But, this has little relevance in a dogfight, where you don’t want to be a sitting duck.

The Typhoon has a lower wing load 310 kg/m² vs. 322 kg/m². Eurofighter is over… production will be stop before 2020 and now there are a lot of technicals problems…5. Gripen vs. Eurofighter vs. Falcon Der Lockheed F-16 "Fighting Falcon" und der Saab JAS-39 "Gripen" werden im "Luftkampf" um die Drakennachfolge allgemein die höchsten Chancen eingeräumt, doch auch der europäische EADS Konzern mit dem "Eurofighter Typhoon" will bei der Drakennachfolge mitreden.

All Rights Reserved. The Gripen costs 1/2 of that of the EF. As of 2014 everyone knows that Rafale is much more efficient than Typhoon which was humiliated in ATLC and Lybia by Rafale. The Rafale is a better bomber AND and a better dogfighter.6. Eurofighter seems to have a bigger RCS (radar cross section)…..which is a disadvantage in era of missile warfare apart from early detection by radars2. After considering all these facts, I do wonder that did India did take a wise decision by choosing Rafale over the Eurofighter Typhoon.Also the deal between India and France has gone to another level of expense, which comes out to be more than the double of the initial amount. Not to mention the significant industrial advantage the French get from going it alone.8. And when all this is going on, no one seems to be worried that the time is just getting wasted in finalizing the deal, when the India badly needs another air-superiority fighter to complement it’s Sukhoi 30 MKI fleets, in today’s scenario , when it is getting regular threats from it’s neighbors like Pakistan and China. But once dogfight begins, you better be in the Rafale.9. In order to counter this tendency, the canards are much further away from the centre of mass, in order to have a larger lever for pushing down the nose of the Typhoon in straight flight.

The plane is going to turn (pitch) faster than the Rafale. As for the UK v US crap spouted on here, they are the strongest alleys in the world.

1. When comparing these two European fighters, Eurofighter is a bit better, apparently thanks to a little more advanced avionics and technology, such as Euroradar CAPTOR Radar.Although the Rafale can carry more weapons that are connected to the 14 points of connection (and even nuclear weapons), Eurofighter carries something better weapons, especially in the case of air-to-air missiles.Rafale is armed with air-to-surface MBDA AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missile and MBDA CVS401-Perseus (in the future), while Eurofighter carries AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-88 HARM, Taurus KEPD 350, Storm Shadow / Scalp EG and Brimstone…10. JAS 39 Gripen vs Eurofighter TyphoonComments of readers (Feel free to leave a reply on bottom)1. Rafale weapons payload is 9.5 tons and its manoeuvrability and avionics are superior. Additionally, the Typhoon is aeronautically more unstable than the Rafale. © 2020 - Comparison - BVR - Dogfight. After considering all these facts, I do wonder that did India did take a wise decision by choosing Rafale over the Eurofighter Typhoon. He added that he deemed the Rafale to be the best and most complete combat aircraft that he had ever flown. This could possibly affect the BVR rating as well, but in that aspect I don’t know enough about other factors taken into consideration to comment.Second would be maneuverability, I would be very much surprised if the JAS-39C/D turned(!)

The Gripen has always had a more holistic approach to being a multirole fighter, with the "A" in JAS-39 signifying "Attack". Eurofighter seems to have a bigger RCS (radar cross section)…..which is a disadvantage in era of missile warfare apart from early detection by radars.

a) Energy: Additional kinetik and potential energy is an important advantage in a dog fight.

Yes, the EF is a better jet, but the Rafale is cheaper to build and possibly maintain. Der schwedische Gripen scheiterte 2014 an der Urne. Rafale is however a better bomber.12. The decision from the French to pull out of the EF project so as to build the Rafale may not be all that bad a move. The Eurofighter is primarly an air superiority fighter (with the option to fit for multirole purposes), while the Raphale in the original concept has a major focus in tactical support for ground forces (with the option to fit for dogfighting just in case).4. The lenghthy rebuttal ended with Eurofighter asserting that “throughout the exercise Typhoon was always carrying a greater payload than Rafale, Typhoon always came into the fight above Rafale and Typhoon take off performance was always more stunning than Rafale – all fully as expected.”Typhoon is more manoeuvrable, more technologically advance and faster. In order to outmaneuver the opponent one must accelerate and turn faster.

JAS-39C/D is cleared for the Meteor missile same as the Typhoon. 1. AVIATIA - Aircraft specifications and performance - comparison site Bearing in mind that the Gripen can take off AND land in 600m, be refueled and rearmed in ten minutes by 1 technician and 5 conscripts, and can operate f out to be less maneuverable than the Typhoon. The effect is that the Typhoon can permanently pull 9G turns supersonically, whereas the Rafale cannot. He concluded in saying that if he had to go into combat, on any mission, against anyone, he would, without question, choose the Rafale.”13. Therefore will be a better dogfighter. Fact is, The JAS-39C/D was the very first fighter into which the Meteor was integrated. Not even talking about upcoming Rafale F3R standard. Quite the contrary, given the size and wing loading of the two.3.

The Typhoon climbs faster than the Rafale.c). 2. Lets hope for the best.3. He is more agile with only 15t of thrust, totaly omnirôle and combat proven, not the typhoon…11. With the advent of BVR and AAM……the dogfights have lost significance in air warfare.

Peter Collins stated Rafale as a “war-fighter par excellence”. The Typhoon can fly higher and faster than the Rafale.b).

All Rights Reserved. updating the tech in the Gripen would close the gap in capabilities… but also the gap in cost, the Gripen was build by Sweden (with a total population of 8.5 million).