manually? Because when I’m using other plane it actually automatically changed after all armament empty except cannon.
That’s how it should work but it’s been broken since it was added.
Eurofighter HUD Missing EEGS
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Welp
10 months ago??? Almost one year and not even trying to fix it…
Theyre too busy buffing and fixing the Rafale to spare any time on the EFT literaly not having a functioning gun lead indicator in the cockpit of for almost a year now
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What do you know about EJ200 and EJ2x0 Stage 1/2/3?
I found in my search that their thrust can reach 103KN and 120KN. Is this true? Which European fighter jets use this type of engine?
Those are projected versions. To my knowledge, the EJ200 can be improved to reach those thrust outputs if required, but has yet to be ordered the development of. In short, its the growth potential of the engines, though of course it will probably come with its own set of trade-offs regarding maintenance, engine lifespan, etc.
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They don’t see a need to upgrade right now as the EJ200 is still top-class as it stands, so it’s basically just an option in case they ever see the necessity.
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There is something to do with peacetime engine settings meant to prolong the life of the engine or something. But I dont know anything about it or if its really true. Though I wouldnt be surprised if pretty much every engine out there could be pushed way way harder than normal for an extra boost of thrust, just at the cost of potentially causing damage to the engine overtime (something like combat thrust on the Tonkas)
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Yea i think it was peacetime setting 90k, 103k if needed and 120k with new parts.
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AFAIK:
EJ200: 60/90 kN (peacetime), 69/95 kN (“war setting”)
EJ230: 72/103 kN with 3D-Thrustvector Nozzle (unknown if thrust values are “war setting” or not)
EJ200 P3Ec (Stage 3): 78/120 kN (planned for Tranche 5 Eurofighters I think…)
A Gripen NG with a thrust vectored EJ230 would be quite the sight in terms of maneuverability, with more thrust than the current F414 engine and remove the dependence on US suppliers and regulations.
If the Tranche 5 Eurofighter really gets the EJ200 P3Ec (Stage 3) with the according thrust values it will mutate into full-fledged UFO including the AMK modification. Nearly 4 tons more thrust dry and 6 tons with afterburner: 15,6 tons dry thrust, 24 tons afterburner thrust overall. Even with the maximum takeoff weight of 23,5 tons its thrust-to-weight-ratio would be >1.
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Portugal was considering buying those iirc. But looks like they’ll probably be going with typhoon now I think. So I doubt we’ll ever see them in-game which is a bit of a shame. Sounds somewhat hilarious
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78kN dry? On an engine this light and small? Incredible
Where’d you get these numbers? I havent seen them discussed anywhere. The Tranche 5 are confirmed to be getting P3Ec according to a news article, but I can barely find any mention of the P3Ec in the first place
Edit: found the source for the claim, appears it was a claimed planed increase in thrust for the EJ200, but I haven’t found any other sources claiming this was even actually completed.
Yeah, I was going by the claimed 30% thrust uplift as the figure “30%” is the only thing you can find for it. So yes, don’t take these numbers at face value.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re keeping these plans on the back burner for war-time scenarios and implementing the new upgrades as needed, since the EJ200 already is a very good engine at its current form.
I believe I also read somewhere or heard from someone that EJ230 and P3Ec were both built as engines and went through comprehensive testing.
They would be (as 99% of the EJ200’s are) property of RR or MTU or ITP or Avio.
If RR does hold an EJ200 P3Ec i’d put money on them using it on the Tempest demonstrator due to fly in the not so distant future (sub-2 years). Tempest is predicted to be in the 18T weight class which puts it right on par with the F-22. F-120 engines on that jet make ~120kn dry and ~160kn wet. So a base EJ200 isn’t going to be ideal.
I doubt they’ll use the new RR engine (well now RR-Mitsubishi) in development for Tempest demonstrator as thats too many untested points of failure, so they’ll need a really beefy engine to make this demonstrator go and EJ200 P3Ec would be that engine.
Isn’t an adaptive cycle engine planned for the Tempest? If so, it can’t be the EJ2xx or a derivative of it because implementing an adaptive cycle would require a complete redesign of nearly everything. And putting a 74 cm diameter engine into a giant 18 tons fighter doesn’t make quite sense (The F119 and F135 have around 100 to 110 cm diameter at the fan inlet AFAIK).
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