Eurofighter Typhoon

[SebastianP]

That pic is kind of cool. Interesting adaptations they've made for naval use - new landing gear was pretty much a must, as was the tailhook, but the best part (to me) was the choice of weapons - RBS-15! Nice to see that under something other than a SAAB...

Now, seeing as I have a pair of unfinished Typhoons in pile, where could I source some decent landing gear and a hook from? :-)

Cheers,

SP

[Spey_Phantom]

maybe you can scavage some parts of a Rafale-M or Super Hornet  

the Conformal Fuel tanks on the new naval typhoon look alot better then the original ones proposed for the Tranche 3 

old CFT's



and the new CFT's (+Thrust vectoring nozzles)

http://livefist.blogspot.com/2011/02/aero-india-naval-eurofighter-typhoon.html

[SebastianP]

The tailhook maybe, since at least the Italeri Rafale has the fairing as an add-on piece rather than molded in. The nose gear is a completely different story - I have googled every aircraft I could think of, nothing looks like it matches. So the gear will have to be scratchbuilt, or the model built wheels up....

Cheers,

SP

[PR19_Kit]

Has the Sea Typhoon got four canards?

There's a small upper pair and then the normal lower pair too, although they may be smaller as well. There's also some sort of trim vane just in front of the CFT.

[rickshaw]

Has the Sea Typhoon got four canards?

There's a small upper pair and then the normal lower pair too, although they may be smaller as well. There's also some sort of trim vane just in front of the CFT.

I clocked those as well.  My first response was some sort of aerial but they are rather large, aren't they?  Wonder if they are to improve controllability with the thrust vectoring?

Personally, I've always felt that the nose on the Typhoon was too short.  Now its starting to look positively cluttered!

[kitnut617]

If you look at the link added by Nils and scroll down to the third picture, you'll see it's only on one side.  And it looks like an IR detector or something like that.

[ChernayaAkula]

<...> And it looks like an IR detector or something like that.

It is.  It's called PIRATE. HERE'S a .pdf by the manufacturer.

[Spey_Phantom]

Has the Sea Typhoon got four canards?

There's a small upper pair and then the normal lower pair too, although they may be smaller as well. There's also some sort of trim vane just in front of the CFT.

the second pair of canards you see behind the notable front ons, are LERX fins.

[rickshaw]

I think it is the angle that, that picture is taken at.  It accentuates the IRST fairing, which at other angles appears significantly smaller:



In this one, you can just make out the lense at the front as well.

[PR19_Kit]

I'm tempted to suggest that we all volunteer en masse to BAe as model-makers! If that's meant to be a model of the PIRATE fairing the modeller needs to go back to 'Scratchbuilding #1' as it's nothing like the correct shape!

[JMN mode off]

[kitnut617]

Doesn't the Indian Airforce use Su-27's, I bet that's where the 'PIRATE' idea came from ---

[Hobbes]

PIRATE has been around for far longer than this concept. It's been standard equipment since Tranche 1 Block 5.

[rickshaw]

I'm tempted to suggest that we all volunteer en masse to BAe as model-makers! If that's meant to be a model of the PIRATE fairing the modeller needs to go back to 'Scratchbuilding #1' as it's nothing like the correct shape!

[JMN mode off]

I think that would come under the concept of "exploitation".  Most of us would forego pay if they just gave us access to their archives and the occasional rides in some aircraft/tank/ship they were working on. 

[Sauragnmon]

I have to chuckle at the fact that the thrust vectoring isn't properly displayed in the case of the Tiffie - if you look around, the Germans are working on the thrust vectoring, and they were going to put in a triple-actuator setup similar to the MBB X-31 but implemented in the feathers of the existing design.  The modeler just went for a simplified idea to portray it.

[norseman]

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3126/is_n607_v52/ai_n28685951/

Dasa were brought in for feasibility studies, TVC for the Typhoon is primarily a Spanish affair being funded by ITP and the Spanish government. I have seen a previous mockup in the flesh which looked pretty similar to that on the model in this thread.