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Dassault Rafale (different variants)

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The Dassault Rafale (gust of wind) is mainly used by the Armée de l'Air (French air force) and the French Navy. It is the most advanced french aircraft. The french air force has 91 Rafales and the Navy has 44, with 55 still being produced for the french.
I made the Rafale B and Rafale C, both used by the Armée de l'Air. I know them pretty well because once or twice a week they fly over my home at a ridiculous altitude (+- 50m). xD
I also added a special livery to celebrate that there were 30 000 people working at l'Armée de l'Air. All fighters have a cockpit where you can sit in.

General characteristics

Crew: 1–2
Length: 15.27 m
Wingspan: 10.80 m
Height: 5.34 m
Wing area: 45.7 m²
Empty weight:
10,300 kilograms (22,700 lb) (B)]
9,850 kilograms (21,720 lb) (C)
10,600 kilograms (23,400 lb) (M)
Loaded weight: 15,000 kilograms (33,000 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 24,500 kilograms (54,000 lb) (B/C/D)
Fuel capacity: 4,700 kg (10,360 lb) internal
Powerplant: 2 × Snecma M88-2 turbofans
Dry thrust: 50.04 kN (11,250 lbf) each
Thrust with afterburner: 75.62 kN (17,000 lbf) each

Performance

Maximum speed:
High altitude: Mach 1.8 (1,912 km/h, 1,032 knots)
Low altitude: Mach 1.1 (1,390 km/h, 750 knots)
Range: 3,700+ km (2,000+ nmi) with 3 drop tanks
Combat radius: 1,852+ km (1,000+ nmi) on penetration mission
Service ceiling: 15,235 m (50,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 304.8+ m/s (60,000+ ft/min)
Wing loading: 328 kg/m² (67.1 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.988 (100% fuel, 2 EM A2A missile, 2 IR A2A missile) version B
Maximum g-load: +9/–3.6 g

Armament

Guns: 1× 30 mm (1.18 in) GIAT 30/M791 autocannon with 125 rounds
Hardpoints: 14 for Air Force versions (Rafale B/C), 13 for Navy version (Rafale M) with a capacity of 9,500 kg (20,900 lb) external fuel and ordnance and provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles:
Air-to-air:
Magic II
MBDA MICA IR or EM
MBDA Meteor in the future
Air-to-ground:
MBDA Apache
MBDA Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG
AASM-Hammer (SBU-38/54/64)
GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-22 Paveway III, GBU-24 Paveway III, GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II
AS-30L
Air-to-surface:
MBDA AM 39-Exocet anti-ship missile
Nuclear Deterrence:
ASMP-A nuclear missile
Other:
Thales Damocles targeting pod
Thales AREOS (Airborne Recce Observation System) reconnaissance pod
Thales TALIOS multi-function targeting pod in the future (F3R Standard)
Up to 5 drop tanks
Buddy-buddy refuelling pod
Basically a lot of stuff to beat the bad guys!!!

Avionics

Thales RBE2-AA AESA radar
Thales SPECTRA Electronic Warfare system.
Thales/SAGEM-OSF Optronique Secteur Frontal infra-red search and track (IRST) system.

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Suntius Rex
02/17/2017 9:24 am
Level 49 : Master Chef
I like the fact that it has a 30mm autocannon bring dogfights back again!
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BioPowered
02/17/2017 11:54 am
Level 56 : Grandmaster System
Yeah, that would be cool! Although I think that the Rafale more relies on its air to air missiles than on its GIAT 30 cannon.
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