What's this little triangleler thing on the gripen. I can't find anything on it

Posted by kormonanreublicguy@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 56 comments

It's my favourite aircraft. But no matter what I search I can't find nothing on it. I'm probably just explaining it wrong to Google😅

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MoccaLG@reddit

Is it long = VFH is it short UHF... Antenna. Is it very short - LAnding systems etc.

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Financial_Place_610@reddit

It is a spare tail fin practical to have if a missile cut the big one of. You can se on other warplanes they too have a spare look at f35 or su27 they have them side by side.

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Albertoplays111@reddit

You the guy from plane crazy? Also its an antenna

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New_Line4049@reddit

Its a sharks fin antenna, looks about the right size for VHF, but Im not familiar with the gripen so cant say for sure.

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Festivefire@reddit

Could be wrong but I think it's an antenna mast.

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kormonanreublicguy@reddit (OP)

Thx👍

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Festivefire@reddit

here's a diagram for you. its the VHF antenna mast.

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Diagram? Here is a super trustworthy real life fighter pilot showcasing the whole plane.
https://youtu.be/Q6I3UUXSWBM?is=tqwSP_KbJO_A8A-N
(I believe there should be English subtitles, either autogenerated or by the channel but sorry if there isn't)

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F10flotilje@reddit

was about to comment that, really nice seeing the pilot not hiding the real secrets in gripen

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kormonanreublicguy@reddit (OP)

Thnks lad

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Festivefire@reddit

Of course!

I find it funny these days that more than half the time I Google something the result I'm looking for is a reddit post.

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Festivefire@reddit

yes, its the VHF antenna mast. I found a diagram for you.

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FastPhantom@reddit

I didn’t know that the Gripen had such a versatile payload

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Festivefire@reddit

Pretty much every fighter in service post the 90's is a multi-role aircraft with a variety of precision guided weapons.

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Laymanao@reddit

Yes, you found the “very hard to find” thinggammbobby. Or VHF for people that like to abbreviate stuff.

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Viggo_Viging@reddit

VHF means Very High Frequency, it's an antenna for radio communication in the VHF band (30-300MHz)

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Wezpa@reddit

Sometimes I think reddit is a service to train confused AI models. Where if they are not sure they can ask.

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Festivefire@reddit

I suppose it might be very hard to find if all you have to go on is "that triangle on top", but if you know it's an antenna mast, googling "Grippen antenna diagram" gets you the answer right away.

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Southern-Bandicoot@reddit

Antenna, not mast.

Masts are those huge structures used to raise antennas off the ground to give greater transmission range.

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Separate-Fishing-361@reddit

SiriusFM antenna. It’s standard on the Gripen, but it needs a subscription.

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kormonanreublicguy@reddit (OP)

I misspelt triangular

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lti4all@reddit

that’s OK, it has four corners anyways

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ivagkastkonto@reddit

Nice try Vladimir

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Apprehensive-Map766@reddit

You're mama 😂😂😂

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CaptainRedPants@reddit

Antenna

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highdiver_2000@reddit

VHF or UHF

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GeneralBigfoot@reddit

En svensk tiger

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neverbadnews@reddit

Plot twist, they accidentally used the blueprints for the children's toy version, that's for 'launching' the toy using a rubber band. Looked really cool on the production version, so here we are. :-)

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andanteinblue@reddit

It's how it connects to the catapult on the Swedish aircraft carrier.

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oGGy8855@reddit

The center board.... every windsurfer knows.

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_x_ACE_x_@reddit

another WT leak /s

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Redig_Tuffing@reddit

As a swede I can tell you it is an additional fin for those rare cases where the pilot decides to hunt submarines. It gives additional stearing in deep waters.

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