Eurofighter Typhoon vs. Dassualt Rafale

[Whitey]

I found these two aircraft to be very similar, so I did some research.

[Mr. Bones]

nice, i love that Typhoon alot, downloaded it yesterday...flies very good! i'm going to see one at the Paris Airshow next month!

[IAFpilot03]

well, both designs (I should actually say 3, you forgot the Gripen) were started at the smae time, with the same concept in mind, delta+canard, they all look alike, except the gripen, which has only one engine. It's really no surprise that their spec's are the same, because they all utilize the same technologies, as well as a similar (or identical) airframe built out of the same materials.

Iafpilot

[Craig.]

hey whitey do you get the air combat collections magazine?? there is a whole thing on the rafale including a model of it

[Whitey]

Yep, just back from down the down the shops to buy it...LOL.  Spitfire with next issue.

[ATI_7500]

well, both designs (I should actually say 3, you forgot the Gripen)

euh..no. the gripen has just one engine,so you can't compare them properly.

[Iceman84]

What do you mean Rafale has no afterburner? I suggest looking up rafale pics on Airliners.net.

[Craig.]

my main wants were the f-14 and apache and also the sea harrier when it comes out, i was dissapointed that they left out the lynx though.
i'll be interested to see how many more issues they go for though its meant to be 32 but these magazines seem to die after a few issues, i was surprised at the quality of the models to, better than most plastic ones you pay double for

[asnamara]

hey whitey
the rafale is afterburning, i've seen it on full afterburners at the airshow.
also an advantage with the rafale is that it is semi-stealth (reduced radar signature to more than half of the plane) wereas the typhoon isn't, also it has conformal fuel tanks, most probably extending the range of the rafale beyond that of the eurofighter.
also it's doesn't cost sh*tloads of money

[BMan1113VR]

wow, thoose are amazing Craig, typed words have trouble describing how good thoose are

great job

[ATI_7500]

also it's doesn't cost sh*tloads of money

yeah,you're right. i think the eurofighter is one of the reasons, why the german government has to save every cent.

[Whitey]

My apologies.

Just downloaded an update for the Rafale that adds afterburners.  Although, I can still get the plane to -5.2Gs before I overstess it...

Y2Craigie:  I've got the magazine ordered through a newsagent.  Even if the publishers stops sending it to big shops like WHSmiths, they'll make them for subscribers and people who order it every week...like me.

[Craig.]

cool

[Whitey]

hey whitey
the rafale is afterburning, i've seen it on full afterburners at the airshow.
also an advantage with the rafale is that it is semi-stealth (reduced radar signature to more than half of the plane) wereas the typhoon isn't, also it has conformal fuel tanks, most probably extending the range of the rafale beyond that of the eurofighter.
also it's doesn't cost sh*tloads of money

Well if they're fuel consumption in the sim is anything to go by (it's probably not, though...), Typhoon has a definite advantage.  The Rafale seems to use a lot more fuel at 32000 feet and half throttle.  But I don't think the Rafale dynamics are as accurate as the Eurofighter ones...after all, Eurofighter liscenced the DSB Typhoon.

BTW, I got Tyhpoon to an airbase in southern Spain from BAe Warton using about 60% of it's fuel load...anyone want to find out what the Rafale can do?  Cruise speed should be near Mach 1.7, for fairness BTW...

[wolf8218]

nice shots man