Calm down, there is still time left. Historically they have even added things to the live server that were never on the dev server for the same update. There is still a possibility for it to come unless any of the Community Managers state otherwise or the full update is released without it.
Not only is there time for it to appear before the end of the dev server, but weve had vehicles added after the dev server has ended. Harrier Gr7 I beleive was a surprise last minute addition when it was added.
Kurnass 2000 too from the top of my head
Mirage 2000D was an aircraft that was added last minute into a major patch even though was not talked about or revealed in dev server, so a plane does not need to be added into dev server for it to come in live server.
Still the problem is it will need a lot of work to get it correct and adding it so late means that fixes will take years to get added unless its a nerf. Those take about a week or less. Would be better to just not add it this patch
2S38 also iirc
“Surprised” the smacked a super hornet engine onto the aircraft, of course it Will have a massive weight increase. But it Got more thrust than weight so Its still an upgrade.
Tbf it uses the F14G better than the Super Hornet does lol
And then reports went unanswered because why bother, the window for action closed so they can take their time.
Sounds good, extended 3 days like I said
Wait? You think it won’t be a broken mess on arrival?
The model in game would be the same with only the wingtips and nose slightly changing and few sensors here and there. It’s not lige hornet and super hornet where they look similar but one is larger and has all that extra stuff. Also you can still fly and land without wings and overall gripen in possibly the most stable airframe of toptier. The flightmode would change just in the speed and energy stuff but it the aerodynamics would still be the same. Also they literally made a completely new airframe (super hornet and mig25) and a new rafale that has similar size changes to the old one as the gripens. So why are they taking so long basically making a plane which has almost all its parts in game already, i mean the engine is just slightly changed super hornet engine and the radar is just like any other aesa radar. I think that it will have some of those ew capabilities like some kind of jammer/decoy system because without those the gameplay would just be gripen c but slightly better flying, maws and aesa radar and it wouldn’t bring anything new in the game.
No, they have enough differences to be have to be modeled differently.
Images and video to compare
Trailing edge flap difference (Though this one might be optional, don’t know if the Swedish in service version has the extension or not):
Bigger spine and fatter wings:
Video of both flying together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voq1zIt8BLA
Inside(C left, E right):
Most notable are the fatter inner parts of the wings, larger fuselage, the larger spine, larger wingtips, IRST, larger intakes for the bigger engine. And so on.
That exactly what it is actually.
size comparisons:
( Gripen C-series | Saab and Gripen E-series | Saab )
It doesn’t, armament yes, but not the rest. Especially the cockpit.
The E’s fuselage is a little over a meter longer and the wings are slightly wider and other slight differences in wing shaping. So, more like super hornet than just an equipment change.
Im just really surprised they never put the wheels in the wings at the start and also how and why they removed the dubble wheel and front wheel break on the E model
It’s only about 30cm or a foot longer as shown in the size comparison
Basically all the parts are in game outside of the radar and possible ew systems. And still the gripen is more like f2a situation than super hornet. And still they made the super hornet, mig25 and the rafale but gripen e still remains to be seen and i believe it will have some ew systems it would be mostly the same just with some slight buffs. I think that if they don’t add ew now for the gripen it will be added in the future and the devs are gonna forget the gripen once again like they did with the gripen c and a. There hasn’t been any major changes to the gripen since it was nerfed to the ground because of ”balance”. I mean i have seen a gripen float in the air irl and doing those high aoa stabile passes which it can’t do in game.
Enough has changed between the 39C and 39E that I think they (or whoever they’re outsourcing the models to) should probably start from scratch modelling it, like Necronomica said, fatter and larger wing, IRST on nose. The electronic warfare wingbeams and the beam on the tail is much larger, they sort of remind me of the SAAB 340 globaleye’s radar shape lol, new air intake on the vertical stabiliser, cockpit is new with the flat-screen TV, external sensors and new pylons too, they’ll need new animations with the gear retracting into the wing instead of main fuselage as well
That is one source….what is the exact source of that graphic. Direct from SAAB…I defer to that. My source was a defense publication.