Best 4.5 gen fighter

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J-10B
MiG-35
Typhoon
F/A-18E/F
Su-35
Rafale
Jas 39
F-16E

J-10B for economic

The J-10B differs from the original J-10A model in several ways: active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, integrated jamming pods, IRST sensor, diverterless supersonic intake (DSI), and an uprated AL-31FN Series III turbofan engine. These upgrades give the J-10B increased engine power, infrared detection against stealthy aircraft and increased jamming capability against enemy missiles. In particular, the DSI has two advantages over traditional engine intakes: it saves weight and is more stealthy against radar. The most important upgrade in the J-10B is its AESA radar, which features a longer range, frequency hopping to foil enemy jamming and higher power to track stealth aircraft (such as the US B-2, F-22, and F-35) at long range. The J-10B also possesses a strong multirole capability-- it can carry both 100km ranged PL-12 air to air missiles and LS-500J laser guided bombs on the same mission. These advanced "4.5+ generation" features places the J-10B in the same class as the F-16 Block 60 (flown only by the UAE), French Rafale, and Eurofighter Typhoon.

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hello african-american adam, it depends what version of the Gripen

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Sitting down with pop corn bucket. This topic gonna be fun for trolls.

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What is the best color?
Red
Green
Blue
Purple
Orange

I pick Green because there are so many shades, and lime colored cars can be bought at the lowest price.......... But Red is obviously been upgraded recently with the addition of such shades as "lust" "oxblood".

-Sarcasm off-

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No Information F-16E and F-10B
Line 209 - compared to the Su-27 in "dogfight"
Line 221 - compared to the Su-27 in the "long range fight"

Example: MiG-35 in close combat in 1.64 times better than Su-27

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Given that we're all posting in English, you might want to translate that or better yet, have a 2nd sheet with links to the 1st but with headers & row descriptions in English.

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India: Rafale and Typhoon met MMRCA requirements (Rafale chosen)

Switzerland: According to leaked reports Rafale scored overall higher than Typhoon and Gripen (however Gripen was chosen mainly due to lower price)

Brazil: Gripen picked over Rafale and SH.

Singapore: Rafale and F-15 short-listed (Typhoon dropped); F-15 was chosen over Rafale.

South Korea: F-15 was selected over Rafale (the French protested: "Rafale won this evaluation but will not be awarded this contract," Robins said by telephone from Paris.)

Overall the Rafale is an amazing platform. Whether it is "better than" the SH, Typhoon or even the F-15 depends on specific requirements, as demonstrated in several evals.

F-16E and Gripen E are are smaller, lighter and not quite in the same league as the aforementioned fighters.

Typhoon; as demonstrated repeatedly it has a huge potential...

Edit:


Reacting to the the Chinese J-20 stealth fighter being unveiled earlier his week, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Air Command, Air Marshal SB Deo, said that it was not a cause for concern and that Rafael aircraft being inducted by India also had stealth features.*On a visit to the Ambala air base, Air Marshal Deo said that the Indian government is also seized of the importance of acquiring fighter aircraft with stealth features and this is why the Rafale aircraft being acquired from France has some special stealth features. “The radial cross section of the aircraft is significantly smaller for an aircraft of that size. There are many other features too which I would not like to disclose at this stage,” he said.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/china-j20-stealth-fighter-rafale-indian-air-force-3737350/

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Given that we're all posting in English, you might want to translate that or better yet, have a 2nd sheet with links to the 1st but with headers & row descriptions in English.

196 wing angle
197 wing extension
198 wing loading
199 fuselage extension
200 Power steering engine / aircraft weight
201 deviation of the thrust vector
202 followed by a radar target
203 targets simultaneously being attacked
204 points of suspension
205 RCS
206 maximum overload
207 acceleration
208 flight distance

212 top speed
213 cruising speed
214 flight distance
215 Range Radar
216 followed by a radar target
217 targets simultaneously being attacked
219 RCS
220 range missiles "air - air"

223 efficiency / cost
225 generation

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196 wing angle
197 wing extension
198 wing loading
199 fuselage extension
200 Power steering engine / aircraft weight
201 deviation of the thrust vector
202 followed by a radar target
203 targets simultaneously being attacked
204 points of suspension
205 RCS
206 maximum overload
207 acceleration
208 flight distance

212 top speed
213 cruising speed
214 flight distance
215 Range Radar
216 followed by a radar target
217 targets simultaneously being attacked
219 RCS
220 range missiles "air - air"

223 efficiency / cost
225 generation

Your value is so strange, how come F-16 , F-18E , Typhoon has less radar range than Su-27 but Mig-35 has longer radar range ?
Where exactly are those RCS value come from ? they do look very random
The cruise value doesn't make any sense either. How come F-16 , F-18 , Rafale , Typhoon all has the same cruise speed as Su-27 but Su-35 is about 40% faster (while we know that Typhoon can supercruisequite fast) ??????
Same goes for acceleration row : is bigger number mean better or vice versa ? If bigger mean better then there is no ways F-18E get better acceleration than Su-27. However, if smaller mean better then that doesn't make sense either because F-16 can actually accelerate better than Su-27.
The missiles range air to air is also very controversial, what missiles are we talking about here ? R-27ER ? Meteor ? Aim-120D ?

There seem to be so many random value in the table without proper references

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to me, it looks more like some guide table for a video game...

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Popcorn for me please

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What is the best color?
Red
Green
Blue
Purple
Orange

I pick Green because there are so many shades, and lime colored cars can be bought at the lowest price.......... But Red is obviously been upgraded recently with the addition of such shades as "lust" "oxblood".

-Sarcasm off-

Silver. You dont need to wash the car often when you´ve bought a silver one...

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Silver. You dont need to wash the car often when you´ve bought a silver one...

Cheers

You don't need to wash your car often regardless of color unless you're German :very_drunk:

Oh and the best 4.whatever gen. fighter is of course the F-15.

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F/A-18E/F, of course. The most mass produced, combat proven and equipped with AESA radar and whole bunch of the latest weapons and targeting/recce systems.

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Popcorn for me please

Help yourself

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gripen E is hard to beat on many points, but especially on bang for buck.
its directional data link means a stealth fighter is forced to use radar, at which point its no longer stealth and can be detected at greater ranges. If the stealth fighter doesnt flip on radar, it still comes out second best,
because skyward G isnt less than any other IRST, while gripen frontal cross section is less and therefore radiate less

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gripen E ...its directional data link means a stealth fighter is forced to use radar, at which point its no longer stealth and can be detected at greater ranges.

That's being overly simplistic as it does not take into account LPI modes or "why" the radar was used in the first place. For an "information sponge" like the F-22/35, the radar may only ever be used to get a precise range for a track that was originally created using the ESM, EOTS, etc and would only radiate for an extremely brief period of time. There are plenty of RedAir pilots that will talk about going against the F-22 and never getting any hint on their ESM that the F-22 was targeting them. Keep in mind that the F-22 does not have an IRST so the only way to get an accurate range is to use it's radar.

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hence 'directional data link', F-22 wont ever get a whiff on gripen E, while gripen E otoh uses latest IRST,
F-22 never got an initial track from ESM, and i'll have skyward G over EOTS for A2A.
gripen E otoh will undoubtedly get an initial ESM track on F-22, since F-22 has no other means than to radiate,
and to use djcross beaten slogan "if it radiates it dies"

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That's being overly simplistic as it does not take into account LPI modes or "why" the radar was used in the first place. For an "information sponge" like the F-22/35, the radar may only ever be used to get a precise range for a track that was originally created using the ESM, EOTS, etc and would only radiate for an extremely brief period of time. There are plenty of RedAir pilots that will talk about going against the F-22 and never getting any hint on their ESM that the F-22 was targeting them. Keep in mind that the F-22 does not have an IRST so the only way to get an accurate range is to use it's radar.

Pleaae don't bring common sense into this.

I'd like to explore this concept of silver cars not requiring as many washes...

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Su-35