Aw, man, you got me excited for nothing. That is the V004
Imagine if the Typhoon got a search radius similar to the Javelin
170° x 30°
It would take a decade to complete, lol.
Older (by time of addition) radar in the game were using scan rates that were often guess work, which led them to being very fast. MiG-29 was one of the first radars with realistic scan rates 57°/s, because we actually had an easy to find source. F-16 on the other hand had 120°/s because of no sources, lol (F-14 was even crazier).
After some reporting, those were brought down to earth, and it seems that newer radar don’t have outlandish scan rates now, even if they are guess work.
I think if they give high area scan modes to the Captor-M, they are going to be with a pretty long period.
Though, I guess if it is not something like >8 seconds, it might be quite useful for Sim, or one of those rare clutch RB games where you have to scan around to find the enemy.
Dunno why I wrote this, I got excited for no reason, lol
hehe, Blue Vixen is already a pretty decent starting point. Just need a little faster scan rate and maybe slightly wider vertical view and it would be perfect
Here it is, lol, 160°/s. 80°x8° scan:
Looks like Fox Hunter (Tornado F3) in game right now.
Oh my bad, screwed up the name
Damn, you are right. 8 bars each 60^{\,\circ} wide in 3 seconds \implies 160^{\,\circ}/s scan rate.
No worries, you just broke my heart, is all.
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The Eurofighter was planned with TVC initially, or at the very least it was heavily considered to the point that they developed a demonstrator engine. They decided against the addition, likely due to the already high maintenance requirements of such fighters. Feel free to read the source I linked, it goes into more detail.
There is also this document, which implies that they could add it upon request from partners. No one has asked for it as of yet in spite of the potential benefits to performance. Likewise, it does not seem they have explored any upgrades for the engine itself in spite of the fact that they theorized 30% + performance enhancements.
This is the specifications given by the Germans in 1998 or so for the EJ200
“thrust class” must be a different figure than “static thrust” or “uninstalled thrust”. I have yet to find documentation for British or European engines that details how they measure the thrust before installation or as-installed.
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Additionally, there is the matter of growth potential. (See final graphs below)
This document details (quite well, actually) the possible improvements to the EJ200 including potential for 20% improved SFC in supercruise conditions, an area where it currently lacks.
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To achieve all of this the following is required;
Quite unusual imo that they put all of this information out to the public. It’s not exactly technical documentation and blueprints but it certainly shows how little they care for the secrets of conventional non-bypass turbofan technology these days. Especially since the US tested a variable bypass turbofan for the YF-23 back in the 90s iirc.
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Bruh, i need to grind british faster…
@Flame2512 Something we should also research is the potential for the Eurofighter’s radar to have lower probability of intercept than older mechanical scan designs, through techniques like these;
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Tornado F3 had LPI, so EF having it would not be a suprise.
I don’t think it can be considered true “LPI” like as-is on AESA radars though due to the separate TR modules.
True or not, reduction of detection range from 36nm to 2-6nm is a thing.
Do we have any information about the AESA sensor arrays of the DASS being able to keep track of not just missiles, but close enemy aircraft as well?
I’ve not seen anything more than highly questionable speculation on internet forums.
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Dont see why it wouldnt be able to tbf, unless theres a filter on to avoid detecting aircrafts, but this could risk interfearing with larger threats like SAM’s.
Still speculation at the end of the day though.
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Different numbers, later ones
