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fighter
Cockpit Joystick Wings Tail fin
The high-tech cockpit is The Hands on Throttle and Stick (HOT AS) is a Delta wings have a span of Made from carbon f1bre, it provides lateral
designed to make life easy for single joystick that gives fingertip control of up to 10.95 metres and hold the stability and houses communication systems.
the pilot. Many functions are 24 functions, including throttle, manoeuvring, fuel tanks.
controlled by voice, while a target manipulation and weapon controL
heads-up display puts essential
data right in front of the pilot.
engines are four metres
in length and produce
up to 90KN of thrust
each. The simple
construction ensures
low maintenance, while
there is future potential
to increase power by up
to 15 per cent.
Discreet
Engines create little
smoke to reduce the risk
of visual detection.
Fuel systems
Fuel is stored in three tanks in the fuselage, a tank in
each wing plus drop-tanks hung below each wing.
An additional central drop-tank can be hung under
the fuselage. When fully fuelled, the Eurofighter
more than doubles in weight to 23,500kg.
What make the Typhon so formidable?
ARMED AND READY SMALL BUT GIVING IT FULL THROTTLE
FOR ACTION PERFECTLY FORMED The Eurofighter's twin Eurojet
The Eurofighter's formidable arsenal. The Eurofighter is remarkably turbofan engines combine a jet
The large items are, in fact, fuel tanks, compact - look at the size of the nozzle with a dueled fan. This
although long-distance missiles can pilot in the cockpit to get an allows efficiency at low speeds
be fitted. The yellow devices are idea. The wingspan is 10.95 combined with relatively quiet
laser-powered bombs, while the metres (less than that of a operation. They are equipped with
smaller grey items are short-range WWII Spitfire) and the length is afterburners (shown in operation
air-to-air missiles. The thin armaments 15.96 metres. This helps the here) which inject neat fuel into the
visible at the back of the fuselage are aircraft to be incredibly agile, jet stream to give a short increase
beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles. allowing it to change direction in power. However, the Eurofighter
There is also a Mauser BK-27 fast, as well as accelerate at an can cruise at supersonic speeds
automatic cannon. astonishing rate. without afterburner help.
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