Saab Draken

Here is all of big pix from internet each one bigger than 300k
The Draken also is my favourate Sweden Fighter

Draken is my sweden fighter.

Tactical fighters from the previous generation:


1) maximum speed

XF8U-3 Crusader III 2832 km/h
IAI Kfir 2440 km/h
BAC Lightning 2415 km/h
Mirage 5 2350 km/h
Mirage III 2350 km/h
Mirage F1 2350 km/h
F-104 Starfighter 2335 km/h
JA37 Viggen 2231 km/h
MiG-21 "Fishbed" 2175 km/h
J35 Draken 2126 km/h
F-8 Crusader 1860 km/h
F-5 Tiger II 1743 km/h


2) climb rate

F-104S Starfighter 16764 m/min
BAC Lightning F Mk6 15250 m/min
Kfir C7 13989 m/min
MiG-21bis "Fishbed-N" 13800 m/min
Mirage F1C 13400 m/min
JA37 Viggen 12200 m/min
J35J Draken 12000 m/min
Mirage 5F 11160 m/min
F-5E Tiger II 10455 m/min
XF8U-3 Crusader III 9900 m/min
F-8E Crusader 9738 m/min
Mirage IIIE 5500 m/min


3) ceiling

Mirage F1 20000 m
J35 Draken 20000 m
XF8U-3 Crusader III 18300 m
BAC Lightning 18300 m
JA37 Viggen 18300 m
Mirage 5 18000 m
MiG-21bis "Fishbed-N" 17800 m
IAI Nammer 17700 m
F-8 Crusader 17680 m
IAI Kfir 17680 m
Mirage III 17000 m
F-5 Tiger II 15790 m
F-104 Starfighter 15000 m


4) engine thrust

BAC Lightning 142.34 kN
XF8U-3 Crusader III 131.2 kN
JA37 Viggen 125 kN
F-8E Crusader 80.1 kN
IAI Kfir 79.62 kN
J35 Draken 79.51 kN
Mirage F1 70.21 kN
MiG-21bis "Fishbed-N" 69.62 kN
F-104 Starfighter 69 kN
Mirage 5 60.80 kN
Mirage III 58.75 kN
F-5E Tiger II 44.48 kN


5) weapons payload

Mirage F1 6300 kg
IAI Nammer 6270 kg
IAI Kfir 5775 kg
Mirage 5 4000 kg
Mirage III 4000 kg
AJ37 Viggen 3600 kg
F-5E Tiger II 3175 kg
J35 Draken 2900 kg
BAC Lightning 2730 kg
F-8E Crusader 2000 kg
F-104 Starfighter 1814 kg
MiG-21 "Fishbed" 1500 kg


6) maximum range

Mirage 5 4000 km
Mirage III 4000 km
F-5E Tiger II 3700 km
XF8U-3 Crusader III 3290 km
J35 Draken 3250 km
IAI Kfir 3200 km
F-8E Crusader 2795 km
F-104 Starfighter 2623 km
JA37 Viggen 2250 km
Mirage F1 2200 km
BAC Lightning 2040 km
MiG-21 "Fishbed" 1800 km


7) sustained turn rate

Mirage F1 16 grd/sec
JA37 Viggen 15.6 grd/sec
F-5E Tiger II 10 grd/sec
Mirage III 10 grd/sec
IAI Kfir 9.6 grd/sec
MiG-21 "Fishbed" 7.5 grd/sec
F-104 Starfighter 7 grd/sec


8) instantaneous turn rate

IAI Kfir 18.9 grd/sec
Mirage F1 18.5 grd/sec
F-104 Starfighter 13 grd/sec
MiG-21 "Fishbed" 13 grd/sec


9) maximum structural g

JA37 Viggen +12 g
Mirage F1 +8 g
MiG-21 "Fishbed" +8 g
IAI Kfir +7.5 g
F-5E Tiger II +7.3 g
Mirage III +7 g
F-104 Starfighter +7 g


10) thrust / weight ratio

BAC Lightning 0.78
F-104 Starfighter 0.76
XF8U-3 Crusader III 0.74
J35 Draken 0.70
F-8E Crusader 0.62


11) wing loading

J35 Draken 231.6 kg/m^2
XF8U-3 Crusader III 350 kg/m^2
BAC Lightning 370 kg/m^2
F-8E Crusader 377.6 kg/m^2
Mirage III 387 kg/m^2
F-104 Starfighter 514 kg/m^2

12) production

MiG-21 "Fishbed" / Chengdu J-7 13896
F-104 Starfighter 2575
F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger II 2246
Mirage III / 5 / 50 1422
F-8 Crusader 1261
Mirage F1 720
J35 Draken 644
BAC Lightning 337
IAI Kfir 220
JA37 Viggen 149
XF8U-3 Crusader 5

Ask the source for Mirage F-1 STR 16 d/s and ITR 18.5 d/s?

Yaaaaa! A thread about one of my favorite aircraft. Where are all the stars and flags? Come on and show some Draken love people!!

I would love to see an aerial presentation team flying these on the airshow circuit. Where did they go? Are they beer cans now?

Hey Sweden can I have one? My birthday is coming up.

Originally posted by groingrinder
Yaaaaa! A thread about one of my favorite aircraft. Where are all the stars and flags? Come on and show some Draken love people!!

I would love to see an aerial presentation team flying these on the airshow circuit. Where did they go? Are they beer cans now?

Hey Sweden can I have one? My birthday is coming up.

edit on 2-23-2012 by groingrinder because: Edited to beg for a Draken

I think the stars feature is only a few years old, which is why most older threads are void of them.

reply to post by Pazo


The comment about good designs being copied is logical, but misleading. How many other fighters copied the layout of the EE Lightning? None. And yet it was the fastest climbing and most manoeverable of all the first generation of mach two fighters.

Personally, I think SAAB achieved wonders and are to be greatly admired, though I would like to know if anyone knows how much WW2 German material made its way to Sweden in 1945?

Obvioulsy, taking a vague idea on paper through to actual operational hardware is a huge task that requires great skill, but the similarities of the J29 and A32 to the Ta 183 III and Me P1110 are remarkable and the origins of what became the J35 layout after much development can also be seen in the Henschel P135. I think there is a story there yet to be told and the allies didn't get everything they thought.