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You learn something every day ! Thanks a lot for sharing that. Blew my mind.
Well, one thing is sure: there is still a LOT to be learned and discovered about the 4000-ACX-Rafale transition era; from 1977 to 1985.
I was aware of the Novi Avion, Mirage 4000, early 4000-Rafale hybrid with the different, "not-Mirage-anymore-intakes" (ACT-92 !) ; but RAPACE, now that's whole new to me.
When you think about it... Typhoon immediate ancestor - BAe P.110 - also had a little brother called P.106 that is loosely related to early Grippen history.
Well, that's RAPACE is exactly the same thing: RAFALE's very own P.106. How about that.

It also makes the single-engine Mirage 2000 more relevant to the 4000-ACX-Rafale transition era...

It never dawned on me that Dassault could have studied single-engine Rafale variants that were not Novi Avion (LMAO).

<blockquote data-quote="Archibald" data-source="post: 454931" data-attributes="member: 138">You learn something every day ! Thanks a lot for sharing that. Blew my mind.Well, one thing is sure: there is still a LOT to be learned and discovered about the 4000-ACX-Rafale transition era; from 1977 to 1985.I was aware of the Novi Avion, Mirage 4000, early 4000-Rafale hybrid with the different, &quot;not-Mirage-anymore-intakes&quot; (ACT-92 !) ; but RAPACE, now that's whole new to me.When you think about it... Typhoon immediate ancestor - BAe P.110 - also had a little brother called P.106 that is loosely related to early Grippen history.Well, that's RAPACE is exactly the same thing: RAFALE's very own P.106. How about that.It also makes the single-engine Mirage 2000 more relevant to the 4000-ACX-Rafale transition era...It never dawned on me that Dassault could have studied single-engine Rafale variants that were not Novi Avion (LMAO).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Archibald, post: 454931, member: 138"] You learn something every day ! Thanks a lot for sharing that. Blew my mind. Well, one thing is sure: there is still a LOT to be learned and discovered about the 4000-ACX-Rafale transition era; from 1977 to 1985. I was aware of the Novi Avion, Mirage 4000, early 4000-Rafale hybrid with the different, "not-Mirage-anymore-intakes" (ACT-92 !) ; but RAPACE, now that's whole new to me. When you think about it... Typhoon immediate ancestor - BAe P.110 - also had a little brother called P.106 that is loosely related to early Grippen history. Well, that's RAPACE is exactly the same thing: RAFALE's very own P.106. How about that. It also makes the single-engine Mirage 2000 more relevant to the 4000-ACX-Rafale transition era... It never dawned on me that Dassault could have studied single-engine Rafale variants that were not Novi Avion (LMAO). [/QUOTE]

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