Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "The ALR Piranha – Switzerland’s Diddy Gripen" video.

  1. From what I've read, the RAF rejected the P.106 in favor of what would eventually evolve into the Eurofighter Typhoon as being "half the effectiveness of the two-engined aircraft at two-thirds of the cost". Though given comparisons of the Typhoon vs the Gripen, I think the RAF probably got that backwards. BTW, when it comes to lightweight fighters with an Adour turbofan...did BAE ever give any consideration of adding reheat to the Hawk 200? Or would have been pointless without also completely redesigning the wing for higher speed, thus giving up on the advantage of being a low-cost modification of the Hawk trainer?
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  2.  @610Mungral  Thanks. I'd always thought it would've nice if the little Hawks could go supersonic in level flight, but it makes sense that isn't achievable with straight wings regardless of how much thrust you gave them.
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  3.  @jonsouth1545  Honestly I'm not sure why BAE has never made a version of the Hawk 200 that uses an afterburning engine.
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  4. The Piranha project didn't happen until a decade after the HA-300 had been cancelled, and a year after Willy Messerschmitt's death. So that wasn't really in the cards.
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