SAAB JAS 39E/F Gripen - General discussion

That’s fair. Idk what my thing is tho lmao

Spelling things correctly on the first try

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Ofc ofc. Although people outside of the discord would have not seen me brillliant aamzing fantastiv speeling before to understand the context

So speaking of the 39F dont have a gun.
None of the 2 seated JAS39’s have a gun installed as the extra seat takes up the space for the 27mm Mauser.

They (the 2 seaters) are intended to be training platforms for the “operational version” so pilots gets to train on the actual platform I.E instead of having to fly the Saab 105 and then jumping into a Gripen. (from my understanding the “Wizzo” in the rear can give the pilot in the front different objectives etc on the fly as well)

Other than the gun they can carry the exact same munitions as their one seated counterpart. :)

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Air intake for cooling electronics I think


The Gripen F also doesn’t come with a cannon. As shown in the picture, the space for the cannon is most likely taken up by the auxiliary air intake (under the main intake), but compared to the Gripen D, this design looks a bit better.

They just hid the intake(s) better on the F, it’s still there (it even has two).

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( Gripen F completes its first flight )

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Sneaky, I like it.

What discord are we talking about.

@Necronomica the goat as always when it comes to Gripen facts

Oh dang didn’t even notice that-

(Granted was running on overdrive with the lack of sleep lol)

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Also I’ll drop this here. It’s for the earlier Gripens but should give a base idea where the avionics go and everything else.

and considering Gaijin plans to model more internal models soon


Video of takeoff from the Gripen F btw.

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Swedish Discord, why need an invite?

I’ll just quote someone else since it describes the situation perfectly:

I didn’t even know about the additional intakes on any of the two seater version about 10 minutes before i posted about it lol.

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I can relate

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Uncommon ball knowledge

Never seen him in Sweden tree fan discord. Prolly isn’t on it lol

I wouldnt mind an invite yes

Kinda tempting to see if there’s any update on a potential “landing flap” setting or configuration.

Found an image with extended gears. Taking notes specifically on the canard and elevons

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