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First page, second post. http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2587633&postcount=2

Ironically, the F-4 is what they were looking at as an alternative to developing the Viggen. I guess it's possible that the F-4 and the American doctrine it was built upon heavily influenced the design of the Viggen.

And MiG-23 :)

They needed to consider exporting the Gripen to make the project financially viable. That wasn't the case of the Viggen.

Correct.

The Boeng 747 is extremely superior in my opinion. It's cargo and passenger capacity is in a completely different league. It's potential for profit is superior to that of the Mirage 2000.

Leathernecks track record so far: 1 eastern 0 western That makes the ratio look like this: 100% eastern 0% western Get it? :)

Too confusing. Would you put a tickmark feuture for the A-10C that converts it into FC3 A-10A? No, if we are having an additional AJ, I want a separate AJ among the listed aircraft.

Interesting fact for those not familiar with the swedish language: The narrator of that video is also the pilot you see in the aircraft.

Aah. The good old pilot induced oscillation problem. It lead to two accidents involving the Gripen, before they realized they had to introduce a specific filter in the fly-by-wire system to avoid this problem. If I recall correctly, the F-22 had the same problem during it's development and the same filter was also used to fix the F-22. The Viggen is not fly-by-wire and is a stable aircraft so the same thing is unlikely to happen there.

Bullshit. It's never been like that. If anyone tells you that, it just means they have been manipulated by AMD marketing tactics, and lack any real knowledge in the subject.

That's right, and this is the reason why they took their time when developing the JA-version. The MiG-21 didn't have the long legs required to escort Soviet bombers all the way over to Sweden. It wasn't until the MiG-23 that they gained that capability, so the need for the JA came with the MiG-23.

Swedes are going to buy it, thats for sure. As for the rest, I think the same thing that happened to the MiG-21bis will happen to the Viggen. I remember seeing a lot of posts on the forum on how boring the MiG-21bis was going (ignorance?) to be, but when people got to try it they fell in love :)

Correct. It can carry gunpods however. The JA (fighter/interceptor) has an internal 30mm cannon.

That would be awesome, but it would be a lot of work. They are very different. Not even the airframes are exactly the same, even if they look the same. The JA is slightly longer to be able to fit the modified engine. The computer systems are completely different, the radar is different, the weapons are different and the cockpit is different.... You get the point :)

I think you will have occasional drops under 60fps no matter which card you choose. At 1920x1080 I wouldn't personally go beyond the 970. The slight performance gain you would get from a 980 isn't worth the price premium.

That makes it pointless IN YOUR OPINION. A lot of people WILL DISAGREE with your opinion. :thumbup: Those things you listed are irrelevant for most.

Isn't it up to the Mirage 2000C's to escort the Viggens? It doesn't have to be alone you know :)

JA-37 has RM-8B engine with a thrust of 125kN. AJ-37 has RM-8A engine. Thrust is 115,6kN. It is slightly lighter than the JA, but not so much that you would notice.

In the case of the Gripen, the order of the letters isn't as relevant as they used to be since it is a true multi-role aircraft where one variant does everything.

Yes and no. The Viggen isn't really multi-role in the full sense of the word. There are variants dedicated to different tasks, and LN is working on the attack variant. It lacks the advanced pulse doppler radar and radar guided missiles that the interceptor variant has. It's radar is made for air to ground operations. The only air to air weapons it carries are sidewinders. The interceptor variant (JA) which we aren't getting had a pulse doppler radar capable of tracking several targets at the same time, with look down shoot down capability. It carried sidewinders and skyflash (similar to AIM-7) missiles, and late variants even carried the AIM-120 AMRAAM.

That's an interesting thought, since both are limited to sidewinders. I do think it will have trouble against the F-5 though. Pretty sure the F-5 is more agile in a dogfight.

The Viggen they are modelling is an attack version. It can only carry sidewinder for self defence. Due to this, I think the MiG-21bis is the better fighter/interceptor. The Viggen we are getting is from the 90's so it's more modern than the MiG-21bis, although the airframe was developed back in the 60's. Performance wise, you should not expect the Viggen to be a great dog-fighter. It's performance (turn rate, rate of climb etc.) is similar to the MiG-21bis as far as I know. Some traits are better, some are worse, but overall they are similar. If you compare the ground attack capabilities the Viggen is superior due to more modern systems, weapons and larger payload capacity.

BMS4.33 has a flyable JA-37D with nice cockpit and flight model, but the AJ is AI only I think.

Haha! That thing is on fire :)