Tue, Aug 03, 2010
Radome Delivered For The European-Designed Aircraft, Now A
Museum Piece
Eurofighter has delivered to the Deutsche Museum Flugwerft
Schleissheim, Germany, a "real" radome for Eurofighter prototype
DA1.
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Eurofighter Prototype DA1 In The Deutsche Museum
Flugwerft
The DA1, equipped with Turbo Union RB.199 engines, made its
maiden flight from EADS' Manching test facility, Germany, on 27
March 1994 and was decommissioned on 21 December 2005.
Displayed since 2007 in the museum close to Munich, the
Eurofighter prototype had been delivered by EADS without its
original radome. The only solution for the Museum was to build a
makeshift radome, similar to the original one. Now Eurofighter,
with the help of NETMA, BAE Systems and EADS Manching, have donated
to the museum a real radome that has now been installed on the DA1
to complete the aircraft's appearance.
Eurofighter Typhoon
Not just an aerodynamic cover for the radar antenna, the
Eurofighter radome is another example of high technology on the
aircraft. Made in reinforced fiberglass and weighing around 65
kilos, the radome is produced to a very tight standard with small
levels of tolerances because its internal and external surfaces
have to be perfectly symmetrical, coping with the complex
requirements of the polarisation of the antenna. Every radome is
produced in different stages, with parts manufactured in Italy and
Spain, full assembly taking place in Germany and the UK, before
being delivered to the final assembly lines in the four partner
nations of the Eurofighter program.
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