Take a tour of an RAF Typhoon fighter jet policing NATO's skies 

Came out today that if we went to war we’d run out of ammo within two weeks. Complete joke

@@TheLastCrumb. In Lithuania we say: "When we will run out of bullets we gonna shoot with bloomers". Only it rhymes in our language.

Sadly, the Russian Asset we have as PM right now, will still be PM around the end of 2023. And it's not the overall budget that's limiting the RAF, it's the money being siphoned off to consultants and private contractors who have inserted themselves between Government defence decisions and the procurement and deployment contracts - all at great expense with no material benefit or improvement of efficiency. BTW- I love the RAF and love the Typhoon - it rocks.

@@nodisalsi What "Russian asset"? Please explain.

@@Anglo_Saxon1 must be reading fairytales

Yeah, Very dependable and highly capable and agile aircraft in the modern aircrafts...!

the speed is likely just an issue of official secrets, and we're still partway through transitioning to Meteor

Its almost tradition for RAF Manuals to understate the Speed of the Aircraft by now, it was the same on the Tornado (GR.1 Manuals are declassified) and Jaguar with the Manuals of the Italians/Germans and French respectifly all stating a higher speed

Probably with bags and stores it's m1.8

@@warhead_beast7661 shouldn't it be said as Mach 1.8+ then?

@@harrywright6544 depends if you want zo go of what the English manual states or of what other sources state

Yes indeed,and also very well deserves...!

Meteors are new, it wouldn't br a case of any more but not yet.

I'm afraid it's you that's doing that! Why would an RAF Typhoon engineer know anything about the aircraft? You obviously know better. But for those on planet Earth who have sadly read your drivel... Canards are frequently called foreplanes (as opposed to mainplanes or wings). Most drop tanks ARE NOT supersonic rated and do indeed have to be jettisoned before supersonic acceleration because of their high drag and the risk of their structural failure: these do not. And no, they aren't going to rip the wings off the jet. The wings contain hard points, which are the internal structures on to which are mounted the external pylons - no they aren't the same thing, although that misunderstanding is very widespread. Typhoons have BOL 510 chaff dispensers within the rear of the outer missile launch pylons (these carry ASRAAM in the case of RAF jets); the inner flaperon actuator fairings contain flare dispensers for flares and Brite Cloud decoys. The video omitted to mention the towed decoys within the starboard wing tip pod. It also failed to mention the Meteor air to air missile, which is the FGR4's primary weapon, or the internal Mauser BK-27 gun. But nobody remembers everything!

@David - Blimey mate get your arse down to BAE as they are clearly missing a few tricks ... smh.

So you feel comfortable stating in public the SENGO is wrong. That takes a special kind of stupid…you must be proud.

@@achosenman9376 In reality Sengo’s are often wrong 😂 But in this case he’s speaking more sense than this bloke dave is

Foreplanes and Canards are completely interchangable. Everyone I've ever dealt with in the RAF has called pylons pylons.

Yes the RAF FGR4 has been progressively upgraded and in its latest form is passed to deliver Meteor as well as AMRAAM and ASRAAM in the air to air role. It is also passed to deliver Paveway II and IV guided bombs and Brimstone guided missiles using the Litening III targeting pod (a later version of what the Tornados used) and Storm Shadow cruise missiles. And don't forget the 27mm Mauser internal gun. However not every FGR4 has been through the latest upgrade period and the new CAPTOR-E radar is being rolled out as it becomes available.

@@1chish : Thanks for the info.👍

All aircraft need attitude control [yaw, pitch & roll control] - the Eurofighter especially needs automated attitude control because it is designed to be negatively stable to maximise manoeuvrability. Impossible for the pilot on her own [without attitude control] to fly this monster.

@@nightjarflying I assumed it was a typo for altitude control?? Is it a technical term then?

@@BeAFreePerson It's not a technical term - it's older than the modern informal meaning of truculence - a modern American invention. Attitude refers to the position of a body - thus in aviation it is specifically the 'facing' of an object in flight compared to its flight direction [nose left attitude, nose down attitude etc etc].

What are the argy pirates flying these days?

Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanṭa is in Romania hence these are NATO skies.

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