MBDA Meteor

[mapuc]

Forgot something

There seems to be a problem with the link when you click on it you don't come the wiki page I copied. I don't know why

Here is what to do, if you didn't know

When you have clicked on the link you come to a different wiki page and there you can read "Did you mean: Meteor (missile)" click on the word Meteor and you come the right page.

Markus

[emsoy]

http://www.bayern-chemie.com/ramjet.htm

The rocket is the booster and the ramjet is the sustainer. Seems the weapon can throttle back to save energy for the end game, but not sure if it can shut down and restart the ramjet engine for long-range shots.

A restartable rocket motor was planned for one of the AAAM compeditors before that program got killed in the early 1990s. Pretty interesting stuff (if you're an engineer at least) but that is not something that Meteor uses. Python 5 can supposedly control how fast the fuel burns too, to prevent it from going too fast and overshooting when being fired over the shoulder.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by emsoy

http://www.bayern-chemie.com/ramjet.htm

The rocket is the booster and the ramjet is the sustainer. Seems the weapon can throttle back to save energy for the end game, but not sure if it can shut down and restart the ramjet engine for long-range shots.

A restartable rocket motor was planned for one of the AAAM compeditors before that program got killed in the early 1990s. Pretty interesting stuff (if you're an engineer at least) but that is not something that Meteor uses. Python 5 can supposedly control how fast the fuel burns too, to prevent it from going too fast and overshooting when being fired over the shoulder.

I'm not an engineer I have only read about it(mostly in Swedish) and seen and heard about it(Swedish news) and lately wiki

And from what I understand its distance is longer than 75 nm(made a convert km to nm and 330 km in nm is ca 178 nm)

Markus

[emsoy]

75nm is actually quite far for such a small missile. So will need more details on the flight profile and propulsion system if we're gonna change it significantly. Sorry

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by emsoy

75nm is actually quite far for such a small missile. So will need more details on the flight profile and propulsion system if we're gonna change it significantly. Sorry

I know you need a lot more than just my words

My best proposal is that you take contact with the Swedish FMV and ask them what they can tell about this missile. Speed, distance, how this link between missile and plane works a.s.o or you could take contact with the company behind the missile.

Markus

[Herr-Berbunch]

I think in your original link the close-bracket is outside of the hyperlink.

[mapuc]

This is from a Swedish page translated via google translate.

"Meteor will introduce many new capabilities in air combat arena. It is the first missile with variable throttle. During homing adapted engine thrust so that the robot should be able to fend off the course changes the target does. When the robot calculates the target maneuvers are no longer at risk of giving the robot runs out of energy accelerates the robot to the top speed. The robot also has as one of the first bi-directional data link which among other things allows the excess aircraft target data is compared with the robot's own sensor picks up.

The most impressive meteor, however the robot's distance. Here comes the meteor that for a few years surpass all other missile systems in the world, although it is planned for more long-range systems in other countries."

The Operational range for this missile seems change depending on what page you visit.
The English Wiki has 320+ km
Swedish wiki has 100 lm +
Saab group(the creator of JAS39) has the same range 100 km +

It seems that no one really know the real operational distance for this missile. I guess the reason to this is very simple the people/company behind keep these information for them self.

So until now I think that 75 mn is OK. I guess you will change that when the real operational distance will be known ?

Markus

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I think in your original link the close-bracket is outside of the hyperlink.

It was I tried several times to fix it, with no success.

Markus