Chantry Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Impressive landing and take off It's also the only known aircraft that got a confirmed radar lock on a SR-71 Blackbird and probably the best fighter in the world until the F-14 (1974) & F-15 (1976) entered squadron service. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_37_Viggen#Specifications_(JA_37_Viggen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Oops, there goes another glacier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 24 minutes ago, Chantry said: Impressive landing and take off It's also the only known aircraft that got a confirmed radar lock on a SR-71 Blackbird and probably the best fighter in the world until the F-14 (1974) & F-15 (1976) entered squadron service. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_37_Viggen#Specifications_(JA_37_Viggen) Dang! He can parallel park that thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 What's the little propellor thingy on the port side just about the 7 o'clock position at the rear of the exhaust cone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 I used to work at Goodyear Aerospace, we made wheels and brakes for many aircraft. Saab was the only company that would not accept any deviance from print, it was either perfect or rejected. 8 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: What's the little propellor thingy on the port side just about the 7 o'clock position at the rear of the exhaust cone? Air speed indicator ? Just a wag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 9 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: What's the little propellor thingy on the port side just about the 7 o'clock position at the rear of the exhaust cone? Not sure, it's not visible in other photos of the aircraft in flight. It MIGHT be a ram air turbine to provide electricity to the controls in case of an emergency and I can see a non-emergency use for that in a jet aircraft designed to get in and out of small landing fields and being deployed during takeoffs and landings "just in case". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, Chantry said: Not sure, it's not visible in other photos of the aircraft in flight. It MIGHT be a ram air turbine to provide electricity to the controls in case of an emergency and I can see a non-emergency use for that in a jet aircraft designed to get in and out of small landing fields and being deployed during takeoffs and landings "just in case". You can see it better in this video And a screen capture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 32 minutes ago, Chantry said: Not sure, it's not visible in other photos of the aircraft in flight. It MIGHT be a ram air turbine to provide electricity to the controls in case of an emergency and I can see a non-emergency use for that in a jet aircraft designed to get in and out of small landing fields and being deployed during takeoffs and landings "just in case". I posted to a private FB page that is heavy with military aviation buffs and and within about two minutes got a confirmation that it is indeed a RAT, which I then had to ask for a translation of because I just remembered "air turbine." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Saab also sold a high performance auto named Viggen (Thunderbolt). As part of the purchase Saab had arranged for a 1 or 2 day training course at a track somewhere down south, as I recall. A very fast car, maybe too fast for most, but I couldn't resist it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Chantry said: Not sure, it's not visible in other photos of the aircraft in flight. Someone asked why it was deployed, and looking closely there does seem to be an open hatch below the pod, So maybe it only deploys under certain conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I posted to a private FB page that is heavy with military aviation buffs and and within about two minutes got a confirmation that it is indeed a RAT, which I then had to ask for a translation of because I just remembered "air turbine." Now if I could remember my name, where my keys are and what I came into this room for..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 46 minutes ago, Chantry said: Now if I could remember my name, where my keys are and what I came into this room for..... Look around...if there is a toilet, drop trou and sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 13 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Someone asked why it was deployed, and looking closely there does seem to be an open hatch below the pod, So maybe it only deploys under certain conditions. Probably done as part of the airshow. Other than access for maintenance there is no reason to deploy it on the ground. Takes a lot of air flowing over the blades to make it work properly. F-4s had them. IIRC they consisted of a small generator and emergency hydraulic pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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