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The EF2000 Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a highly agile aircraft, designed to be an effective dogfighter in combat. The Typhoon is a dual engine, loosely coupled delta canard tailless design featuring a 53-degree leading edge sweepback, relaxed stability, and a digital fly-by-wire control system. It is a highly agile aircraft at all speeds, subsonic and supersonic, achieved by having intentionally relaxed stability, combined canard and flaperon control surfaces, and a very low wing loading. The quadruplex digital fly-by-wire control system manages the inherent instability, allowing better maneuverability than direct pilot control. It is described as "carefree" and prevents the permitted manoeuvre envelope being exceeded. Roll control is primarily achieved by differential use of the flaperons. Pitch control is by coupled operation of the canards and flaperons. The wing leading edges are fitted with automatic movable slats. A single large rudder provides yaw control. Engines are fed by a chin double intake ramp situated below a splitter plate. A hydraulically operated air-brake is integrated behind the cockpit, moving into a near-vertical position to maximise drag when required. The Typhoon uses lightweight construction (82% composites consisting of 70% carbon fibre composite materials and 12% glass fibre reinforced composites) as well as aluminium lithium and titanium components on leading edge surfaces. The airframe has an estimated lifespan of 6,000 flying hours.

This simulated version features:

  • high detail visual models
  • detailed and realistic avionic and systems simulation
  • finely tuned flight model
  • accurate sound package

The Typhoon is a twin-engine, supersonic, multi-role military aircraft produced by Eurofighter, a German-based consortium of Airbus Defense and Space of Germany and Spain, BAE Systems of the United Kingdom, and Italy’s Leonardo. The Typhoon took its first flight on March 27, 1994, was introduced to service on August 4, 2003, and is used by a number of militaries throughout the world, including those of Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Qatar, Kuwait, and South Korea, among a number of others. With advanced avionics, radar, and targeting systems, 13 hardpoints, and the ability to carry a large array of weapons, the Typhoon can undertake a large field of missions, including air superiority, close air support, electronic warfare, armed reconnaissance, deep strike, and others. The aircraft is a single-seat design, with twin-seat variants for training.

The Typhoon features a canard design with a delta-shaped main wing that has a span of 35 feet, 11 inches, a bubble canopy that lies above the aircraft’s forewing, and an advanced, all-glass cockpit. The Typhoon is powered by two Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofan engines that each produce 13,000 pounds of thrust in military power and 20,000 with full afterburner. The design, combined with the twin powerplants, gives the aircraft remarkable performance throughout its entire speed range, from near stall at sea level, to Mach 2.0 tens of thousands of feet aloft.

A stunning looker that is rich in military capability, the Eurofighter Typhoon is, at its core, an aviator’s performer. Roar into the sky, pull back on the stick, and race upwards at a climb rate of an astounding 62,600 feet per minute. With a range of 1,800 miles, a ceiling of 65,000 feet, and remarkable control and maneuverability, the Typhoon allows limitless opportunities to build and refine piloting skills.