Eurofighter Typhoon Combat Fighter Jet - Europe’s 4th Generation Fighter

[@motorad212]

1:22 hey look there's that nerf dart I've been looking for

[@Drache191200]

such a underrated comment XD

[@p7outdoors297]

Damn right

[@HuckerDuck]

So looking forward to flying this in DCS later on

[@juliomaldonado4028]

Me as well. The Eurofighter will be quite a beast. I hope they add the Rafale in the near to mid future.

[@danglingdave1787]

@@juliomaldonado4028 That wont happen for a long time its still in service with many air forces and they wont want people known the ins and outs of its systems.

[@damaan1243]

I can tell you that this thing is LOUD. I live near Pratica di Mare, Italy, which is the second biggest base in Europe! I have these things flying around all the time.

[@David-eh9le]

I was in Austria when These flew Low through the alps. What a wonderful sound

[@VisibilityFoggy]

"The sound of freeom," my friend. I think the only engine louder than the Typhoon might be the F-35, since they had to pack a gigantic amount of thrust in a single engine. They're having trouble finding bases for them in the U.S. since residential homeowners complain about the noise. The premier east coast base, NAS Oceana, won't have any for this reason. My understanding is they're trying to get some for Atlantic City International Airport in the Air National Guard so they can have a squadron that can respond QRA to threats to New York, Philadelphia and DC quickly.

[@JulesD92]

I live near a Base where one of Germanys 2 QRA Squadron is based,when they scramble with Afterburners its ridiculously loud.

[@danielgratton4187]

I live near an airport, where until a few years ago, Vulcan bombers would split your eardrums every Sunday! I still miss that wonderful noise, even if it was deafening

[@gripen6512]

@@David-eh9le austria is about to retired all of their thypoons right?

[@teddyballgame4823]

This aircraft really is one of the world's most capable fighters and involving into a excellent multi role fighter .The Eurofighter really gives NATO air force teeth . Great video .

[@zimworlddee919]

Its a fighter that can be good for some jobs,but thats also wanted

[@reservafederal5525]

I hope that when Perú has a budget, it will buy Eurofighter Tranche version 2.3 fighters from England, the United Kingdom from Bae System will also buy Rafale fighters from France, these European fighters are like 100.130 million euros more, you cannot buy combat fighters from Russia for the economic sanctions that can destroy the economy of Peru and neither buy combat fighters from the US and to South Korea, Peru and the US are allies because a Peruvian ambassador named Rivera Schreiber warned the United States months before the Pearl Harbor attack, the Peruvian was honored in the US, the problem is that the Americans make restrictions there will be problems with spare parts components the same is going to happen with the South Korean fighters because there were problems with the KAI KT-1 from Peru, Peru used British military weapons in the armed conflict of Cenepa we used British Canberra fighter-bombers, in the years 1975 to 1978, the government Peruvian wanted to acquire an aircraft carrier from England when Peru could have declared war on Chile, the English government had no impediment and the British said that if they could sell the aircraft carrier to Peru, Peru had the British British fighter-bombers Canberra and the Hawk Hunters to attack Chile, It would be good to buy European fighters for the Peruvian Air Force. Greetings from Lima Perú

[@dkoz8321]

@@reservafederal5525 Peru will not buy Typhoon. Rather it is highly unlikely. Its too expensive. Its far morelikely that Peru would buy F-16V Block 70/72, Mig-35, or JF-17. Perhaps Rafale if France subsidises the aquisition. US is highly unlikely to offer F-35 to Peru, and equally unlilkely to approve F-35 sale if Peru asks for it. Sorry but Peru is not sufficiently reliable South American ally to US.

[@figmo4227]

An utter beast! Managed to get myself on a air combat power talk with the pilots of these and had a awesome chat with the pilots! The next few years will be huge with Phase 2 and Phase three coming out in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

[@_Matsimus_]

Figmo 42 I thought you would be here early ;-)

[@figmo4227]

You know me Matt, I always have a hard on for this thing! Also Phase 2 will begin early 2018 and will add Meteor. In 2019 (Phase 3), its getting the CAPTOR E AESA radar which will massively increase effectiveness. Phase 3 will have brimstone capability.

[@TonyBates]

I worked on this Beauty, she is a dream airframe to work with. Thanks for this video Mats. :-)

[@Andrew-is7rs]

A truly beautiful platform. Brimstone addition and other bombs will be a superb addition in said role. I first saw one take off almost go vertical as i drove past an RAF base near Salisbury....stunning!

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I stood on the Mach Loop in Wales and watch four of these chase four F-15 Strike Eagles. It was the coolest thing I have ever watched. The maneuverability of the Typhoon is just stupid crazy. But the Strike Eagles were no slouch either. They came roaring by us about 100 feet above the ground and it was more felt in your chest than heard by your ears. Just insane. Can't wait to go back.

[@bradz9413]

Keep the vids comin Matsimus, I can’t get enough! 👍🏽

[@_Matsimus_]

Brad Z thanks brad!

[@TheEdwardSaenz]

Thank you for making videos that are worth watching.

[@Sir_Budginton]

You know the typhoon is actually quite aerodynamically unstable. This is what makes it so agile, it can reach a very high angle of attack allowing it to turn extremely well.

[@Akm72]

Typhoon is not really a high-alpha turner like thrust-vectoring aircraft or the F/A-18. What the highly-unstable canard-delta planform does for Eurofighter is to reduce drag during a turn which allows very good sustained turn performance at high speeds when combined with the high thrust/weight ratio. By way of comparison the F-16 was designed to sustain 9Gs while carrying a couple of Sidewinders and half internal fuel at ~30,000 ft. Typhoon can sustain a _climbing_ 9G turn while carrying _8_ AMRAAM and ASRAAM missiles.

[@Akm72]

The point I was trying to make is that there are different types of combat manoeuvrability. Thrust vectoring allows you to turn the nose very quickly at a significant cost in speed. Eurofighter is designed for energy manoeuvrability; to sustain speed and altitude while turning at high subsonic up to supersonic speeds. Given the way Eurofighter is designed to fight it is more useful to be able to sustain a 3 to 5G turn at Mach 1.5 to 1.8 and 50,000 ft than it is to make a hard 9G turn at Mach 0.8 and 30,000 ft (which it can also do if required).

[@Akm72]

Generally those post-Vietnam 1970s designs like the US F-16 and F/A-18 and the Russian MiG-29 and Su-27 were designed for subsonic manoeuvrability. They often had inferior supersonic sustained turn rates than earlier fighters. For example, anecdotally, the MiG-23 actually had better supersonic agility with it's wings swung back than the MiG-29. The MiG-29 could probably pull more Gs but would rapidly lose energy while the MiG-23 was able to sustain supersonic speed while pulling a few Gs in a turn. That's the downside of lift improvement devices like big LERXes; they generate a huge amount of extra lift and let you pull higher angles of attack, but they also generate a lot of drag during a turn. So it is fairly unlikely (IMO of course) that a big LERX design like the SU-35 can match the Eurofighter for sustained turn rate while supersonic. Subsonic it is a different story and Eurofighter pilots are probably trained to avoid that sort of fight like the plague.

[@stupidburp]

The Aerodynamic Modification Kit (AMK) improves EF low speed agility by a considerable amount. It is still fairly new though so may not be integrated in many fielded aircraft, if any.

[@Akm72]

I think the AMK was an industry technology demonstrator (as far as I can tell). I don't think any of the national military forces have a requirement for it and I don't think any have ordered or fielded it. I'm happy to be wrong though if you know better!

[@steven_003]

I have waited so long for this video!!! 😍

[@mustang5132]

The RAF does use the cannon. It was first decided in 1999 to not use it but that was changed around 2004. Recently the cannon was actually used for the first time in combat in either Syria or Iraq.

[@HappisakVideos]

Aston Martin of the skies, does it's job so well and is oh so pretty! :D

[@rid1bee]

Couldn't have put it better.

[@Lunat1K_Fr]

@SuperGoldnut nicely said

[@welshparamedic]

RAF named it Typhoon, in honour of the original Fighter/bomber the Hawker Typhoon of WW2 or as the Troops (allied) used to affectionately call it ''The Tiffy' The original WW2 typhoon, the 'Tiffy' was indeed an exceptional Tank killer being fitted with cannon and Rockets! One of the few things that German tiger tank crews feared was the typhoon and many a German tank came to grief as a result of the actions of this phenomenal aircraft i.e. The 'original' Typhoon! There is a good video here on you tube about this brilliant British fighter/Bomber, that never got the recognition it deserved! This naming the EuroFighter Typhoon after it's WW2 forefather isn't exclusive to the Typhoon! The American A10 'Thunderbolt' is called 'Thunderbolt' after the WW2 Thunderbolt! The F35 or Lightening 2 is named after the P38 or Lightning not to mention the British legendary English Electric Lightning of cold war vintage! The 'Modern' Eurofighter Typhoon, together with the Dassault Rafale, is a true Fighter/Bomber but it is said that the Typhoon is a better fighter and the Rafale a better ground attack, perhaps 'better' is the wrong word, what is meant is that the one version is 'weighted more for the one role and vice versa! Incidentally one of the early suggestions, had the UK's new carriers been built as true flat tops with 'cats and traps plus angled decks, was for a 'navalised' version of the Typhoon just as the french did with the Rafale. It is sad that the UK's carriers were not built with Catapults and an angled flight deck (both are British inventions) It was also suggested... (and still could happen, cash allowing....Hmm that means it wont!) ... that the Euro Fighter Typhoon's engine be fitted with thrust Vectoring and not just in the one plane vector, (180 degree) as the F22, but a complete 360 degree vectoring exhaust! as in the Russian Sukhoi 30 has together with it's canards! In fact a Eurojet EJ200 engine was fitted with a 'bolt on' vectoring exhaust to prove the viability of such a modification and it was successful, however this was on a 'statically' mounted engine , not on an actual aircraft!

[@Nghilifa]

The original Typhoon was a great aircraft, but the effectiveness of Aircraft attacking German tanks are heavily overstated. More German tank crews died as a result of bailing out of the tank, and thus being killed by strafing, bomb/rocket fragments etc, more so than a direct hit from a rocket or bomb. Fighter Bombers were great at destroying bridges etc, which greatly limited where the tanks could go, as not all bridges could support the weight of a Panzer IV, V, Tiger. Go check The_Chieftain´s channel for more info. He´s a former tank commander in the US Army, and is involved in the development of the game "world of tanks" kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH_NoZJqn75rprs

[@d.f.9140]

mmhhh if germany ever get a strangler (Würger) again^^

[@virtualinfinity6280]

Christopher Crosby: Fun fact: The British actually wanted to call the plane "Spitfire II" or "Spitfire 2000". But our German military - known to be completely lacking any sense of humor - was not *particularily* keen to that name :) Hence they settled for Typhoon. The thrust-vectoring successor/upgrade to the Ej200 is already running for years, however none of the users have yet requested the upgrade. Me too thinks, it is going to be cancelled due to lack of funding. Which is a very sad story, given it's heritage - thrust vectoring was originally invented in Germany by MBB in the 70s and implemented in the USA with the X-31, the only X-plane so far, which has been constructed in the USA with a foreign nation. I really want the British to be part of the successor of the Typhoon, despite Brexit. They have been instrumental in pushing the Eurofighter project to reality and designed most of the concepts leading to its astonishing maneuverability.

[@marcofava]

A thrust vectoring typhoon would make any other fighter for the next 15 years obsolete from the get go

[@Idahoguy10157]

VirtualInfinity ... the Germans knew the Eurofighter want going to be named after the Me-162 Sparrow. So the aircraft wasn’t going to get named after the Spitfire.

[@lochdogga]

Canards look great on fighters. Does anyone have an answer why most European aircraft go the canard-delta wing layout and the Americans go for the more traditional stabilizer?

[@hihahupu]

The canard is considered to be bad for stealth. Actually the canards are not for dogfighting as Matsimus said. They are great for maneuverability during supersonic flight and thus for evading missiles in BVLOS combat. I recommend going to see one of these in an air show. The sound is awesome :)

[@reserva120]

little airports..using highways etc etc..all steems from the Saab Viggin..

[@lochdogga]

That makes sense but how come the Chinese new stealth fighter the J-20 opted for canards?

[@shi01]

Well, You have to consider the extremely far aft center of gravity of modern fighter planes which leads to an inherent problem with the classic design to put the elevators at the back of the aircraft. Basically the abilitiy to pitch is determined to a high degree by the force the elevators create and the distance between the elevators and the center of gravity. Simply said, it works by the law of the lever. Now if you keep the elevators at the back and shift the center of gravity more and more to the back, you need a bigger and bigger force to achieve the same "reaction". The bigger force can only come from a bigger elevator and you can actually see this in the design of the F22 and F35. The elevators are huge. The other solution is of course to put the elevators to the front, which gives you a much longer distance to the center of gravity of the plane. Now because of this long lever you need very little force which enables you to design the elevators very small which gives you a considerable aerodynamical advantage. The canard-delta combination is very efficient solution when it comes to drag. Also the canards can help to create vortices over the main wing which will increase lift significantly under certain conditions, something you do in the classic design with wing strakes or chimes.

[@hihahupu]

The J20 like all fighters is a compromise between conflicting needs. J20 is mostly aimed at downing AWACS aircraft and not to operate deep in enemy territory like the F22. So the J20 does not have to be stealthy from all angles an the canard is probably a good compromise between maneuverability and still adequate for forward sector stealth. This website has a fairly good analysis of the J20, but know that the site is mainly aimed at dissing F35 so the analysis can be biased when ever something is compared to F35. www.ausairpower.net/APA-J-XX-Prototype.html

[@wessex8031]

My favourite plane, such a beauty!😍 Thanks Mats :D

[@_Matsimus_]

Wessex thank you!

[@sandwich5344]

Indeed Wessex! same goes for me! the epic and beautyfull Eurofighter Typhoon

[@Pow3llMorgan]

It's beautiful but I don't think it's quite as aesthetically pleasing as the similar Dassault Rafale.

[@ak-s8379]

favorite*

[@ak-s8379]

well you sure got your jimmy in a twist...

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

We just had 2 German Typhoon's out here at Nellis for an exercise, it was awesome hearing and seeing them fly over my house, they're incredibly loud for their size !

[@markholt1324]

always put on an awesome performance at air shows

[@athilianthony1002]

Could you please do a video on the Dassault Rafale as well? I really liked this video and would love to see one for the Rafale too

[@goodputin4324]

It's available online.. learn French you bastard

[@mermek6018]

@@goodputin4324 Jeez calm down

[@eukalyptusbonbon2983]

@@goodputin4324 no

[@goodputin4324]

@@eukalyptusbonbon2983 Oui

[@marcfs3047]

Good Putin bruh is you on drugs?

[@GeOl011919954]

An excellent multi role fighter I’ve always preferred two engines instead of one for reliability and safety reasons. A great video of the Eurofighter Typhoon thank you for sharing Mat👍

[@kalle5548]

Well, for defence single engine makes more sense, and for attack twins make more sense, because when defending airspace the biggest priority is to have the aircraft in the air, does quick maintenance is more important

[@bly2489]

I love the Eurofighter too! I remember when I once saw two of them flying supersonic over my town and intercepting a civilian plain that had troubles with it's communication.

[@brandonstrife9738]

It wasn't flyin supersonic i assure it wasn't.

[@mikeyforester6221]

@@brandonstrife9738 yeah that would shatter peoples windows besides they wouldn't need to just to catch up with a civilian plane.

[@jaykingsun7093]

Beautiful and F4 phantom should never be in the same sentence🤣

[@Tahoaster]

Cool Video! I work on them and thought you might like to know, On Typhoon, they arent called Canards. They are known as Foreplanes.

[@MrIridium192]

I'm amazed, how war birds may look so different due to unique design features and engineering approach, yet share similar capabilities at the end...

[@lillyanneserrelio2187]

Excellent point. In the end it comes down to the thrust / performance limits of all available jets engines (just like the many variations of cars with their different engines, weights, tires,yet all vehicles only having a performance difference [going 0-60mph/ 0-100kph] of only a few seconds). Seconds. and secondly, the limits of g forces the jet pilots can endure (the computers override certain jet commands to limit g forces and prevent flight instability aka Fly by wire).

[@alistairwebb1545]

The Typhoon doesn't actually have Cannards, but instead these are called Foreplanes. The difference between these is how they control the aircraft - Foreplanes only control the aircraft in pitch, whilst Cannards control the aircraft in pitch and roll. Also, the Typhoon does use the cannon, at least it has done in training sorties. Great video though!

[@aw9389]

This jet the typhoon eurofighter is really nice, I like my countries SU and migs, but It is very nice. How it performs as well, this information coming from my father.

[@simmyabis7330]

I love the su 33 color scheme and design

[@zoolkhan]

Worth to mention, germany is one of the main developing/building nations (Same as Tornado) - and in germany this jet was called "jäger 90" for a long time. Eurofighter Typhoon, is the "new name" after it became clear it will not be completed in the 90ies anymore :)

[@thenb5094]

As usual, you interrupt my movie/video jeez mat, how am I ever supposed to finish anything!! Great vid as always Mat!

[@_Matsimus_]

Fergo sorry lol

[@profesercreeper]

Love your videos Mat, love that u mention that you may have a bias and your lack of knowledge on aircraft. Makes me respect you more.

[@fletcher737]

Only been waiting for this since forever! Honest opinion love it! I come from a military background, lived in Germany as a pad brat and love all your videos fella keep it up! Also F-35... Opinion?

[@VoceCorale]

12:50 - 14:29 That's Grosseto air base in Italy, home of the 4th Squadron. My dad worked there in the F-104 era. So many memories...

[@Cartoonman154]

The eurofighter had planned to have thrust vectoring installed which can be seen demonstrated on youtube. The vectoring idea looks like it won't be not needed according to pilots. i recommend documentaries on youtube called "weapon of mass construction" and "Eurofighter - Typhoon Fighter Aircraft"

[@swunt10]

yes the TKF90 was intended to use thrust vectoring. that's why the eurofighter is aerodynamically made for it, so it could still be adopted. unfortunately the brits didn't want that tech in the development process at he time because of time and cost constrains.

[@Cartoonman154]

Even if they just put it on one eurofighter so we can see.

[@mississippirebel1409]

While the Typhoon is a beautiful aircraft and one of the best 4th gen fighters out there, what lets it down is that it doesn't have a AESA radar yet. I'm also really surprised to hear that the British air force doesn't use the cannon at all. Matsimus buddy, I'm sorry but the F-35 is a monster of a aircraft. Not only has it exceeded every expactations, it is proving to me a lot more capable than everyone thought. Stealth isn't a joke like some ignorant civilians would like to believe. My older brother has been flying the F-15E for several yrs now and has seen what the F-35 is capable of doing and it's not going to be very fun for any 4th gen fighter. As for single engine vs 2 engines, that is no longer and issue because the main reason why fighters needed 2 engines was because of reliability. Modern jets engines, like the one in the F-35 are EXTEMELY reliable and it is the most powerful jet engine ever put in a fighter. So there is no need for a second engine. But as far as the F-35, it is proving to be well worth the money because that aircraft is going to be in service for a very long time and it's unlikely that countries like Russia or China are going to be able to field anything that is capable of matching it for a several decades. It gives pilots the much more SA and the ability to penetrate high threat areas with advanced anti air systems. Something 4th gen aircraft can't do or at least not as well.

[@swunt10]

I love it's german TKF90 design. just like tanks and cars, if it's german, it looks good.

[@user-wt6lb3lu4y]

yeh no

[@ref8893]

@Kyle Pettigrew TKF90 preceded BAe EAP, the latter taking off where things were left developmentwise with TKF90.

[@terrywainman6050]

It's not a German design at all, the most important part of the eurofighter was the cockpit with all the electronics and that was built by britain!

[@etherealessence]

the eurofighter is a respectable fighter to be sure. gorgeous to look at and highly capable.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

We have a good record for by-commission projects. Panavia Tornado anyone?

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Too nice video in showing and clearly explaining characters and abilities of eurofighter typhoons aircraft and compared with other 4th generation aircrafts for other countries 👍👍👍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Zulikas69]

I bet my jet in kerbal space program is better.

[@juanlulourido548]

Zulikas69 i was thinkin the same lol

[@Exodon2020]

Ha! prove it!

[@damaan1243]

Try to beat my stock Air Force!

[@AugmentedGravity]

You're probably right.

[@TechnoGlobalist]

Eurofighter Typhoon and F-16 Fighting Falcon are the two most beautifull fighter jets. Eurofighter is more agressive looking, while the F-16 got the shines of a classic yacht.

[@ivanmatz5812]

I thought Saudi Arabia also operated the Eurofighter...?

[@danglingdave1787]

They do.

[@bobm4623]

I helped test the avionics on this plane when I use to work for BAE Systems.

[@RapidSteve]

You guys see Britains new plane? Its calles the Brexitfighter HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@arx3516]

I wonder if after brexit britan will be able to participate in joint developments like the typhoon and tornado. Without the common market the cooperation between cimpanies would be harder, i think.

[@arx3516]

@@ivorbiggun710 but with the UK out of the EU the trade will be more difficult, at that point cooperating with the UK wouldn't have any more advantages than cooperating with any other country, like Japan, or you know, France, a country capable to make their own aircrafts by themselves.

[@trainboyben7718]

ARX 351 well we have the tempest in development, until the government in all their intelligence cut the money to is and scrap the programme

[@xxDeath99Starxx]

was that meant to be funny?

[@tensevo]

It is funny, but when countries left the British Empire, it was seen as a virtuous thing to do, how cute those people are looking after themselves, seeking independence, standing up against tyranny and arbitrary power. Good on them for sticking it to the man.

[@bacleary9782]

You make good videos mat, good reviews that look legitimately non biased, and you dont used voice distortion which makes it much better in giving an honest opinion, just subscribed, keep them coming to canada, im hating on those fake american bias reviews.

[@_Matsimus_]

Ba Cleary thanks buddy :-) I appreciate that very much. I’m having an awful day and that cheered me up just slightly. Have a good day and I’ll continue to try provide you good content :-D

[@bacleary9782]

Matsimus Gaming sorry to hear, hope it gets better for you, take care!

[@filipvidinovski7960]

Never mind the text: the footage is awesome!

[@garywright4656]

What u never mentioned was it's piloted by the best trained pilots in the world and that in itself gives it an edge.thats buddy for ur brilliant vids keep it up

[@drbendover7467]

if its a dogfighting aircraft shouldn't they do cannon training?

[@vladimirpootis9690]

? Do you really think that any aircraft are actually going to get to use their cannons in MODERN dogfights? if anything, an aircraft will probably high tail out of the situation if it runs out of missiles.

[@drbendover7467]

every fighter should have guns just look at what happened when the dumbass brass thought that the F4 phantom didn't need guns, probably their biggest mistake ever at that time.

[@Delta4280]

Granted the issue during the Vietnam war was the air-to-air missiles of the time were VERY unreliable compared to now (also the fact North Vietnam used out-dated aircraft)

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

well a nice backup weapon is a nice addition. no matter the reliability of a missile it, it will never be 100%. counter measure are always developing.

[@XTRaptor]

Dr Bendover Apparently that’s a misconception during Vietnam the Navy never used guns and they consistently outperformed the Air Force throughout the war even though the AF did adopt guns for they’re F-4 and even the only ~6 US air to air kills were achieved using guns in the entire war

[@michaeldailey7103]

I believe the RAF has always ranked in the top three air forces in the world , Israel , and the US being the other two ! In similar planes they prove their skills consistently . The more I learn about the Typhoon , the more impressed I am ! Great video !

[@Neodymix2156]

Can you also make a video about the Dessault Rafale?

[@anwaribrahim3000]

The best of 4'th generation jet fighters.... EuR0FiGHteR_TypH00N,a fantastic jet👍

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

What a beautiful plane and a couple of those on the queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier would be awesome and didn't a air force general say it say it a good a f-22 but without stealth

[@SargeRho]

The Typhoon isn't carrier-capable, although a navalized version was proposed. It likely wouldn't be able to operate off of the QE-class carriers, though. The QE was meant to be able to support CATOBAR, but it's now only capable of operating V/STOL aircraft.

[@mancabbage1]

i think they have designed the new carriers to be convertible to catobar if the government change their mind in the future but don't quote me on that

[@MrBandholm]

According to a few former Admirals in the RN, the QE-class is not convertible to catobar...

[@1IbramGaunt]

bandholm well there's conflicting accounts, I've seen quotes from other high-ups claiming it IS

[@manicmute9440]

Band - Admirals aren't going to know if it's convertible or not, the engineers who worked on it will, and they say it is, because that's the way it was designed.

[@leusername]

So this is now officially my second favourite modern fighter jet next to the Jas 39 Gripen

[@Delta4280]

Matsimus, can you do a review for the Panavia Tornado GR.4 (aka: the most beautiful modern jet)

[@Tonycalvo1991]

I know my comment is a bit late but this is by far my favorite Ace Combat 7: skies unknown fighter jet, a pure dog fighter in a stealth obsessed world. I love it!

[@einherjar-dm8rp]

Do Dassault Rafale!

[@paolosprugnoli482]

Fuck rafale

[@smiley3012]

I absolutely love your videos. Sure makes my day better.

[@benpearson2339]

Can you please make a video on the australian/canadian aslav please matsimus

[@steven_003]

That would be cool.

[@defencebangladesh4068]

excellent pure work... thanks for your hard work 👍

[@_Matsimus_]

Iftekhar Ahmed thanks buddy!

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Matsimus Gaming you're most welcome.. currently my country is looking a good 4th generation fighter jet.. I think this will be perfect as no one using this in this region.

[@stupidburp]

Tranche 3a standard plus CAPTOR-E and AMK is a good version of this aircraft. EF has had potential but it has taken too long to realize that potential and push out the better capability versions. Logistics support has also been poor.

[@harri9885]

As capable as the EuroFighter is technically, in my humble opinion her best strengths lie between the seat and the stick. The RAF and Luftwaffe pilots who fly the EF have exceptional training, second to none.

[@eddgrs9193]

I don't know about the RAF, but the Luftwaffe is severely underfunded. They barely have any flying Typhoons. Lat year, the Lutwaffe only had 4 operational Typhoons. The best pilots are American, just because of the sheer amount of training hours they have. No one can match the crazy amount the US military is spending. I have trained along side the US Army in Hohenfels Germany, you'd be amazed how much they spend on every little exercise. They send Apaches and Blackhawks for every QRF call, even on platoon lever exercises, it's crazy.

[@4evaavfc]

An awesome fighter, better than most, but not as effectively versatile. It is also more expensive, more so than a F-35. Shame to hear about the job cuts. A video on the widely used LAV III would be interesting. Thanks, Matsimus.

[@1IbramGaunt]

LPMBB1815 you kidding me? You could buy two of these for every one of those! Don't get me wrong the F35's a superb aircraft but we should've just converted some of our existing Typhoons for the new carriers that we do, after all also already have, rather than spending billions upon billions on planes we won't have in numbers for three years at least

[@1IbramGaunt]

LPMBB1815 also 'effectively versatile' is simply not what the designers had in mind, it's an air superiority fighter, pure and simple and a damn good one, somewhere between an F15 and F22 in capability and meant to be used the same way- might not be stealth or very good at tankbusting but it'll outmanoeuvre and kill just about anything in the sky

[@4evaavfc]

Hello, 1IbramGaunt. The unit cost for the next block of F35A models is (USD) 80m or 90m for the F35B. A Typhoon costs (USD) 95m and has a 33% shorter lifespan and greater maintenance costs over its life span. I agree the long waiting time is frustrating and inefficient. It would have been great to have had a British design flying from the new carriers, but there is apparently a lot of UK industry involved in the JSF program. Economy of scale is working against the Typhoon now and in favour of the JSF. It'll be interesting to see how Typhoon's upgrades go and how it goes against British F-35s. breakingdefense.com/2016/05/f-35-wins-denmark-competition-trounces-super-hornet-eurofighter/

[@manicmute9440]

The F-35 will cost the UK £9.1 billion for 48. The Typhoon will end up costing around £22.9 billion for 160. So that's about £190 million per F-35 (the cost will go down as more planes are bought) and about £143 million per Typhoon. So the Typhoon is cheaper per plane, but of course it's not that simple as part of the Typhoon is built and has been developed within the UK. So the Typhoon is putting money back into the economy. The F-35 also does this but to a far smaller extent. Also, the F-35 has higher maintenance costs, that's just a consequence of it being a stealth plane. And that link doesn't support anything you've said, it just shows that the Danish government is attempting to justify buying the F-35.

[@jfb12321]

Loving the videos, would be great if you could do a video on my old workhorse, the F-111

[@thetreblerebel]

Dogfighting will always be needed. Even if they think itll never happen, if two aircraft meet they will dogfight. Vietnam was a great lesson in that. Least we forget...

[@timothymarchant9079]

So much this.

[@arslankhan2134]

in Vietnam this tech was in its infancy.

[@thetreblerebel]

@@arslankhan2134 it really was

[@scarface9767]

personly im in love to death with the f4 phantom bat the typhoon was the first aircraft that you fly in acecombat 3 in the first mission thats the aircraft that i flew as a kid :)

[@lil_redp938]

Mat please could you talk about the history of weapons from ww1 to today (England) and what's your favourite sniper in ww2 mine is Springfield

[@1IbramGaunt]

Simple Alek24 he mostly sticks to more modern period stuff, WW1 and WW2 stuff isn't really his thing

[@stupidburp]

Norwegian M1930 Sniper variant of Krag-Jørgensen in 6.5x55.

[@kingtigerbooks1162]

I flew an A-10 for several years. I thought our base was being attacked so I went out and strafed a rusty school bus, a Honda Civic and a Tyrannosaurus. The boss smelled alcohol on my breath so I never got credit for the dinosaur. My cousin maintains Phantoms for the Japanese airforce and he says hardly a day goes by when they don't scramble to drive off some giant lizards. These are my 3 favorite aviation books: - Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson

[@TotalRookie_LV]

I've seen a couple of those during low fly-over demonstration in Latvia a few years ago. No idea if those were British or Italian, as both nations had Typhoons stationed on Baltic air policing at the time. Beautiful birds.

[@harri9885]

One funny detail that is often forgotten is that the Rafale is an offshoot of the Eurofighter programme; The French navy especially (please correct me if I remember wrong) grew restless and needed a cheaper and lighter version for the Charles de Gaulle carrier. Originally Dassault was one of the EFA partners but then broke free to make Rafale.

[@harri9885]

Oops, never mind, you actually mentioned it! It is such a usually omitted fact though. Sorry mate! :)

[@harri9885]

Very good video!

[@briskice7759]

Best Aircraft ever

[@1IbramGaunt]

Spencer Herbison perhaps not the best AIRCRAFT specifically ever, that's a bit too generic a term, it's certainly one of the best jet fighters ever though and unquestionably the best to enter British service so far

[@VimyScout]

Beautiful aircraft that carries a great aviation name

[@donnibrasko1]

The curves on this bird are gorgeous, i just wonder if they could redesign the intakes to lower rcs like they did to our F-18s! God bless America and the F-22......

[@donnibrasko1]

U wot m8? I wasn't a fan of the Super Hornet but look how well that turned out?

[@jellysquiddles3194]

We don't know whether the designers already tried that or not. They obviously went for maximum mobility which at the same time means most efficient air-intake. So my guess is that it's carrying capability is due to the intakes position. As M states, that isn't a stealth fighter, but a dog fighter.

[@spawnof200]

from what i undertsand part of the purpose of the location of its intakes is to obscure the heat signiture from the front of the engines

[@robcohen7678]

Anyone know what those weird bumps are for on the back of the pilot's helmets? Something having to do with head tracking to aim weapons?

[@arandomyoutuber6634]

the Eurofighter jet looks cooler than every other even the F22

[@kevinh3979]

Are you kidding me? It looks cooler than the F22? You might need a goggle check.

[@Anderixx]

My favourite is still the Tornado. I love the view of F22 or Eurofighter, too. But the Tornado is like a old handmade car.

[@steven_003]

Do a video about an anti aircraft system.

[@bruhh249]

Steven003 He already has.

[@FromMyBrain]

doesnt count till tunguska event

[@steven_003]

Whaaat?!??!? I havent seen them yet! 0.0

[@chrisspencer6502]

It would be nice to hear about the s400 Vs patriot. Personally I feel the s400 could be a more superior system as it has a near in protection add on. At the moment I feel Russian equipment offers better value for money.

[@dumdumbinks274]

I personally think the S-400 can be said to be specialised for long range air defence even compared to the Patriot. Patriot PAC 3 batteries hold more missiles, so a single system could possibly be better overall, but the S-400 definitely beats it at long range, and in Russian doctrine is guarded by SHORAD anyway.

[@AugmentedGravity]

Damn these fighters are beautiful to see up along with the boys.

[@Rohrkrepierer]

Austrian Jet in the thumbnail = Insta like

[@jonny2954]

Aren't they about to replace them?

[@Rohrkrepierer]

Nein

[@jonny2954]

Huh? www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/oesterreich-mustert-eurofighter-aus-a-1156568.html www.n-tv.de/politik/Osterreich-will-keine-Eurofighter-mehr-article19925967.html www.flugrevue.de/militaerluftfahrt/kampfflugzeuge-helikopter/oesterreich-phast-eurofighter-aus/728580

[@Rohrkrepierer]

Nothing finalized yet, new government isn't even in action yet, and I bet you that we will buy even more Typhoons instead of scrapping the old ones...

[@ThomasTee]

Basically EADS only got the contract because their pockets were deeper than Saabs. That has come to light recently and that's why everyone here is upset now. And iirc we had a black-blue government than and we have a black-blue one now.

[@bjornnordstrom]

Interesting fact (that I did not know about): Maintenance cost is about 25% of the total lifecycle cost for the Typhoon, but 50% for the Tornado. I wonder what the figures are for MIG 29, SU 27, F15, F18, F35, JAS 39 Gripen, Rafale, etc.

[@ukoctane3337]

Dirtiest engine sound in the history of jet engines when this thing turns on the burners...

[@muttleyjones2]

I love the look of this aircraft, and believed it to be a good way to reduce cost while expanding the base of expertise across European cutting edge engineering and software development with only perhaps a small toll to be paid in the sharing of information with countries that were hardly likely to become our enemies. Unfortunatrly for the UK we allways have to be aware of the cost of a new weapons platform and as a result can't allways opt for the very best option available. Perhaps in the future we may be seen to take a leaf out of the USSR handbook when it comes to weapon manufacture which is build them as cheap as possible but rugged and long lived while paying less attention to finish and making the length of flight maintenance as long as possible unlike the obscenely short flight life of USA jets before massive maintenance and refit is needed.

[@puntoni]

Can you review Russian Attack Planes and their role in Syria ?

[@visumJay]

I'm also a big fan of the F-16, in fact I'm building an experimental ameture built aicraft losely based on the F-16. Roughly 1/2 scale. That said I've always regarded both the Typhoon and the Rafael as absolutely gorgeous fighters. It'd be interesting to compare sustained turn rates in typical dog fighting configurations.

[@rubberductape4985]

I'm going to miss the Tornado if they faze it out. ):

[@shidder_mutt]

Bravo 2-1 poor girl is going to be put down a virgin.

[@kingchooet9966]

rowsdower lol what?

[@1IbramGaunt]

rowsdower hardly a virgin but yeah

[@DennisBell-tz2sb]

It’s just bloody gorgeous.

[@viorelviorel2324]

i love delta wings next up its french rival Rafale maybe?

[@jellysquiddles3194]

the Rafale isn't really its rival, but the inspiration of the design for the Euro Fighter

[@viorelviorel2324]

they compete for sales so i say they are rivals in that way

[@jellysquiddles3194]

makes sense... did the french upgrade their Rafale though?

[@viorelviorel2324]

i believe so dont know for sure

[@Akm72]

_"...the inspiration of the design for the Euro Fighter"_ Rafale didn't exist when the planform for Eurofighter was selected. Eurofighter was inspired by the late 1950s delta-winged aircraft which had excellent supersonic performance but had to sacrifice landing performance and sustained turn rates at subsonic speeds. The designers realised that they could combine a highly unstable delta-wing design with canards and fly-by-wire with modern high thrust engines and lightweight materials to gain all the benefits of a pure-delta wing with none of the downsides. So it's a design that allows them to both have their cake AND eat it.

[@simonbenjamin428]

Beautiful plane just like the SU-27, F-16 and MIG-29. All gorgeous

[@shaolindreams]

Sex with wings... my favourite warplane along with the F-16 :P

[@douglasarthur2673]

ShaolinDreams Treat your plane the same way as your woman. Get inside her five times a day and take her to Heaven and back.

[@perturbthepixel1410]

@@douglasarthur2673 *oh shi-*

[@aon10003]

I like the way you are reporting. Posirtive and adult, thanks.

[@manyinterests1961]

Is this the very expensive one that keeps crashing and killing its pilots while never being used in actual combat operations ?

[@Logarithm906]

Nope. You're probably mixing up the F-22 and the F-35, one spent months choking its pilots to death and has a hilariously expensive unit cost (as well as a fear of the international date line) and the other will be operational "Soon(tm)" and has been really expensive to develop (but will likely be cheaper in the long run). Basically if the manufacturer name starts with "Lock" and ends with "heed" you're gonna get messed about by them, but they will make something good at the end of it. Of course you could also be mixing up any number of the Sukhoi or Mig variants that got developed and never manufactured (all of the iconic airshow crashes are from Suks and Migs). But no, the Eurofighter isn't massively expensive, hasn't found especially creative ways of killing its pilots and is in service and bombing stuff for several air forces (i believe at least).

[@AnuragDDethe]

You should do a video on the Indian LCA Tejas. Its a relatively new Light Fighter developed indegenously by India. You should maybe also do a video on the Su-30MKI, on of the largest platforms of the Su-27.

[@peti7021]

Hey Matsimus! Can you change your intro? Its been so long lol

[@_Matsimus_]

J F3TI I’ve only had my channel 3 years lol

[@hunguyen1402]

Look at that so amazing on sky so smoothly on the air

[@baochaule9190]

please do reaction on Vietnamese army training

[@steven_003]

+Bảo Châu Lê Link?

[@baochaule9190]

on youtube

[@AlexSDU]

Which one?

[@baochaule9190]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYjXY6RoadSlgrc Physical training

[@baochaule9190]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqPbf2RpgZJ3oMk Comando training

[@mameshiba1681]

Fastest climbing fighter jet is the Eurofighter Typhoon in its interceptor configuration with an “official” maximum climb rate in excess of 318m/s or 62,600 ft/min

[@ooahahbannana4101]

It's 🇬🇧

[@albertsjoberg1200]

Thanks for the video. Slight slip of the tongue when you said the air to air refueling is on the right of the nose (8:30) when the images show it on the left (7:54). Or have you mirrored the video?

[@rid1bee]

+Matsimus Gaming, Great video as usual (big fan of your military videos), but you forgot to mention that among Typhoon operators, Saudi Arabia purchased 72 Typhoons, along with new orders from Kuwait (28), Qatar (24) and Oman (12).

[@paolosprugnoli482]

Kuwait typhoon Italian technology

[@anngo4140]

This jet is lovely, lovely, lovely.

[@lorrewatkins5925]

Just a recommendation Mat, it would be nice if you could explain what some phrases mean because not everybody knows what super-cruise is for example ?

[@JTA1961]

What's the intake at the tail for / do ?