Which would kill any appeal it had on the international market. The US tried the same thing with the F-5 for the 5 minutes that they weren't willing to export the F-16. There weren't many takers. And none once the Falcon was available.Well, the easiest way to go twin engine, would be to use a smaller engine.
Suppose the F404 isn't available for licence, or the political or economic costs are too high. A slight upgrade to the Rolls/Turbomeca Adour would allow about the same performance in a twin engine layout as the F404 does in a single. Afaik, anyway.
Err.. what? Over 2000 F5s were sold abroad, and 1200 more T38 trainers for the US. That's pretty successful.Which would kill any appeal it had on the international market. The US tried the same thing with the F-5 for the 5 minutes that they weren't willing to export the F-16. There weren't many takers. And none once the Falcon was available.
It may not get that far, the Gripen passed the Riksdag 176 to 167, a more costly program could sway 5 votes and bye bye GripenProblem is the cost goes up by quite a lot (cost roughly scales with weight) - apply that to the programme cost and Sweden has to stump up an additional $7 billion or so. Can they afford it, or does the Gripen get cancelled and replaced with licensed production of something else?
Err.. what? Over 2000 F5s were sold abroad, and 1200 more T38 trainers for the US. That's pretty successful.
Sorry, I was thinking the F-20. Got em mixed up somehow. Note to self: don't post after you've been at work for 15 hours...I think @SsgtC means the Northrop F-20 a single engine F-5 look a like.
Sorry, I was thinking the F-20. Got em mixed up somehow. Note to self: don't post after you've been at work for 15 hours...
Which would kill any appeal it had on the international market. The US tried the same thing with the F-5 for the 5 minutes that they weren't willing to export the F-16. There weren't many takers. And none once the Falcon was available.
Yeah, it is. I got my wires crossed. I had been at work for something like 13 or 14 hours (or whatever it was) by that point and was relying on a very fuzzy memory. LolThat's the total opposite though, isn't it? The established twin-engine F-5 becoming the single-engine F-20.
(Said Tov, whose sole knowledge here is gleaned from playing 'Ace Combat'.)