SaiK wrote:I am already dhoti shivering if Kat can kutta fight with bhandar and j20 sundars.
The Fundaar will be no competition for Katrina. She will make
kheema out of the JF-17. Not sure about the J20 as it is just flown and is only a prototype. Nothing is known about her.
It appears the test pilots of the IAF found the Typhoon's man-machine interface presenting data streams from dozens of sensors on a single screen was the best. Rafale demonstrated outstanding instantaneous turn capabilities. By the way, Rafale has greatly impressed the experts by its performance in the recent Libyan sorties.
Saik: This above quote from the Hindu article...I can almost guarentee that the author got the two aircraft mixed. I believe it is the Rafale's sensors that can present data stream from dozens of sensors on a single screen and it is the Typhoon that has some impressive instantaneous turn capabilities, thanks to her powerful EJ-200 engines.
All Katrina lovers
M-U-S-T read this article. A bit dated (Nov 2002), but interesting details. Link posted below;
France's Rafale has fire, but will glory remain a mirage?
http://www.fighter-planes.com/info/rafale.htm
Selected quotes from the above article...
The Rafale has an operating empty weight of around 22,000 pounds and was initially designed with a maximum take-off weight of 49,600 pounds. That figure has now been increased to 54,000 pounds, and Dassault is preparing a further jump to 60,000 pounds.
Without fuel or weapons, a Rafale weighs some 3,000 pounds more than a F-16C, but it can take off 10,000 pounds heavier. This allows the Rafale to carry as much as 21,000 pounds of external stores in addition to 9,000 pounds of internal fuel. With twin conformal fuel tanks holding a total of 600 US gallons of fuel - designed and flight-tested by Dassault during its campaign to win Korea's fighter contest - the Rafale can perform a 1,000-nm-radius strike mission, carrying both heavy air-to-surface weapons and air-to-air missiles.
Contrary to US or other European practice, the Rafale cockpit uses touch-screen panels. The 6-x-6-in. screens on either side of the HLD are touch-sensitive, and there is a touch-control cursor panel beneath the HLD. One advantage of touch-screen is that it provides more glass area in the same space by eliminating the ring of bezel switches around each screen. The Rafale pilot will be issued special silk-lined leather gloves, with no stitching on the fingertips, and a chamois insert, for wiping the screens, above the fingers.
SaiK: Saar, especially for you!
Despite all this automation, the French air force decided in the early 1990s that most of its operational Rafales would be Rafale B two-seaters. According to Dassault executives, this was not a matter of the pilot-vehicle interface failing to measure up to expectations. Rather, the service concluded that many Rafale missions would be longer and flown in more complex environments than expected. The French Navy is following suit, and as many as 40 of its 60 aircraft will be two-seat Rafale BM fighters.
Then go find it. Be my guest.
Wow! Pride comes before the fall.
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