (and hear!) one show it's performance.
After seeing these in Nevada, flown by the British though, they are definitely a unique aircraft
Nice and compact. It crazy how small they look next to F22s, F15 or Flankers. Lots of power. Good WS. Agile. Supercruise. Nice little jet.
@@realMaverickBuckley When the design was originally conceived in the late 1970s/early 1980s it were a pretty good; a decent half-step beyond the US teen series and the Soviet 4th generation airframes that were in service/under development at the time. Unfortunately, due to a variety of good and bad reasons, they ended up taking about a decade longer to develop than originally expected and that inevitably takes a lot of the shine off them. They should really have flown for the first time and entered service alongside their Swedish cousin, the JAS-39 Gripen.
@@Akm72 I dont think I'd agree with that; in terms of pure performance, the Eurofighter seems to clearly beat aircraft like the Gripen, the F15, or even the Rafale. Only the F22 comes really close to that speed, maneuvrability and flight ceiling. Avionics are also top notch, from what I understand, and way ahead of aircraft from the 70s and 80s.
The only thing that really distracts from the aircraft is the lack of stealth; but its not like theres too much competition. The F22 production was cut short because of cost, teh russian stealth program failed, and theres a lot of questions about the performance of chinese stealth aircraft. And the F35 is unlikely to be an opponent, same as its hardly a fighter aircraft.
@@termitreter6545 I don't think we disagree really. By the time it entered service the avionics had been improved beyond what it would have had if it had entered service in the mid to late 1990s and it was always a more aerodynamically powerful aircraft than the Gripen and other earlier fighters. If it had entered service on the original schedule it would probably have been equipped with either a variant of the British Blue Vixen radar or the American AN/APG-73 and the EW kit would probably have been closer the systems used on the Harrier GR.5/7/9 series of aircraft.
However that doesn't mean it wasn't later than it should have been and the knock-on effect of that lateness is that important updates such as AESA have been delayed by a decade as well.
@@Akm72 Delays to stuff like the AESA radar a real issue; same with the conformal fuel tanks, which also got delayed.
Besides thats also just the cost; the Typhoon isnt quite F-22 levels, but its probably the most expensive jet after that.
But I feel like the Typhoon doesnt really "suffer" from the delay, because everyone else seem to struggle with new jets anyway.
I dont think it makes much of a difference if gets introduced 10 years later. Maybe we have just different views on how we rate jets, though.
Hey Bismarck you need to build the Elbonian Air Force, Gun Jesus and The Chieftain have done Infantry weapons and Armour, your turn....we are asking Drac to do the Navy too!!
"Jolly Good Show, Bismark", he says, tweaking his moustache. Superb walkround of a lovely aircraft.
Thank you for posting. It was interesting, informative and well presented.
The last Time i was this early bf-109 was still the best fighter in the air
You're proud of that one aren't you haha
Still is 😤
Dude it still is
cant have been the best if it was on the loosing side.
It never was the best fighter, even in its prime. Just look at kill ratios during the Battle of Britain. Sure there were other factors but if the bf-109 was so good, you wouldn't expect it to perform so poorly against its competitors.
Your description of how the foreplanes and flaperons interact to control pitch was the reverse of what actually happens. Flaperons initiate pitch movement and foreplanes control the limits.
Seems like a damn fine a/c for its' type! Thank you for presenting in all metric measurement.
Bismarck, have you done the Tornado yet? It's one of my favorites.
I would love to see that or the victor!
The decoy system does not help avoid radar detection. The decoy drogue is intended to confuse/attract an incoming missile to itself and away from the towing aircraft ( in this case a euro fighter).
Thanks! Canards are what I guessed they were called because I love reading military jets history books
The aircraft improves all the time in every department. It certainly proves the negative pundits wrong in EVERY WAY.
1:20 46%, 43% and 21% for that sweet 110% POWAAAAAH
Eurofighter Typhoon is one of the leading combat aircraft in the world
Is the relative lack of stealth features a drawback?
Many people in my own country think we should've bought the Tornado (and perhaps in the process shown England that we were serious about this Europe thing), but the first impressions and mock dogfights with the F-35 seem positive as far as I've heard. There's a claim that it can detect and attack almost everything before being detected itself... which sounds impressive but doesn't mean anything if they're knocked out on the ground -- as they probably would be, given how small my country is.
@@zJoriz even F-35s aren't so stealthy and leathle if they're knocked out on the ground.
Spartaner251
The official RCS of the F-35 is still classified. However it at least the no.2 of all stealth jets (well except the F-22 there aren’t any legit stealth jets anyway).
In several Red Flag exercises there was again and again the comment of aggressor pilots, that they could not „see“ the F-35 coming. There was even recently an exercise for F-35 pilots which supposed to train how to react, when they are targeted by air defense systems. However they had to cancel that exercise, because the ground troops could just not locate the F-35‘s in combat “mode“ (unfortunately the article I read didnt gave any details of the respective air defense system)!
Also Israel is using already the F-35 and basically “bully” the whole Middle East by flying over sovereign countries without anyone who could locate or intercept the F-35I.
So - we can easily dismiss these anti-F-35 propaganda... I guess...
To anyone not getting the joke , this line was featured in the licensors list in Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown
@@ArcturusOTE yeah, that was the only thing team aces needed to put into the game, so they could licence the euro fighter.
typhoon is a light intercepter, it has a solid response and ready rate, and a high ceiling, and each version is just jam packed with ews, radar, and other systems, and as a platform, can easily be upgraded, as has been proven, and its been a good bastion to have based European Rapid Reaction for the last 25 years, and still has major value in patrol, denial and seek missions, and in all probablility, will still be flying in a decade.
I see elements of the valkyrie in the design
Reheat!
Is that what I would call Afterburner?
Yep. British terminology is reheat.
@@realMaverickBuckley 👍🙂
Another great video. I have a question about the tail markings - What is the Bavarian Air Force? Is it a squadron? And why would it be written in English on a German plane?
Since it is only a prototype it is most likely a joke considering that the planes are build in Bavaria.
The main german production and development facilities of the Eurofighter as well as the flight test center of the Luftwaffe (where a lot of the test flights of this aircraft were carried out) are all located in Bavaria (in fact they are next to each other at Fliegerhorst Manching north of Munich).
Because most of the german parts of the Eurofighter are produced in bavaria.
The fuselage and it's wiring are produced at the former Messerschmitt factories in Augsburg (bavaria) and the assambly line is located at Manching which is also in bavaria.
anyone here hyped for the DCS eurofighter?
:D -- Me !!
yes
Lets gooooo
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German Coastguard - "What are you sinking about?"
It’s so weird seeing an iron cross on the typhoon, as a Brit I only see it with raf markings
British Phaze shift pilot as a civilian i never see them
@@jumpman6908 saw 1 at an airshow
There is a great photo recently of a Luftwaffe and an RAF Typhoon flying side by side.
Where did you get the information on how the Canard would "initiate a manoeuver" while the outboard flaperons would "trim the aircraft"
This sounds very adventurous.
Cool, das ist bei mir um die Ecke (Flugwerft Schleißheim) Gutes Video.
If you have a chance, could you do a walk around in the Junkers Museum in Dessau?
I was really curious what the tail intake was for. You didn't say. Apparently a heat exchanger for the engines. I love your pronunciation of fuselage and canard.
very impressive
Love this plane
I think the Eurofighter Typhoon is a very competitive machine (great video).
IMHO the multirole capabilities aren’t the main issue. This can be easily overcome with rather insignificant upgrades.
The real problem (which was ,entkommen but not necessarily emphasized on) is the price. The Typhoon is significantly more expensive than any other jet sans the F-22 (and at this point the F-35B and C - but probably this will change also soon). And it’s rather spotty upgrades (AESA was delayed again and again) it is just not a great value for money offering.
It saved the European military aviation industry, though, including the French one which built on a lot of the same research done jointly.
Quite a bargain in the long run. Else we'd all be required to buy American from the Orange One and his successors for the forseeable future
(Note: buying a few dozen SHs or F35B isnt a problem as long its just to complement and add additional capacities, be it for naval or nuclear strike purposes. Being 100% dependent on the US in this field would be, though).
Neither the new FCAS program nor the UK/Italian equivalent would be possible without the EF.
The per aircraft price would have also been a lot cheaper if the participating countries hadnt shlashed the number of planes initially ordered. But I feel reasonably sure that the future tranche 4 will come in at a very competitive price, now that the initial investments for the EF program are paid off.
@@positroll7870 And can't forget all the political turmoil particularly from the german side about trying to make it cheaper that caused so many delays that in the end cost a lot of money.
Posi Troll look- I have got a bit different opinion. The European a military aviation industry pretty much started from square one. That’s why the Typhoon was so expensive and had so many delays - we have to realize, that it has been about 20 years after F-16 and F-15 still the same theoretic generation. The same mistakes they are doing now again.
It is quite important to continuously develop and progress defense ideas. Hence if you need to build a project, you have got just to put Typen puzzle pieces together. It is difficult enough to develop a reasonably good airframe.
I believe that the French had the advantage as they produced already jets before and did (at least to a certain extend) future developments. And maybe the Europeans were benefitting from France more than the other way around (consider that the Mirages were delta fighters).
And no- the Eurofighter at about $110M is still prohibited expensive s maybe they can “throw in” an AESA radar without price increase but that’s about it.
The F-35 would be a really interesting interim solution. I am especially not a fan of orange POTUS but also pretty critical about all American foreign policies (...). But they throw money at problems and it shows promise. It’s not always the most efficient and most cost effective solution - but the F-35 now really shines.
In a world which might have widespread advanced integrated air defense systems, the air becomes increasingly thin for traditional airmusters - especially at a price point of the EF2000.
@@Dominikmj I wouldnt say square one, but sure, they had to play catch up, and thats always expensive.
I dont see the F35 point. The EF project was agreed to long before the F35 ever was an option. The first EF flew back in 94. The first X-35A in 2000, and it was a long way from there to the F35 we know today. Oh, and have you seen what Trump did re Turkeys part in the project? If Germany was in it today, chances are we'd get sanctioned on that front, too, not just airbases and gas pipelines ...
And the FCAS has the potential to be way, way better than the F35. Makes more sense to keep improving the EF. Once the FCAS gets introduced, it will play the role for European airforces the F15/16/18 is now playing for the US...
@Bobby Brady So what? Neither were the muricans under the articles of confederation. Not everything has to be a country to be real.
The founding members of the EC understood very well that in a world dominated by the US, the Soviets and for a while the British Empire, the could either hang together or go hang seperately. Replace Soviets with Russia and British Empire with China, and nothing much has changed.
And Airbus sure is a European company.
UK and Omani Typhoons carry ASRAAM rather than IRIS-T. It’s slightly less agile off the rail, but has a considerably longer range and a higher energy (and hence better agility) in the terminal phase. DASS is Defensive AIDS Sub System, not “Air”. The underwing chaff and flare dispensers are built into the flaperon actuators, not weapon pylons. I’m a little surprised that you didn’t mention the four swivelling air data sensors beneath the nose, which are crucial elements of the fly by wire control system; or the strokes on the fuselage sides, just above and in front of the wing and which throw vortices over the wings in the same way as a close coupled canard.
Aphain It’s an excellent weapon, and certainly better than AIM-9X. ASRAAM is an altogether different approach to the problem and reflects the RAF’s tactics of engaging as soon as possible with the first shot. ASRAAM has also demonstrated over the shoulder shots in service.
Is the range of the ASRAAM really higher. I know it is just Wikipedia but it claims that the ASRAAM has a range of 15 kilometers while the range of the IRIS-T is stated with 25 km.
The other thing is that it would be perfectly straightforward to produce an active radar guided version, since CAMM is exactly that, with the addition of a cold launch booster.
When you have both (the 300km ranged) Meteor and IRIS-T under your wings, the slightly lower range of IRIS-T doenst really matter that much, does it? Except for saving some money, but then the UK at least is only firing them in exercises and if they ever get into a shooting match with the Russians, money isnt an issue any longer ...
Posi Troll You appear to be well named. What is the point of carrying IR missiles at all? You think it’s to save money?
Well as a Brit I call it the euro fighter/ Typhoon that seemed like a dig at us brits maybe I’m being Touchy 😆
As a Brit I call it the Eurofighter Typhoon to avoid confusion with the real Hawker Typhoon. :D
i went to RAF coningsby and sat in a typhoon cockpit :D
Can anyone do that ?
hey, why are the stubs out at the wingtips? oh, more lift, now i get it.
Good looking aircraft.
1500 mph is seriously BALLISTIC 🚀 🤟💯🇬🇧🙏❤🇺🇲
Great video not many say about the gun or the countermeasure system not sure why but why do jet don't have much ammo for the gun something like the apache helicopter as 1200 rounds of ammo yes I know it a very different war machine but I sure you run out within seconds. Also the typhoon has alot of countermeasure systems 5 different types also they are working on a anti ship missiles like you said.
The gun on a jet aircraft is a last resort. You shouldn't need more than a few seconds.
The helicopter is meant to stay on station and provide fire support to ground troops so it carries a lot of it.
Nice job on Eurofighter, any information about the 'bull' or 'toro' that is on the vertical stabilizer? Squadron mascot or something?
So impressive! I wish you would have American measurements?
The materials of the Typhoon actually are a bit tricky, because there are documents that say that the composition is classified but the official site of the plane says 75% carbon fibre
But aviation carbon fibre costs 185000 to 220000 dollars per ton, so it's pretty costly especially on a 10 ton plane, and the carbon fibre has a very bad tendency when stressed breaks internally without giving any sign on the exterior and even with an x-ray you won't see the internal damage and when hit buy shells or shrapnel the fibres tend to untie
So my best guess is that the slight majority of the plane is made in metal, maybe something between 50+ and 60% or even something a bit less than 60%
The empty airframe is probalbly weights somewhere between 6-7.5 tons. So compared to the price of a completed EF, 1-1.5 million € for prepreg carbon fibre raw material is really not much.
Your are in Oberschleißheim? 😂
I lived there. This is only the Prototype called EF2000.
Mentions BK-27;
Enthusiasm +10
Fascinating and understandable video. I am curious as to how it compares to the F35.
Completely different roles.
@@comsubpac Thanks, that is what I suspected. BTW this is a superb channel.
@Bobby Brady the F35 is a fighter/bomber and the Eurofighter a interceptor.
@Bobby Brady the F35 is more a bomber though with very poor air to air capabilities while the Eurofighter was developed as a air superiority fighter and the capability to carry bombs was added later and never was the main purpose.
You're a German talking about a European engine, why then give the thrust in pounds? The developed parts of the world use a clever system of measurement where the thrust of jet engines is given in kN (kilonewton).
Developed parts of the world have access to calculators and conversion tables too.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD What do you think is the best and most convenient alternative:
1. Using different units in different countries so people have to convert units.
2. Use the same units in all contries.
?
Please be aware that 95 % of the world's population use the SI system, only 5 % use the Mickey Mouse system of measurement.
@@skunkjobb Please be aware that I was born in a metric country and I use feet/knots/nautical miles for aviation. If I can do it, any dummy can. No excuses.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD I know these units are standard in aviation. You didn't answer my question. It's not about what people can do.
@@skunkjobb Then if you know, you know. Personally, anyone who can't deal with conversions needs to stay the hell away from airplanes. So it's convenient.
AS A CORRECTION. The foreplanes CANNOT operate independently of each other. they operate only as a pair to control pitch.
70% carbon composite only skin material. Aluminium and rear Titanium metals are used for bulkheads and wing spars. Overall material percentage is classified.
Why is there one in a museum already?
They’re prototypes, they used to have one in IWM duxford
British Phaze shift pilot
I apologize, are you saying for the use of the U.N.? Thank you for your reply.
It's a 26 year old development aircraft.
British Phaze shift pilot still have it don’t they? I’m going tomorrow and that’s one of the things I’m looking forward too.
Much love to you and your German brethren from the UK.
From a proud European (despite what the current political situation may state!)
DCS World squad meeting
What's the name of the orange (motor?) glider at 2:15 and 9:17? I juuust can't read the registration.
Why does everyone forget that austria also has typhoons? :-(
Not everyone! The Austrian Air Force - 'Small but beautifully formed'! Like the country.
Are there any more videos on it
04:40 There is something interesting in the background to the left there. A Dornier Do 31 perhaps?
I like how this is a modern day aircraft and its 6 mph faster than the 14 tomcat a cold war plane
Speed is not everything ppf
I once saw the front end of one of these on the back of a lorry. Which was weird.
That must have been a hell of an hairy landing!
@@EuroScot2023 I have got no idea of how it ended up on the back of a lorry stopped in the outskirts of Llanelli.
Already in the museum? I guess that's the prototype?
Yes, this is DA1(Development Aircraft) that did the very first flight of a typhoon on the 27th march 1994.
Why would RUclips takedown a video that talks about aircraft unless RUclips no longer wants to be a popular video sharing platform
He just made a mistake
RUclips didn't, he did to correct a mistake
europeans seem to love delta wings
Grate video. Like it !
have you seen the penguim at the typhoon's tail? 3:37
what happened to the first upload?
Expensive, alas. But it still fits the bill. To yeet invading ivans and to float european military aviation development through lean years.
They yeet missiles well, and jam enemies yeeting missiles at them.
It is the yeeter, one and only
Typhoon vs Rafale vs su30, which one is better?
it depends on the role and the situation. Also they all exist in several versions.
@@comsubpac I mean, overall which one is the best?
@@natureenthusiast660 They all have roles where they perform better then the others.
@@comsubpac anti ship capability, beyond visual range fight, radar, electronic warfare which one is best?
@@natureenthusiast660 1. Depends on the weapon and not really on the plane.
2. Depends also on the weapon but most likely the Eurofighter once the METEOR is available.
3. Depends on the version. The Tranche 4 Eurofighter should have an edge above the rest.
4. None of the above. That's why Germany is interested in the Growler.
Yo Ho Luftwaffe pirates!
of course britain would quietly scratch off the Eurofighter part of the name
Only some Brits!
Well we're all Europeans
Yeah, But not because of anti Europe bias, But because Typhoon is a much cooler name than Eurofighter, Lol...
Why do German typhoons lack of IRST?
In the future when you are avalible to travel more again (covid) i hope to see a serires of the Swedish SAAB fighters from early prop to the Gripen. In sothern Sweden we have the Airforce Museum in Linköping. I live very close and visits now and then. They have really much intresting stuff. =) I know you would love it. Check it out!
Best regards.
You mentioned the word "interceptor" several times. Maybe my interpretation of that word is different(or wrong). But i am a bit skeptical about it's role as an interceptor. I would rather think it is better suited as an air superiority fighter. The big difference is the "alarm start capability" in which the EF is lacking compared to other aircraft specifically designed for that. (Have talked to mainennance personel, that before the EF was working on dedicated interceptor aircraft. Maybe it's just the tranch of aircraft they have, and newer ones got that covered)
With its high thrust to weight ratio and incredible climb rate (318m/s) the Typhoon is a great interceptor, its designed to get speed and altitude FAST.
I can hear the QRA in Germany take of every day and have seen them countless times. I really don't know what they are lacking. They take off within 5 minutes and can reach every point in the German air space within minutes.
Well the maint personell i talked too told me that in order to make it able for alarm start capability, the CPU's have to run constantly on UPS Systems. (Which is counting on the operation hours) Otherwise the startup takes too long for a reaction. If you loose 20 minutes or above with the startup procedure you won't make it up in the air. No problem if you have a few of them constantly in the air. (-> air superiority) Maybe the tranch of aircraft they got are lacking and this has been addressed in later ones.
@@nirfz but that is the case with every QRA plane in the world. Having the systems booted up, the engines pre heated and all systems checked is sort of the point.
If they would have to do the entire start up procedure including pre flight checks they would easily use hours but that is normal with modern day fighters. We no longer have WW2 but even those planes took some time until ready.
@@comsubpac From what the maint personell told me, that is not the case. There are still (current gen) aircraft that don't need the effort of having the system beeing booted all the time. (The old one they worked on was from the 60's and was way faster between alarm and take off than the EF even when the EF is already booted)
I got 3 questions:
where's
the pit
the pit and
the pit???
What pit?
The French were just frustrated that their engine was not choosen. Lol
The result of the Rafale isn't that bad
@ The Rafale is very good and has the big advantage of a carrier version. But the engine in the Rafale has about 20% less thrust than the EJ200 while only being 10% lighter. Overall the EJ200 is the superior though slightly larger engine.
@@LiamE69 PArt of that is due to the S-shaped air inlet of the Rafale. Which in turn is better for stealthyness. Its all about trade-offs ...
Still a shame they didnt cooperate more. Couild have used the original EF for air superiority, and the rafalized EF for naval purposes and to replace the Tornado ...
@@LiamE69 the Rafale consumes less fuel than the typhoon also, and it seems the fuel consumption is significantly lower.
The rafale has excellent range though. The French simply had very different requirements so the did their own jet. I might even reluctantly say that after all it's a better design for European necessities than a pure air superiority fighter like the typhoon.
3:40 Combat range and range mean different things man, 1400km is combat range
Compact reminds of cracking little fighter the f16
At first I wasnt a fan of the Typhoon but, now that I understand it alot better. I'm a believer.its a multi role fighter. Agile, yet its ground strike capability is above that of a normal fighter, which, fighter/bombers are the standard today. All in one package. Like the Raphale or Super Horn
@Gar This. Keeping the Russians out of friendly airspace is the main mission. That allows NATO helis to shoot the crap out of any invading tank divisions (nowadays in the Baltics; Germany when the EF was originally planned). Then, once the number of Russian jets has been decimated somewhat, you can go help the F35 and Tornados with striking at S400s, airfields etc on Russian territory.
A plane built exactly just right for me!
Real Darth Vader!!! 💶💶💶
It has the usual multirole fighter "problem" of being expensive and not as good in its secondary role(s) as a dedicated aircraft.
Edit: Please read "problem" with massive finger air quotes and heavy sarcasm.
Not really though. It is still mainly an interceptor that can also carry bombs.
@@comsubpac edited my first comment to be clearer.
That's not usual at all. Multiroles are as cheap as dedicated role aircraft and the savings of having less tyoes of aircraft in inventory are enormous. Plus modern multiroles are better at secondary roles than many dedicated aircraft.
You are so intelligent about planes like me
You’re defiantly a child
I now I am
Actually I'm a teenager
boeing 737 stop being a weirdo
Mialisus I knew something was off.
Ich wohn 10 min von dort entfernt und werde von jzt an täglich dort hin gehen XD
1991年前后我看到一张欧洲战斗机试飞的照片，这么多年过去了。
Now, walk out to one sitting on the ramp and casually do the preflight and take off in it! 🤪
I just want to say someone at my school walked up to me and said he had a viral lung infection, he had no idea what it meant.
Meh I liked the video
William Jones what?
@@SteviePonder123 lol
I'm the same with port and starboard.
LikeUnto Buddha An easy way to remember...port, left, red has fewer letters than starboard,right,green.
I only have a problem after the 3rd glass of port!
Greetings from the US. You pronounced aluminum wrong...LOL
I've often wondered where/when the second i in aluminium got lost in the US spelling. After all, you 'colonials' spell all the other elements with the ium ending the same as we do in UK/Australia/Canada etc. Most of the other spelling differentials between AmerEnglish and BritEnglish are either retentions at your end of an older spelling or the use of a more systematic or logical spelling. Aluminium is a bit of an oddity though. I have to admit that aluminum does roll off the tongue rather nicely - might work better in poetry too! Do school kids ever get it 'wrong' and spell it 'our' way because it's an anomoly?
@@EuroScot2023 I am unaware if the school kids get corrected if they spell it "wrong" as I do not believe they are taught with the extra i. In truth I find aluminium to much more scientific sounding and indeed preferred. My great-grandfather was a Wilkinson from Edinburgh so perhaps that is why it sounds so sweetly in my ear. As an aside, even my spellchecker does not like aluminium..LOL
@@alviecrumpton5216 Lol. Setting your language to 'UK English' sorts that one out. Alumin(i)um apart, I find many US spellings more rational. They're often the common spellings from 2-300 years ago on both sides of the Atlantic before UK English became Hellenised and Latinised out of intellectual snobbery. The US stuck with more phonetic versions. It must make life a little easier for students of English as a second language.
Why is there an spanish do 24 in a german museum?
Why not?
@@comsubpac because there arent many spanish do 24, and i tough there was only one in the Madrid aviation museum
@@papanoma5710 I know that feeling. As a german you have to travel around the world to see the last Ju 88, Do 335, Ar 234, He 219, 190 D-9. Me 262 2-seater or Ju 87...
I always thought the engines were built by Rolls Royce
The French left because they wanted to be head of the project and left in a huff.
The French left mainly because the Typhhon didn't meet the requirements the French wanted.
The beauty and beast can't work together but after seeing Rafael iforgot this words
N W they left because it was too expensive for them, thats why they made the Rafale.
@@jix9898 Ok, so you're telling me France withdrew from the Eurofighter project because it was too expensive ? France left a project shared by 4 other countries (then the investments pretty much cut by 5) to develop a whole new project from scratch, while having one of the biggest, if not the biggest, military budget of them all because it was too pricey? It doesn't make any sense.
N W thats correct. Im not lying buddy, read into it.
"Britain also played a big role in developing this aircraft" - lol. Without the EAP, a private venture of British Aerospace, there would have been no EF bandwagon for the Germans to jump on and, as always, claim credit for. Thank God we've parted ways on FCAS! The German cert. authority is completely irrational and I thank God daily that they'll soon be out of my hair at work! Good luck with the French (I say as the harmony-wheels are already wobbling on that program).
pog
Jäger 90
2:45 13,000 lbf? Are we European or what? Just say 60kN
I'm kinda surprised the Luftwaffe didn't rename. I mean, those planes with Luftwaffe on the side probably fly over a lot of unfortunate places. 2:58
the Heer und Marine didn't rename itself either.
What really pisses me off is that your English is as good as mine. My French equals your English ,but, it still annoys me. Have a good future, I'de love to meet you.
His English is excellent. I consider myself bilingual, but my Portuguese is nowhere near as good as his English.
Ah yes the Eurodorito
You neglected to mention the Typhoon can not supercruise with external weapons or fuel tanks... Such errors are why I never give you 👍 on your videos.
germany tried their best to escape this project.
british design and engineering.
oh yarrrr
Don't forget F16.I've heard F18 are overpriced and unnessecarily complex.
Has any german Eurofighter currently in service the Pirate IRST Sytem ?
How come you look German, but sound Japanese???
Du sprichst viel zu schnell. Man kommt kaum mit und es klingt unangenehm.