938 EUROPE 1965: Sweden/Switzerland poursuivent

938
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poursuivent leurs essais sur de nouveaux banes qui ont coutes SKr
17m. Avec sa tuyere de postcombustion Flygmotor, le R\fg
donne une poussde maximum de 26,000 livres (11,800kg)
rapport aux 14,000 livres du simple JT8D-1. Le prototype Viggen
doit voler en 1967-1968, et sa version d'attaque AJ37 entrera en
service en 1970 pour remplacer le A32 Lansen. La version d'interception et d'attaque JA37 remplacera le Draken entre 1970 et 198o"
D'autres pays europdens commencent a s'interesser a l'achat de ce
nouvel avion suedois. Le prix de chaque Viggen est estime a la
somme remarquablement raisonnable de £715,000, dont £290000
pour la cellule, £113,500 pour le reacteur et £143,000 pour les
equipements electroniques, le restant attribue a la recherche.
En tant qu'unique constructeur d'avions en Suede, Saab (dont
le capital appartient a 10,000 actionnaires prives) a ete choisi
comme maitre d'oeuvre du developpement du Systeme 37. Avec
ses propres moyens Saab a developpe l'avion biplace a reaction
Saab 37-0 non-flying prototype for Viggen
EUROPE 1965:
Sweden/Switzerland
AIRCRAFT
Powerplant
Type
MFI
•98 Junior
•10B Vipan
Sub
J35A, B, Sk35C
J35D, S3SE, J35F
System 37 Viggen
9IDS»fir
105
401B
J29A. B, C, E, F, A29B
Role
Status
Load
type
Performance
power
Civil and military
trainer
Touring and utility
R-R
Continental
O-200
Lvcoming O-360
100 h.p.
2 seats + weapons
Production
l50kt cruise; 1,2701b gross
180 h.p.
4 seats
Development
95kt cruise; 2,5901b gross
All-weather fighter/
trainer
All-weather fighter/
recce
Fighter/ground
attack/strike-reconnaissance
Trainer/tourer
Avon RM6B
15,2001b
1 crew + weapons
Service
Mach 1.8; app 19.8001b gross
Avon RM6C
17.6351b
1 crew + weapons
Production/service
Mach 2 +
Flygmotor RM8
26,0001b
1 crew + weapons
Development
Mach 2 +
Uycoming O-360
ISO h.p.
4 seats
Jet trainer/ground
attack
Research hovercraft
Turbomeca
1,6401b X 2
2 crew + 2 pass
180 h.p.
72 h.p. X 2
6,1731b
2 erew
Production: nearly
350 built
Production; 130 +
20 ordered
Research
Mach 0.86 dive; 9,9201b max
gross
40kt cruise
1 crew + weapons
Nearly 700 completed Mach 0.9; 17,6371b gross
Fighter/ground
attack/recce
Aubisque
Lycoming O-360
McCulloch
RM2B Ghost
l2Okt cruise; 2,6601b gross
POWERPLANTS
RRX-I
Hybrid rocket
Power
Type
Name
Svenska Flygmotor
RM6C
RM8
Military turbojet with Swedish afterburner
Military turbofan with Swedish afterburner
I7.635lb
26,0001b
Status
Production
Development: engines
running
Rauarch with B-S
Announced at Paris Salon
1965
Missile runlet
Liquid/iolid fuel controllabla
Application
Draken (J35D, S35E, J35F)
Viggen (AJ37. JA37. Sk37, S37)
Mich 5 test missile
MISSILES
Manufacturer
Bofors
SAAB
Robotardelningen
Role
Name
Bantam
Rb 27 Falcon
Rb 28 Falcon
305
08
Robot Rb 04
SFA RM8 (/» & W JT8D-22) with SFA afterburner on test
Remarks
Range
Wire-guided, man-carried anti-tank
Radar homing air-to-air missile
Infra-red homing air-to-air missile
Supersonic radio guided air-to-surface
missile
Radio-command guided cruise missile
Radar-guided anti-shipping rocket bomb
I.I miles
5 miles
5 miles
n.a.
500 miles
n.a.
Production: sold t o Switzerland
All-weather J35F armament
Clear-weather J35F armament
6601b launch weight: under development
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Ship-launched adaptation of Nord M20
Anti-shipping missile in service with
Lansen wings
Saab 105 prototype with Saab 305 missile