Gripen - The Secret is in the Tail! 

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The Saab Gripen reminds me of the Northrop F-5 in terms of design philosophy. I really really want this jet to continue to win new sales and to develop further.

Someone said this before and I repeat it again. It's almost criminal that this channel has so few subscribers!!. Keep going! Nice channel!. Greetings from Colombia

I have to say,as a swedish citizen and aviation afficionado, it is quite wonderful to have you make honest and very technical comparisons without brining in emotion or bias. Of course i will say that the Gripen is the best cost per unit and cost per hour aircraft in the world,but i am biased. I very much enjoyed this video and will be delving deeper into your channel, aswell as giving a like and subscription. I look forward to your technical reviews of other nations platforms,thank you!

My Swedish brothers (and sisters) makes great and sleek fighter planes. Greetings from Aarhus, Denmark.

The Gripen is one of my favorite planes. The canard design gives it manouverability that a lot of other planes didn't have at the time.

Very good coverage of both the engineering and logistics aspects of the plane. Most of that information is not obvious at all and is explained beautifully. Your videos are a joy to watch!

Also. Just as a bonus point regarding the fielding of JAS 39 Gripen. It was in the requirements that a Gripen engine must be field replaceable in under one hour. It is still in the requirement list for Gripen E as a hard requirement.

These guys have always been bad ass aircraft engineers and designers. What they've produced over the years has often been ahead of it's time.

What should be recognised is how a small country like Sweden has since the mid 1950's, been able to develope and manufactute top quality Mach 2 combat aircraft from its limited technical and manufacturing base, with limited financial means, compared to the USA, Russia, China, France and the UK. For many years European countries have pooled their resources to build combat aircraft (Jaguar/Tornado/Typhoon) and even the F-35 has major contributions from some of the larger overseas purchasers of the aircraft. Yes, they may buy in aircraft and avionics technology, but the core of the aircraft is home grown. In that context it is remarkable what Sweden has done. It may not have the capabilities of the F-22 or even some of the later 4.5 generation fighters but it does well for what the Swedish airforce needs at an affordable price. I take my hat off to Sweden and Saab!

I must've been living in a cave for too long that i haven't seen this channel until now! Thanks for your effort making this great review and please keep more of these coming. Instant subscribed by the way

interesting and educating explanation. I'm now in the middle of finishing my own scratchbuilt Jas-39 Gripen parkjet design while watching this video. Thank you so much.

I rarely subscribe to anything any more, but I might check more of your stuff out and subscribe. This is exactly the kind of calm, informed, reasonable tech discussion I like. Well done. And not a text-reader 'narrator' program to be heard! Nor a single stupid EDM/fantasy/adventure song to be heard.

First video I’ve watched on this channel. Very well put together and informative. Nice work!

Excellent as always!

Love it. Keep it coming.

Love your explanation!

Thanks for this video! I learnt something new and I feel like an fighter jet expert! :)

Excellent channel, I'm glad I found your channel. You're very good explaining things and you have hard to find info. The only thing I would suggest is to also give distances in miles or nautical miles for us in the USA :p. Thanks for your effort!

Very well researched: Thanks so much

Very informative and interesting. Thank you. You have a new subscriber.

SO GOOD! Thank you!

Well this is certainly a unique channel! I love it!!!

Tnx for the video!

It looks great for Canada. Easy maintenance is essential for arctic missions and the price is enticing.

Another GREAT VIDEO, thanks.

I was expecting a hidden compartment in the tail for schnapps to celebrate after a successful mission. Another quality content. Thanks

Absolutely love this channel! Finally someone able to explain fighter jets beyond surface level! Thank you so much! Also, part 1 of 2?! Whoo! ^^ Absolutly love JAS 39. But even i as a Swede have to admit the French Rafale wins the prize for most beautiful air-frame. Keep the videos coming! cheers!

Sorry I'm late only found you in the past few days Love the series sir, salute you.

Wow I'd love if you would do one of these for the Draken aswell! Great video, made me even more happy to work on aircraft

Amazing video!

Very well done.

Very Nice. Comments from Brazil!

Funny thing is , when "death" itself is engineered as an art, we cannot appreciate its beauty.

Great episode.

That angry frail guy, that can bet the tallest of all when provoked...

Great presentation

I am an avid military aviation buff. Just watched and subscribed to your channel. Very informative. Canada should be considering this aircraft as a replacement for the F-18A.

Very interesting cover.

I hope they include the little allen key that's so soft it rounds off before the assembly is complete and a miniature pencil that all the pilots and ground crew will pinch.

I thoroughly enjoy your deep dives. The Gripen is so reminiscent of the Convair 200/ 201. Although it was never produced, I think it could have been a success.

Grate vid!!

Very Nice!

Now that you have reviewed the Rafale and the Gripen, do you plan to do the same for the Typhoon? I would be really interested to understand the relative advantages & disadvantages that they have over each other.

Good job

If the politics were out of the equation, Gripen sales would have been far larger ;)

i recall some typhoon pilots on training said they were shocked how close the gripen got with its ECM!

very informative. Saab competing it for Canada's fighter replacement program. 👌🇨🇦

The aerodynamic fix is cool but fitting the F-414-EPE (116kN) would put the issue to bed for good. Fantastic little aeroplace just as it is though. In fact, even in its original form it was far from shabby. A worthy successor to the F-5 that can finally pick up the torch the F-20 sadly never got to carry.

I believe this is one of the best modern fighters today. The light weight of modern electronics and the efficiency of the delta/canard.... combined with the rapid improvement of light weight munitions......... well it makes for a very efficient and capable 4+ gen fighter. I believe SAAB, working with Boeing, BAE or Mitsubishi will have a 5+ gen fighter available in 10 years. It’s going to be interesting to say the least.

Um dos melhores caças que o Brasil vai adquirir (:

Please make some detailed video on Jf-17 Block 3 vs Gripen NG

Saab makes amazing fighter jet but The problem with gripen is they source parts suppliers they dont have control over. Which in turn makes it veey risky during a war situation, esp to secure parts.

Nice art.

It is said that the JA 37 Viggen is the only fighter jet to lock on to a SR 71. Now, this might just be a myth, but all thise planes we have constructed, J 29 Tunnan, A 32 Lansen, J 35 Draken, JA 37 Viggen and now the JAS 39 Gripen, make me a bit proud to be Swedish.🤓🇸🇪

I would love it if he covered the if-17 (block c)

Interesting doctrine. I can see the value of it to Sweden. Ty

It turns out that Saab cherry-picked its Cost Per Flight Hour statistics on Gripen C/D by only including POL (fuel and oil), not personnel, spares, and associated logistics to come to the $4,700 CPFH that has been constantly cited. That number never made sense to me. During the Swiss Air Force study, they pointed out that their analyses indicated a $21,000 CPFH, Saab then adjusted their number to $10,000 CPFH. It all depends on how someone picks and chooses what costs to include, and which to exclude.

Enjoy the description of the design aspects and your delivery.

Really interesting and good. But considering that Thai Gripens dominated the exercises with China and Australia and that the Gripens also dominated the Red Flag, i’m not sure about the easy pray statement.

This is what Canada needs...

Muito bom....Gostei muito....

Wrt the ability to grow in weight without penalization, the subsequent development of the F414 didn't hurt. I've always felt that the Gripen (and to a lesser extent the FA-50) demonstrate what was possible in an F-20 like program. The rest of the West missed an opportunity there.

+Subscribed! Keen to see more English language deep-dives into Swedish Aircraft. (My user picture is probably giving you and indication of how I feel about Swedish aircraft)

I wonder why US aircraft designers didn't stick to the delta wing configuration. When we were working on the F-102 and F-106, the engineers "pinched" the fuselage and it went supersonic.

@00:55 My local IKEA is out at the moment, but they let me purchase a great bedroom set in its place

Please make a video on Indian Hal Tejas aircraft

I have to assemble this thing myself. !!!

Is part 2 available yet?

How many times did he hit his head with the bookshelf behind, while recording this video?

0:26 Fact Errors begin. The Gripen is not the simplest - from an aerodynamic perspective it is the most advanced/radical of the 3 so called Eurocanard designs. You only have to look at the centre of gravity and the size and layout of the canards to understand it. Gripen also has access to tactics the other two don't. Tactics aimed at matching and outcombating more expensive planes.

You should make an analysis on Indian 4th generation fighter aircraft Tajes...!!!

A grear pity SAAB does not seem to have proceeded with the development of the stealth Gripen which was known as the Flygsystem 2020

Gripen E for the RCAF!! I hope the Canadian Gov't gives real consideration to this plane for the Canadian Forces with all the additional economic benefits for Canada.

Gripen “pragmatic simple complexity”.

Please make a video on Tejas mk1a from India. Thank you.

What about newcomer in class Tejas?

what a beauty she is. A proud Swede

Is this video about the gripen E or gripen C?

Sweds are always ahead. One of their submarine went undetected and targeted US carrier.

Logistics gotta be a nightmare with this strategy. Altough, if executed to perfection (to be expected from the Swedish army) it is genius!!

Why hasn't the Gripen been ordered? Why is production time and delivery so long? Besides land based regional flight how could the Gripen be adapted to other roles?

Please help clarify: what is the definition of super cruise?

The PAF Phillipine Air Force has to have this war planes, I mean this fighter jets!

For phillippine air force soon.😍😍😍

Norway had the choice between F-35 Sitting Duck and Saab Gripen, and sadly was bullied into buying US crap. Am just looking forward to see the Sitting Duck landing in the Norwegian Sea!

The underdog J-10 is the most maneuverable canard fighter and easily beats all other delta canards, but dont know how it will perform in bvr fights as european delta canards all capable of using the meteor

You are treasure in youtube

man plz let the music lower little bit

👍😎

Nut one reason that JAS are made small, it's because the JAS are harder to hit.

I wish Norway would have bought these or the F-16 Block 70 instead of wasting money on the F-35.

Supposedly the short range of Gripen A/B was a political decision. By limiting the range Swedish politicians could argue that the aircraft was a pure self defence platform and no direct threat to the Soviet territories across the Baltic Sea.

'Very Swedish' ? . I think UK had a bit to do with some of it, and it looks awfully like the Hawker P.106

Can you make a detail video on JF-17 thunder? And comparison between jf17 and Saab Gripen. That would be wonder.

Shame Switzerland removed it from their short list! Hope we wont get the US plane now!

I'm not spending 6 hours on my living room floor, trying to assemble a fighter with crappy pot metal allen wrenches.

Gripen actually doesn’t have relaxed instability, it is an inherent negative instability. Sort of a plane flying backwards. The canard contribute to the negative lift. Hence almost no induced drag when turning.

Trost, drack, leeft, vate.