Eurofighter Typhoon

[pyro-manic]

The air-to-ground capability is currently being added to at least the RAF's fleet (and seems to work - Tiffies have dropped a fair few LGBs in Libya recently). The problem is that developing and implementing these capabilities costs money, and all concerned seem very, very reluctant to spend any money on weapons at the moment.

dy: Yes, but the Tonkas are due to be retired in the next few years (they are 30 years old, after all!). Typhoon was meant to replace the Tornado F3 and the Jaguar, with the Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) to replace the Tornado bomber fleet. FOAS quietly died, and the F-35 is now due to cover that requirement (as well as replacing the Harriers).

[kitnut617]

For this year I subscribed to Air-Britains News magazine, this comes out every month and provides all the latest news in the aviation world.  Since the January issue, I've noticed that it lists an ever increasing number of Typhoon FGR4's being supplied to the squadrons, those and T3's are all that seem to be the latest.  There is one in the April issue which is an F2 that has returned to Warton for upgrading to R2, now what is that ??

[Hobbes]

Recon version?

[kitnut617]

I did a google, and it turns out to be the code for the upgrade of all the earlier Block numbers, 1, 2, 2B etc. to Block 5 standard.  Would have been nice if it was a recon' though.

[Mossie]

Yeah, not so much an RAF mark 'R.2' as Eurofighters R2 programme.

[GTX]

What if Eurofighter decided to do to the Typhoon what Sukhoi did to the Su-27 to create the Su-32:

I give you the Eurofighter Bombfoon:



and for comparison, the standard Typhoon:



Regards,

Greg

[pyro-manic]

I've got something very similar half-built.

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21257.0.html

[GTX]

I've got something very similar half-built.

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21257.0.html

Well, get onto it boy!

[ysi_maniac]

Eurofighter with F-18 wings

[Pellson]

Gentlemen.

Is anyone aware of a supplier of conformal fuel tanks for the current 1/72 revell kit? The future "arabic Typhoon" as seen below is is about the sexiest Tiffie out there, and while it certainly would be possible to match some leftover drop tank halves, more "fitted" equipment would obviously be nice..

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice artwork (Sand/Brown suits the Tiffie well!).
I have seen the prototype, but I'd assume that it is simply too early for aftermarket kits or an OOB kit?

[pyro-manic]

I think that once (if?) the conformal tanks become widespread in service, then there will at the very least be an aftermarket kit, but it's too early as yet.

[Thorvic]

The first Tranche 3 aircraft has now flown at Warton and its got the fairings for the slipper tanks built into the airframer along with mounts ready for the new Radar as and when thats due for testing

[Sauragnmon]

That arabic Tiffie isn't very far off, actually - there's a couple of the Arabian Peninsula nations that are buying the Tiffie.  The Saudis have their first birds, Oman has signed the deal, Bahrain and Qatar are considering the Tiffie.

[PR19_Kit]

How much do you bet the RAF ones will have them re-fitted before much longer? It'd save on tanker time, which is all paid for now of course.