Dassault Rafale Projects

[F-2]

RDX was an earlier name for RBE2.

Found a picture of the “purebred” Thompson-CSF proposal in an add that was in a few late 80s JDW issues.

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[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1983

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1983.

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 15-9-1985

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 15-4-1986

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1-10-1986

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 115-11-1986

 

[galgot]

Just watched this super interesting presentation by M.François Lemainque (worked more than 30 years at Dassault) about the genesis of the Rafale and beyond, for Musée de l'Air AAMA Le Bourget. It's in French, but auto-subs should work fine.
Notable are the reasons for the mid wing position, LG attached to fuselage, weight, and other stuffs.
Some juicy anecdotes... Like the guys at Dassault calling the Brit EAP "Encore Au Parking" at the time of the race with BAe for who's demonstrator would fly first
Also, good insight on how/why MBB went on financing the hyper-maneuvering X-31 with Rockwell, instead of continuing the Lampyridae ...

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/o7INSNcfUOE?si=uRwX4ldz798l-rOt

He did a prélude to the presentation, with the Rafale A too :

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/F_0bIa82qn0?si=v5VgeRXIR20STYz0

Did some screenshots of the ACMs studies drawings shown in the presentation, I had only seen at very small res before :