Eurofighter Typhoon (UK versions) - Technical data and discussion

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The fact that they are series production is actually important, because they make up part of that nations air force, for example ISPA 5 was returned to the RAF after testing.

IPSA is an aircraft that is production-ine intended for an air force and is borrowed for testing which involves removing their guns which are removed for flight test equipment. However as faster boi has pointed out IPA’s are deliberately designed as test airframes for companies to test systems and integration with, if Germany/Luftwaffe solely were explicitly testing AMK it would have been on a WTD61 aircraft.

ISPA’s are explicitly the property of the air force of that nation, IPA’s are the property of the company they are operated by.

As you said it has nothing to do with where its owned and everything to do with the company that owns it more specifically how it is a company and not a nation/defence force.

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remind me but does it get more than 8 missiles?

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The IPA variants are typically modified from early production aircraft to incorporate additional sensors and instrumentation needed for test flights.
These aircraft may have non-standard features to support specific tests or experiments, such as additional instrumentation pods, sensors, or control systems.
ISPA Models:
The ISPA variants are based on production aircraft but are modified to include instrumentation and testing equipment required for evaluating advanced capabilities.
ISPA aircraft tend to have fewer experimental systems than the IPAs, as they are closer to the final production configuration. However, they still carry special equipment for gathering data on aircraft systems under operational conditions.

It doesnt matter cause the IPA 07 is still german and its german tested as a result

Whats gajin supposed to do add the IPA 07 to every nation with german livery lol
Face it, it is german and if added right now would only be added to germany

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yes

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how’s that organised

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could just scroll a few messages up but oh well
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so 2 and 12 can take a duel ejector for 9s/ASRAAM?

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and iris-t

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not like we will get asraam or iris-t anytime soon

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At least on the Typhoon. Wouldnt discount something like the Tornado getting them within the next year or so

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gonna believe that when i get aim 9l(I)-1 on my tornados

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have you seen the thread name?

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buddy if you havent noticed yet that we use the eurofighter threads interchangeable just on mood and which ones fits best thats on you

well besides poor italian one, somehow never use that one @Il_Signor_Regio sorry

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and Considering much like the Tornados. Brit mains will probably do most of the bug reports for all of them :P

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well i hadn’t tbh

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hey we got stuff as well, not germanys fault one of the main aircraft guys is an tech mod and a crucial part of getting things done just faster then we could

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Careful, remember how the Brit Tornado got a different rip speed because “the manual said different” as if they were magically different airframes lmao

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real, its almost like different engineers are more or less liberal with their estimates

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Lets just hope Britian also doesnt end up with the RB199 engines as a “balancing desision”

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Well worst uk case best germsn italian case
Uk gets tranche 1 block1 and italy&germany block 5 for the cas capability mainly.

It sucks uk didnt upgrade apparently. But skipping straight to tranche 2s propably to much