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Eurofighter weapon load mystery
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Can anyone point to a picture where the Eurofighter Typhoon can carry 2x wing fuel tanks and 2x Storm Shadow missiles. All I have seen is little diagrams depicting this setup, but I have my doubts that the 5.2 meter length of the Storm Shadow can be accomodated on the inner wing pylon without fouling the wheels or is so far forward that it extends past the canards!!! ( I've seen pictures of a Storm Shadow on the wing tank pylon but never of both Storm Shadow and fuel tank attached at the same time). Can anyone help?. Cheers John Cook Any spelling mistakes/grammatic errors are there purely to annoy. All opinions are mine, not TAFE's however much they beg me for them. Email Address :- Spam trap - please remove (trousers) to email me Eurofighter Website :- http://www.eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk |
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"John Cook" wrote in message ... Hi all Can anyone point to a picture where the Eurofighter Typhoon can carry 2x wing fuel tanks and 2x Storm Shadow missiles. All I have seen is little diagrams depicting this setup, but I have my doubts that the 5.2 meter length of the Storm Shadow can be accomodated on the inner wing pylon without fouling the wheels or is so far forward that it extends past the canards!!! ( I've seen pictures of a Storm Shadow on the wing tank pylon but never of both Storm Shadow and fuel tank attached at the same time). The only stuff I can find at the minute is: http://www.eurofighter.com/Typhoon/SwingRole/ Has some pics under this showing 2 x Storm Shadow and 3x tanks. It hasn't flown like this yet (air to ground stuff is a bit further down the development programme) |
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:27:57 -0000, "Ian" wrote:
"John Cook" wrote in message .. . Hi all Can anyone point to a picture where the Eurofighter Typhoon can carry 2x wing fuel tanks and 2x Storm Shadow missiles. All I have seen is little diagrams depicting this setup, but I have my doubts that the 5.2 meter length of the Storm Shadow can be accomodated on the inner wing pylon without fouling the wheels or is so far forward that it extends past the canards!!! ( I've seen pictures of a Storm Shadow on the wing tank pylon but never of both Storm Shadow and fuel tank attached at the same time). The only stuff I can find at the minute is: http://www.eurofighter.com/Typhoon/SwingRole/ Has some pics under this showing 2 x Storm Shadow and 3x tanks. It hasn't flown like this yet (air to ground stuff is a bit further down the development programme) Hmmm. even when they did the weapons photo shoot this configuration was missed, I wonder how the Storm shadows affect the airflow into inlet duct at speed. There was also a statement that the 1500l fuel tank was now deleted from requirements because of its inability to be carried supersonically. are they going with the 2000l or CFTs? Time will tell. Cheers John Cook Any spelling mistakes/grammatic errors are there purely to annoy. All opinions are mine, not TAFE's however much they beg me for them. Email Address :- Spam trap - please remove (trousers) to email me Eurofighter Website :- http://www.eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk |
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