What went wrong? Why doesnt anybody want to buy this thing anymore?

What went wrong? Why doesn’t anybody want to buy this thing anymore?

  1. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Costs more than an F-35A. Worse in most ways. Ugly. And for customers that the U.S won't sell to, there's always the Rafale which is still better than the Eurofighter.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >Rafale which is still better than the Eurofighter.
      It's not exceedingly better, but it has a singular advantage over it: it's navalized. So a country like "superpooer by 2040" can buy Rafales to replace their shit SeaMiGs, but can't do the same with Typhoons.
      Honestly, krauts sperging over having to pay for naval capability was the worst thing that could've happened to the EF project.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Well Germans are huge pussies and they probably will block the sale if they think you are not carbon neutral enough or whatever. Additionally, the Rafale has seen a ton of combat deployment while the EF is an airshow queen

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >It's not exceedingly better,
        in everything but pure bomb load its worse, it has poorer aerodymanic performance, worse weapons selection lower speed and supercruise, lower ceiling loer thrust weight ratio.

        rafale has better marketing and an absence of germans.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        what exactly differentiates a normal rafale/f35 with the naval version?

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          Mostly a stronger landing gear

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          >beefier landing gear
          >strengthened frame
          >improved tailhook
          >launch bar
          >F-35C has bigger wings to carry more fuel and get extra range

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >Costs more than an F-35A.
      Nope F35 costs more to buy, more to keep and more to use.

      >https://www.pogo.org/analysis/selective-arithmetic-to-hide-the-f-35s-true-costs

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Sorry after the pogo.org scandal last year it isn’t acceptable as a source. Sorry it didn’t work out like you’d hoped

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >Ugly
      Wrong

  2. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Many do, but Germany are cucks so block sales.

  3. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    It’s dead as a platform. Anyone wanting last gen fighters would be better served buying Rafaels or new production f-15s

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      If it's dead then why are they still being built and new versions are coming?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Probably because the people building them tied their egos up in the project. It’s a shame that this happens but it’s actually pretty common. The market has certainly rejected it as of late

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          If the market has rejected it why do Saudi Arabia keep trying to get 70 of them? Rafale was the second choice.

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            Saudi arabia doesn’t want the euro fighter. To allow certain producers of typhoons to save face they asked Germany to tie up the process. It’s called politics and this is well known. Lurk moar

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              dumbest thing i've read today

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                Sorry you’re new to this type of thing. Lurk moar. There is a reason Rafael is consistently outselling the eurofarter, and the reason is that the raf is just better

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >Rafael
                am I supposed to take seriously somebody who doesn't even know the name of the plane he's having edgy opinion about? lmao

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >Rafael
                Opinion discarded.

                >Minor spelling mistake, I win!

                nta but have a nice day

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                that's not a spelling mistake, that's you clearly not being entirely up to speed on machines you're trying to talk about

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >Rafael
                Opinion discarded.

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                Personally I prefer Michelangelo

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            Sauds buy them because they employ mercenary pilots accustomed with the Typhoon.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Because Yurope is the land of socialist job programs making mud pies.

  4. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Because the new hotness is here.

  5. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Same reason the challenger 2E flopped. There are better options available on the market. Simple as

  6. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >The latest order from Germany secures production of Eurofighter Typhoon until 2030
    I think they'll be alright

  7. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Costs more than an F-35 and if the US won't sell to you the British/Germans probably won't either. That just leaves the Rafale because frogs give zero fucks how many journalists your dictator executes.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      france mostly has an independent foreign policy whil germany and the uk are america's lapdogs

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        France's "independent foreign policy" is to sell to anyone paying in cash and then blame the US.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >independent
        That's an interesting way to spell fuck over the west when it suits you because you're still mad at not even being a leader in europe anymore.

  8. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    The Rafale is better.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Obviously. This is another one of those warrior bad threads. Anytime an objectively bad British weapon is posted just know that it was posted because it’s indefensible and somebody wants to “own the bongs”

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >it’s indefensible
        kek warriortard will never not be 100% correct in his assessments

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >Looks better
      Thats where it ends the Eurofighter is the better jet.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        sure thing britboi 😉

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          Is that why no one is buying the euro fighter anymore? He’ll just look at this thread we are posting in. The raf doesn’t get shit on by anybody but the eurofighter is always being shit on.

          >EF built 589
          >Rafale built 239
          Turdies use the Rafale.
          >Britboi
          >RAF
          Im Estonian, its funny you mention the Brits tho there new Typhoon is the peak performance one. It has arguably the best Radar available for a jet today.
          Its easy to see why you would feel threatened by the Eurofighter.

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            >It has arguably the best Radar available for a jet today
            C'mon my dude, F-35s exist

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              ECRS mk2 > APG81
              Become educated before posting.

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                Yeah mogged by both f-15, raf, and f-35. Lurk moar copelord

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >Doesnt understand radars
                >Doesnt know what radar is from what plane
                >Changes subject to F15s to try cover his total lack of knowledge
                Talk a walk fatty

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >responds with complete nonsense after being BTFO
                kek sorry it didn’t work out for you

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >Brings up radars
                >Gets btfod
                >n-no u
                Are you walking yet fatty?

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                The radar inside of the typhoon was proven to be pretty bad

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                This anon is a fat liar thats dog is also fat, he simps for jake paul and inhales shit while browsing male undwear models on twitter. Hes also obsessed with the British after he was raped inside a Warrior by a tube called Rarden.

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                Schizophrenic posting

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >spends every minute of the day thinking about the British
                Seek help fatman/dog

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                He did NOT like being called a schizo

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                I am not convinced, you have no source

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            >Rafale built 239

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              Yes, shockingly low build number. Operated almost only by poor nations

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            topkek bongoloid cope

            ECRS mk2 > APG81
            Become educated before posting.

            lmaooooo

            Accprding to the general swathe of unreferenced shit on the internet i can find, the eurofighter and rafale are within 1 degree when it comes to sustained turn rates, have the same instantaneous turn rates, similar top speeds, rate of climb, and payload. They carry the same missiles. The Rafale can supercruise, the Eurofighter has a better radar. The rafale can hit 10 degrees higher AoA. The eurofighter can hit 65,000 feet, the rafale can hit 50,000 feet. The rafale is a bit cheaper.
            Both are basically 4th gen fighters (or 4++ or whatever you wanna call it).
            Looks like the Rafale is a bit cheaper. The reasons behind one being cjosen over the other will have more to do with politics, IP, and cost. They're not meaningfully that different though I'd pick the EF for its new radat

            >Accprding to the general swathe of unreferenced shit on the internet i can find,
            oh boy here we go
            >the eurofighter and rafale are within 1 degree when it comes to sustained turn rates,
            lmao no
            >have the same instantaneous turn rates,
            no, the Rafale pulls much more G.
            >similar top speeds,
            no, it's a mess, both certified top speed are mach 1.6, but Rafale is validated for mach 1.8 while the EF claims mach 2.0 in emergencies. Except you can't do that for too long or the plane would melt.
            >rate of climb,
            no, EF climbs 4% faster
            >and payload.
            topkek no the EF is limited at 21 tonnes MTOW the Rafale is limited at 24.5 MTOW.
            >They carry the same missiles.
            wtf? no, except the Meteor and the Scalp.
            >The Rafale can supercruise,
            not significantly from what several Rafale pilots told me.
            >the Eurofighter has a better radar.
            no. The Rafale has had an AESA since 2010, operational in 2012. The Eurofighter has a similar fixed AESA operational since 2020 for export customers, namely Qatar and Koweit, but the ECRS mk1 and mk2 aren't operational in Europe yet.
            >The rafale can hit 10 degrees higher AoA.
            unsure
            >The eurofighter can hit 65,000 feet,
            lol no, not even with a pressurized suit for the pilot which it doesn't got the accommodations for in the first place anyway
            >the rafale can hit 50,000 feet.
            yes but barely
            >The rafale is a bit cheaper.
            depends what you talk about. Fly away or maintenance? Maintenance is much cheaper, fly away cost at the latest standard, not much difference
            >Both are basically 4th gen fighters (or 4++ or whatever you wanna call it).
            irrelevant
            >Looks like the Rafale is a bit cheaper.
            you already said that. It depends.
            >The reasons behind one being cjosen over the other will have more to do with politics,
            what you call politics I call german retardation
            >IP,
            yes
            >and cost.
            probably
            >They're not meaningfully that different though I'd pick the EF for its new radat
            big mistake

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              >The ramblings of an Indian

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >everyone I hate is a SAAAR
                meds

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              this reply actually added absolutely nothing of value whatsoever

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              my friend they are both rated for 9G. Human beings are only rated for 9G.
              From reading more stuff on the internet it looks like the Rafale is a better fighter in a merge and at low altitude, and is also more graceful when dragging large multirole payloads. The EF is better at high altitude/high speed. So I guess on balance you may as well buy the Rafale as it's going to serve as a better workhorse bomb truck. The EF shits on it at high altitude so if you're desperate for an interceptor the EF is better, and that's (I guess) why it doesn't sell, because most nations aren't in need of that as a core feature.
              If you had to pick a very well conceived multi role jet with perfectly OK performance in anti air, or a high speed/altitude interceptor with an OK air to ground capability, you'd pick the Rafale. Especially as you're going to be fighting against slavshit. You'll be lobbing meteors at long range in either case so may as well get the one can can carry more ordinance

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >So I guess on balance you may as well buy the Rafale as it's going to serve as a better workhorse bomb truck
                EF or at least RAF version has better weapons selection though, more effective weapons mitigating the rafales slightly higher bombload

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                >my friend they are both rated for 9G. Human beings are only rated for 9G.
                My friend watch this webm please.

              • 1 month ago
                Anonymous

                if I got a dollar for every pixel in that webm I could buy DCS too, and make same videos

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              level headed reply

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            ok lets play this game
            >tranche 1
            337 aircrafts
            >tranch 2
            less than 60
            >tranch 3
            192 of which modernized tranch 2s are 100 so new ones are just 92

            tranche 1 cannot be upgraded to tranche 3 so they are basicly obsolete so its basicly 252
            hell they do not even consider it as a multirole till tranche 2 block 3

            meanwhile rafale modularity will continue up to F6 version

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Is that why no one is buying the euro fighter anymore? He’ll just look at this thread we are posting in. The raf doesn’t get shit on by anybody but the eurofighter is always being shit on.

  9. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Awkward timing
    >Eurofighter introduced 2003
    >Post cold war eternal bliss and peace 1990-2014
    >F-35 introduced 2015

  10. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >I like the look of this particular airplane so I'll shill for it endlessly while shitting on every competing airframe because they don't look cool enough
    that's the level of this board nowadays, sadly

  11. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Have to compete with the 5th gen F-35, now nato's flagship, the much cheaper Gripen and the Rafale which managed to sell itself as a way more efficient bomb truck than the Eurofigther.

  12. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >eurosharter
    >rafail

  13. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    It's a great platform, very capable for its generation and a good choice for countries that can't into 5th gen. Too bad morals keep away potential sellers since at least one of the contributing nations always blocks sales due to security or humanitarian concerns.

    Richer nations obviously rather look into their own 5th or 6th gen projects.

  14. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >armaturd thread
    shit-eating quality

  15. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >be frog
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    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >be frog
      My condolences.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous
  16. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Lol he deleted the QE thread and made a new one
    Both fighters are a bit obsolete now don't we think? Whats the difference in capability between the two?

  17. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Accprding to the general swathe of unreferenced shit on the internet i can find, the eurofighter and rafale are within 1 degree when it comes to sustained turn rates, have the same instantaneous turn rates, similar top speeds, rate of climb, and payload. They carry the same missiles. The Rafale can supercruise, the Eurofighter has a better radar. The rafale can hit 10 degrees higher AoA. The eurofighter can hit 65,000 feet, the rafale can hit 50,000 feet. The rafale is a bit cheaper.
    Both are basically 4th gen fighters (or 4++ or whatever you wanna call it).
    Looks like the Rafale is a bit cheaper. The reasons behind one being cjosen over the other will have more to do with politics, IP, and cost. They're not meaningfully that different though I'd pick the EF for its new radat

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      The Eurofighter is generally regarded as the better air superiority fighter due to high altitude performance, but Rafale has better multirole integration.

      I remember some interview with a french pilot which says something to the effec tof 'below 10,000ft we will win', which I felt was quite telling

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Look up the AMK kit for the Typhoon. Turn rates and AoA are now up to 43% better than normal typhoons but afaik it’s a German only thing so there are maybe 10 Typhoons max with it.

  18. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    It's too old.
    All of Europe should invest in 5th/6th gen research so we can get something to show
    also so there can be more 5th+ gens in video games that aren't russian vaporware

  19. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >Expensive

    >Will take ages to complete order

    >Better alternative (F-35)
    >Political pressure (unlike France who will probably sell to anyone without asking questions)

  20. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    because the Rafale looks cooler

  21. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    They just stink and I have to clean up with the F-35A.

  22. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    It came out at the tail end of the 4th generation. It never really had a chance of gaining much in sales no matter how good it is.

  23. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Imagine having to ask to the german greens loonies to be able to sell a jet fighter to another country.
    Lol.

  24. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >what went wrong

    you let germany in

  25. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Because now the f35 is out, it’s not a bad plane by any means, it’s just not competitively priced enough to be a 5th gen

  26. 1 month ago
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