EF-2000

Posted by: Maverick  //  Category: Fighter, Warbird

EF-2000


Official name: EF-2000 Typhoon.
Manufactured: Eurofighter, BAE Systems, EADS (UK, Germany, Italy, Spain).
Type: Air superiority and interceptor fighter.
Propulsion: Twin Eurojet EJ200 turbofans.
Maximum speed: 1,550 mph (Mach 2+).
Max supercruise speed: Mach 1.1-1.5.
Service ceiling: 65,000 ft.
Range: 1,840 mi.
Empty weight: 24,239 lbs.
Maximum takeoff weight: 50,705 lbs.
Wingspan: 35.92 feet.
Length: 52.36 feet.
Height: 17.32 feet.
Wing area: 538.2 sq. ft.
Thrust to weight ratio: 1.16.
Weaponry: 27 mm cannon and a maximum of 17,636 pounds of ordinance on 13 stations.
Development Status: 1st flight in 1994. Since then, 707 orders have been placed for the Typhoon from: Austria (15), Germany (180), Italy (121), Saudi Arabia (72), Spain (87), and Britain (232). Other countries that have shown interest in the Eurofighter include Greece, Japan, Oman, India, Brazil, Ramania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Turkey, and Switzerland.


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