NOTE: RADIO CONTROL AIRPLANES ARE ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE PAGE.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is considered by many as today's premier European made fighter aircraft.
Pilots report that the aircraft is "exhilarating to fly" with high maneuverability. The twin EJ200 turbofan engines combine light weight, high thrust, and low fuel consumption.
Typhoons are being deployed throughout Europe and in Saudi Arabia. They have been deployed since 2004.
The Eurofighter Typhoon features a HUD (Head Up Display), terrain following radar and navigation, all weather attack ability, Single Display Processor graphic outputs (SDP), Multi-function Head Down Display (MHDD),
Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR), Moving Map Display (MMD), GPS Inertial Navigation, Direct Voice Input (DVI) module for control of non critical systems, Hands On Throttle And Stick (HOTAS) for multiple functions without the pilots hands leaving the throttle
The aircraft also has Fly By Wire (FBW) Flight Control System (FCS) with quadruple redundancy, auto approach, auto attack, auto throttle, auto-track, auto-way point, and All Systems Central Processing (ASCPU).
The Typhoon is one of five fighters which are in the running for a 126 airplane order from India. We understand that an announcement should be made by the Indian government regarding the outcome of aircraft testing some time in mid 2010.
Saudi Arabia has ordered 72 Typhoons and Australia 15.
To date approximately 160 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft have been produced with orders placed for some 559 more.
attack
E62,900,000
one or two
Eurojet EJ200
2- 21,500 lbs ea.
52' 5"
35' 11"
21,500 lbs.
46,300 lbs.
1- 27mm
ten
14,300 lbs.
848 mph
1,480 mph
50,000 fpm
60,000 feet
2,300 miles
3/27/94
2004
Radio Control Airplane
SAPAC America rc Eurofighter Typhoon.
Radio Control Airplanes
The picture immediately above is of the rc Eurofighter Typhoon scale model for sale from SAPAC America. The ARF has a wing span of 37 1/2" and a length of 39 1/2". A 4000 KV motor driving a 65 mm fan comes with the all foam rc airplane.
Nitro Planes has a rc Eurofighter Typhoon for sale that comes ready to fly. It has a wing span of 26 1/2" with a length of 38 1/2" and all up weight of around 23 oz.
Green Air Design has a ARF rc Eurofighter Typhoon EDF for sale. It is made from Depron with a wingspan of 24" and a length of 30". To power it you will need a pair of 2300 Kv motors plus 44 mm EDF units.
Parkjets has two plans for the rc Eurofighter Typhoon. Not shown is their 24" wingspan radio control jet. Typical propulsion can be a Himax 2015-4100 geared motor with a pusher prop.
Parkjets plans for the 30" wingspan rc Eurofighter Typhoon produced the rc airplane that is shown in the first picture below. Length is 42" with a weight around 20 oz. The pusher prop is spun by a Hacker A20-20L motor.
The second picture below is a sweet looking Grumania Jet Model rc Eurofighter Typhoon. It has a wingspan of 48" and a length of 62". Weight is around 15 lbs. Grumania says that you can use any turbine with more than 11 lbs. thrust for power.
The final picture on the page is of the nice rc Eurofighter Typhoon by Aero Dreamworks of RC Groups. Wingspan is 26" and length is 34.5". Power for the pusher prop rc airplane is provided by a C28-30 motor.
Please email us if you have built a rc Eurofighter Typhoon, or if you would like to recommend one.
George Garr of Las Vegas, NV writes:
"I built the 30" parkflyer Eurofighter Typhoon rc from the Parkjets plans It flies easily, and has a very light wing loading. The ailerons are effective and the elevator is not overly sensitive. It does all the aerobatics, but what it does best is fly very slowly with a nose high attitude."
Eurofighter Typhoon
