Materials & Production
Design Features
The Eurofighter Typhoon is the definition of avant-garde engineering, using the very latest technology enhanced materials and manufacturing techniques. To learn more, please click on a section below.
Eurofighter Typhoon has a foreplane/delta wing configuration that is aerodynamically unstable in the subsonic range. The "delta canard" design shape of the aircraft is driven by a need for:
- Subsonic/supersonic instantaneous and sustained turn rate performance
- Agility
- Lift and STOL (Short take-off and landing)
- Exceptional acceleration
- Reduced drag
Combining this with a low wing loading, high thrust-to-weight ratio, excellent all-round vision and carefree handling results in a truly exceptional aircraft.
Stealth technology is incorporated in the basic design. Features include low frontal Radar Cross Section (RCS), passive sensors and supercruise capability.
The airframe is constructed mainly from Carbon Fibre Composites (CFCs), lightweight alloys, titanium and Glass Reinforced Plastics (GRP).
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