Typhoon vs Rafale

[uk 75]

The Rafale has always struck me as being prettier and more elegant than Typhoon. It has all the hallmarks of a Dassault classic.
But looks are not everything.
Which would you pick?

 

[TomcatViP]

A2G Rafale (with a LM Sniper pod and a model I am sure is fitted with an AESA radar)
A2A Typhoon

 

[galgot]

LOL ! Uk75... Talk about a kitty clickbait ! Congrats

 

[F-2]

Rafale max (presumably sea level) ITR from “Rafale Marine” Max STR “Pilots de Rafale”

MMRCA, said to be 60% internal fuel six AAM

Rafale better ITR, nose pointing, slow speed performance

Eurofighter slightly better STR, thrust to weight, supersonic and probably transonic performance.

 

[F-2]

“Fundamentals of Fighter Design” 2000

 

[F-2]

Apparently these are the non classified requirements for the Typhoon. The ITR is before the application of the AoA limit which reduces it around 15% but the Sustained Turn Rate is what’s remarkable.

 

[Scorpion82]

Apparently these are the non classified requirements for the Typhoon. The ITR is before the application of the AoA limit which reduces it around 15% but the Sustained Turn Rate is what’s remarkable.

Would call it declassified, rather than non-classified. As the head of the page states it's the ESR-D (European Staff Requirement for Development). The ESR-D was the quadrinational requirement issued in September 1987. It was written into the Weapon System Design and Performance Specification (WSDPS) which became the contractual baseline against which industry was obliged to deliver under the Main Development Contract (MDC) signed on 23rd November 1988. A revised ESR was issued on 21st January 1994 and the WSDPS updated accordingly. The actual aircraft should have been compliant with the WSDPS by the end of MDC, which was meant to be achieved with the penultimate Tranche 1 design build standard Block 5.