SAAB Gripen STOL Capabilities

The Saab JAS 39 "Gripen" (Griffin or "Gryphon") is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. Gripen International acts as a prime contracting organisation and is responsible for marketing, selling and supporting the Gripen fighter around the world.

The aircraft is in service with the Swedish Air Force, the Czech Republic Air Force and the Hungarian Air Force, and has been ordered by the South African Air Force.

General characteristics
Crew: 1--2
Length: 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 25.54 m (274.9 ft)
Empty weight: 6,620 kg (14,600 lb)
Loaded weight: 8,720 kg (19,200 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 14,000 kg (31,000 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Volvo Aero RM12 (GE F404) afterburning turbofan, 54 kN dry, 80 kN with afterburner (12,000 lbf / 18,100 lbf)
Wheel track: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 2
Range: Combat radius 800 km, (500 mi), (430 NM). ()
Service ceiling: 15,000 m (50,000 ft)
Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
Wing loading: 341 kg/m² (70,3 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.94
Armament
1 × 27 mm Mauser BK-27 cannon
6 × Rb 74 or Rb 98
4 × Rb 99, Rb 71, MICA or Meteor
4 x Rb 75
2 x KEPD 350
4 x laser-guided bomb
4 x CRV7 rocket pod
2 x Rb 15F anti-ship missile
2 x Bk 90 cluster bomb

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[coenvdm]

Great plane! Just don't understand why Holland has chosen to replace the f -16 by the f-35 JSF at double the cost, while we could support the European economy and have a better deal with the Gripen! American lobbying I guess.....

[yelio]

"meating" betyder "kötta".. snuskpojke där.

[Bertrand de Mont Ecrì]

il mono post bruciatore che permette al Massimo del take off in progress una manovrabilità in spazi brevi, necessita del doppio raffreddamento

[Juan olmos mendoza]

hojala que la fuerza aerea de mexico se decidiera a adquir este exelente avion de combate para su fuerza aeres y marina me gustaria que suecia hiciera una buena oferta de venta a mexico para que asi mexico no se vea obligado a comprar la chatarra gringa como los F16

[m yass Gjkigi]

if there we shooting war we would building something like this only in peace time would planes like the f22 and f35 get built

[discofishing]

I bet the Gripen can do a non-catapult assisted takeoff from the deck of any US carrier, I'm wondering if a "navalized" version could be made without much structural modification. The F404/F414 series engines have proven they can operate well at sea. a Marine-Gripen would be the best bang for the buck for any nation wanting to build a naval air arm. Y

[discofishing]

Yeah, you guys have F-16s from the late 70s and early 80s with MLU which are STILL better than a Gripen. You don't have to have a double wheeled nose landing gear to operate from austere landing strips. The Taiwanese proved this with their own F-16s and the US had done the same thing in Germany on the autobahn with their F-16s. I must say it is the best bang for the buck. Nothing beats the value of the Gripen.

[Sean Dalgety]

tenders often involve bribery more than anything else.

[Sean Dalgety]

I love it!

[Sean Dalgety]

Saab make their aircraft like this so that they can operate without needing a runway

[Sean Dalgety]

more like bribery

[Jan Rohde]

Scandinavian......

Badass hunterjet.....

Why dont we have the Swedish fighterplane....!!!

I am Danish....Why....

Ohh shit, we got hte F 16....