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Fighter Aircraft
Fighters are a type of military aircraft used for air-to-air combat. Ask questions in this category about types of fighters as well as their use in warfare.
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Is eurofighter better than gripen?
Which Eurifighter? Which Gripen? Future Gripens will all be E/F. Future Eurofighter will probably have AESA radar. The defakto prototype for Gripen E/F have been flying with AESA radar a year now.
If we compare today's Eurofighter with Gripen E/F, will Gripen come out as superior, with its higher turnrates, lower signature in (radar, IR, visual), better radar, better datalink and higher range. The other performance is similar.
A qualified guess is that Eurofigher will have a slightly better AESA-radar than Gripen in the future, due to it´s bigger radome, and a datalink in the same class as Gripen. At that time will Gripen have The GE 414 EPE engine and be a bit faster than Eurofighter.
It`s clear that Gripen is superior today and have the possibility to be superior in the future.
What speed does the spitfire mark 7 fly?
Most Mk Vll Spitfires were built for high altitude and had the 1,710 hp Merlin 64 engine. With a 4 blade prop these could fly at 415 mph.
The F-22 Lightning III features a sophisticated control system that utilizes a fly-by-wire mechanism, allowing for precise handling and responsiveness. Pilots use a side-stick controller for maneuvering, complemented by a throttle control for engine power management. The aircraft's advanced avionics include touchscreen displays for situational awareness and mission management, enabling quick access to critical information and controls. Additionally, the F-22's thrust vectoring nozzles enhance its agility, allowing for superior performance in combat scenarios.
How long is the wingspan of a Spitfire?
The standard design of the Supermarine Spitfire has a wingspan of 36 feet, 10 inches. There were variants of the design that had both larger and smaller wingspans.
How much does an f-22 cost to make?
About 110 million dollars... Yeah, just for a stupid plane with 4 rockets and a couple cannons.
Why was the Spitfire chosen as the British number 1 plane?
Because it was fast, light, well armed and maneuverable (much more so than the Hurricane)
What kind of pilots license do you need to fly f-22?
You have to join the USAF, pass the tests and pretty much be the best of the best to be allowed to fly her.
How fast does a Harrier jet go?
The fastest can go up to 735 mph(depending on type of harrier), and the slowest it can do is a mere hover.
How long was billy bishop a plane fighter?
Bishop was first an 'Observer/Gunner' for a year, then after pilot training in Canada became a pilot who flew from November 1916 till the end of the war in 1918. He stayed in the RCAF and was instrumental in setting up the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in WW2.
What will win an AC130 or F22?
That's a ridiculous comparison, they are completely different aircraft with different roles. Both are excellent at their designated task.
What weapons can the F-4 Phantom carry?
The Phantom can carry a number of weapons.
Early versions could carry the Falcon air to air missle. Later versions such as the C model could carry the sidewinder and Sparrow missles. it could also carry MK82 dumb bombs and when configurered for it, could also deliver laser guided bombs. In the G or wild weasel configuration, it could also carry the HARM missle to take out enemy radar and missle installations.
Which war did the f-14 tomcat fight in?
The Tomcats have only fought its major war in 1991 Gulf War,Conflict over the SFR in 1995,and lastly Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003-2006,which saw little air-to-air combat and scored its last kill; an Mi-8 Hip during Desert Storm.The F-14B/D found their usefullness in the latter two wars as a long-range attacker by dropping JDAMs or Paveway LGBs.
What battles were the P 51 mustang in?
The P-51 performed in all European theatres and was in too many battles to name
How fast can a euro fighter jet fly from ny to Florida?
the Euro Fighter can fly at speeds around 1320mph and the distance from NY to Florida is roughly 1000 miles. so the Euro fighter can go from NY to Florida in roughly 45 minutes.
There was no single inventor. -Like all complicated machines there were a series of developments leading to fighter aircraft.
What is the name of the fastest plane in the world?
The Falcon HTV-2, the fastest plane ever built. It would get from London to Sydney in less than an hour, while withstanding temperatures of almost 2,000C, hotter than the melting point of steel.
The US Defence Advance Research Projects Agency will launch the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 on the back of a rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. If all goes to plan, engineers will launch the Falcon HTV-2 to the edge of space, before detaching the plane and guiding it on a hypersonic flight that will reach speeds of 13,000mph (about 20 times the speed of sound) on its return to Earth.
Is it true that the F-14 is the only US military aircraft never shot down in combat?
One was lost during Operation Desert Storm (January-February 1991).
The simple answer is: "Suck, Squeeze, Burn and Blow." Or, more accurately, air is taken into the inlet of a jet engine (suck) and then compressed (squeeze) by a series of rotors and stators. A fuel mixture is then injected into a chamber with the compressed air and ignited (burn). The subsequent combustion is directed aft and the resulting exhaust (blow) pushes the engine (and vehicle) forward. The exhaust gasses also turn a shaft connected to the inlet turbine which continues the compression process. It's really a lot more complicated than this, but this is the quick and dirty of how it works.
A modern jet engine is made up of several rows of spinning propeller blades called Rotors. As the airflow goes through each row, the air is accelerated and compressed. Behind the row is another set of blades that are not really turning---but attached to the out housing. These are called Stators. These help to re-direct the flow to be more efficient and prepare it to meet the next set of spinning blades. After going through several rows of Rotors, the air is compressed. This stage of the engine is called the Compressor.
The compressed gas enters a Combustion Chamber where fuel is added an a spark ignites the fuel/air mixture and this flame is self-sustaining. The hot gases want to expand and it passes through another set of Rotors and Stators that extract some energy out of the fast flowing air gases. This section of the engine is the Turbine stage because it acts like the turbines in a dam to pull energy out of flowing fluid. This engergy is used to turn the Turbine disc that is connected back to the Compressor stage, thus compressing the next amount of air entering the engine.
The gas escaping the engine has a great amount of energy and velocity and applies thrust to the engine and thus to the airplane.
Hi bypass commercial jets (Trent 900, GEnx) use outer guide vanes or OGV's to rotate and eject air before the compressor stage. The air rotates around the exhaust to reduce friction of exhaust gases increasing efficiency and reducing noise.
The steps in a jet engine are essentially the same as in a car engine: Intake, Compression, Combustion, Exhaust.
In modern jet engines, the air is pulled into the engine by a large disc of spinning blades called the fan. This is what you see if you look into the front [intake] of the engine. Behind the fan is the bypass duct [mentioned later] and the engine core.
The engine core contains more spinning components similar to the fan called 'compressors' that simply compress the air into a smaller area.
Behind the compressors is the combustion chamber, where the air is sprayed with jet fuel from a nozzle and ignited by a flame.
It then passes through one more spinning component called the turbine, which accelerates the air out the back of the engine. That turbine is connected to the compressors by a shaft running through the center of the engine and is what runs them.
The bypass duct [mentioned earlier] is simply a hollow area surrounding the engine core. Some of the air that gets taken in is routed by the fan through the bypass duct so that it totally bypasses the engine core, and mixes with the exhaust behind the engine. This makes the engine more efficient and muffles the sound of the exhaust, making the engine quieter. A better understanding of thrust
A common misconception about thrust is that the exhaust gasses expelled from the rear of the engine cause the engine and the attached aircraft to move forward. This is not true.
Although the expelled gasses do add a minimal amount of forward thrust, the majority of thrust created by the engine is from the aerodynamic forces generated by the aforementioned Rotors.We must first understand that Rotors are aerodynamic devices known as Airfoils because of their designed curvature. An Airfoil that passes through a body of air will cause a pressure differential that causes lift. The wings of an aircraft are examples of an airfoil, and as air passes around the wings, the curvature that engineers design into the wing will cause a higher pressure to act upon the underside of the wing, and a lower pressure to act upon the upper surface of the wing. As this pressure differential becomes greater, it eventually overcomes the combined forces of gravity and the mass of the aircraft, and the aircraft flies. This same principle can be used to explain why the Rotors are the primary source of forward thrust. As the rotors spin, they too will develop pressure differentials, but because they are mounted vertically like a propeller on a small plane, they will produce forward thrust, instead of creating upward lift as we are used to associating with horizontally mounted aircraft wings. NASA explanation of thrust See the the discussion page for more information.
Anyone can own a fighter jet yet not everyone is able to fly them. For example in Australia a jet pilot licence is needed. This licence is near impossible for civilians to obtain. It is only usually issued to military pilots or in extreame conditions. without that licence you cannot fly it but you can own one.
What type of fighter jets are flown in the USA air force?
The US Air Force uses an extensive variety of aircraft for fighter jets. The most notable being the "Hercules" AC-130 Gunship, F-22 Raptor, F-15 Eagle, and the A-10 Warthog (otherwise known as A-10 Thunderbolt).
