The roll rate of this thing looks insane. I just love the design philosophy behind it, it is small, can be landed on normal streets and can be turned around by conscripted personal, and it still can be a challenge for the best.
not depending on a big juicy target as a landing strip or airfield that the enemy LOVES to take out is what makes it so dangerous and effective. And of course the easy fast maintenance that makes it hit and hide over and over again
Not just a challenge. This thing consistently kept winning 1 vs. 5 encounters in Alaska against latest F-16's flowns by USAF a couple of years ago during NATO simulations.
@@RaXXhaOf course. 🙂 But then there are actually real ”Saab pilots” as well, as in pilots exclusively working for Saab. If you happen to go to an air show where the brand new Gripen E is seen flying, it will be flown by *a Saab pilot* since this new fighter model has not yet entered service with the Swedish Air Force. 😉
Yeah. But we need to make our own Nuclear missiles and airdefense systems. NATO was a mistake. First the mounted down our defense for years saying we do not need a defense, then when we don't have one they say we should join NATO. It's ridiculous.
I imagine that was very hard to film and yet you made it look seamless. The mark of a seasoned pro! Of course, we, all of us expect nothing less! Keep them coming please.
Styrspaken har blivit mer eller mindre pekdon i dessa flygplan. Peka vart du vill åka och datorerna tar dig dit. 😆 Har inte charmen med aerobatics försvunnit då..? Okej jag är bara avundsjuk, har bara flugit simulator.🙃
Small jet indeed but sounds like a really big one. Heard them start with a full afterburner on the island of Gotland, an absolutely incredible sound! Fortunately, Gripen C will protect the Swedish airspace for many more years together with its new sibling Gripen E.
I saw the gripen twice today along with the rest of the show program from a park and view area in the so called danger zone 200ft over my head my ears are still ringing love it ! Personally I’d say the gripen is the loudest plane above the rest shown at the show
Maybe the noise from each engine disrupts the other? Like sound waves coming from one way interfering with another equal and opposite wave which creates zero? Idk
Man... As a SAFFER I never get tired of the Gripen. Small, agile and deadly in its class. That modded F-16 powerplant also doesn't hurt, lol... thanks!
The F-16 started out with the GE F-100 engine and later version have the F110, commonality between the F-16 and F-15. The Gripen started with a tuned up version of the GE F-404 but for the Gripen E they employed the F-414G
My guess is that JAS 39 gripen outmatches a F16 in most cases , and this plane is of a older generation with less power and older electronincs as radars and other .
Americans: "jas39gripen don't have stealth.." The Swedes: "well we land on a hidden road in wartime and rearm and refuel in 15 min..we don't need stealth the enemy don't even know what hit them and where we came from. How is your stealth at the big juicy target called a airfield"?=)
@@andersmalmgren6528 ohh i do miss the "Saab 37 Viggen "..did grow up with them roaring over my neighborhood..and practice landing on a road near . Practically a big engine with wings and canards =)
@@nattm6553 The roar of the Viggen when taking off with afterburner is insane. It isn't enough to block the ears because the vibrations goes through the skull bone. It's scary powerful.
Nice filming! Too bad it wasn't painted in the more visible splinter pattern. It got some of that whistling noise like the Hornet, but not as loud as the crazy sounding Hunter.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="248">4:08</a> : why don't we hear the turbine noise earlier? Is it speed related? Or is it related to the jet's position relative to the audience?
That sound happens when the plane comes in at high speed but with the engine turned down to idle. That creates a flute kind of effect, and coupled with the doppler effect it creates this amazing sound. Almost like the sound of a ricochet from a bullet. 🙂
And i was there in the 90's when it crashed (that no one died is incredible) we had to jump in the water.. First we were "wow what a move" then "wtf shouldn't he be IN the plane" must have been about 50k ppl watching it.. (sorry for posting a link on your page but thought you wanted to see it ;) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pEIGl1MEeWs.html no click bait shit
The Gripen C/D has been in Thailand for more than a decade, yes? Has done very well in exercises against the Chinese AFAIK. The Thai Air Force had five Gripens in Australia just now, where they performed really well in Pitch Blackmas well. 🙂 We are all waiting for the Thai politicians to make the decision to purchase Gripen E/F as the Thai AF recommends. 🙂
It must be an political thing that SAAB Gripen is hard to sell. They are way better than F16. And the US wants to sell their F16. You don't have to be a rocket engineer to get that thing. It's a shame, Gripen is a formidable aircraft. Like the Swedish subs who sank US aircraft carriers over and over 2 years in an exercise. It's little bit of that here I'll think.
It is NOT allowed to fly displays with armed fighter planes! An accident (crash) could cause many deaths among the spectators, if missiles were to explode...
