Saab J35XS

This page is about the premium Swedish jet fighter Saab J35XS. For other versions, see SAAB 35 Draken (Family).

Saab J35XS

Saab J35XS

Sweden

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
10.3	11.0	11.0

Class:

PREMIUM

Fighter

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Description

The Saab J35XS Draken is a premium gift rank VII Swedish jet fighter with a battle rating of 10.3 (AB) and 11.0 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Apex Predators".

Though under the Swedish line, it is a Finnish aircraft, as the XS stands for Export Suomi.

General info

Flight performance

Air brakes

Allows you to dramatically reduce the flight speed by releasing special flaps

Drogue parachute

Reduces braking distance when landing on any runway

Max speed

at 9 000 m2 250 km/h

Turn time25 s

Max altitude12 500 m

EngineSvenska Flygmotor RM 6С

Type

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight14 t

The Saab J35XS turns very fast, however turning too fast at lower speeds can also lead to a "superstall", which may cause a crash. Tight turns also lead to a significant loss of energy/speed.

Being that the Saab J35XS is also a double-delta wing, it's sustained turn rate is fantastic, but leaves the aircraft in a much-to-be-desired energy and speed state. An issue most pilots may run into in a dogfight is an issue with only one sidemounted Akan m/55 30mm, making getting good shots in a dogfight difficult.

Characteristics	Max speed (km/h at 9,000 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	___	___	12500	__._	__._	__._	__._	900
Upgraded	2,390	2,250		24.1	25.0	208.2	177.0

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear	Drogue chute
X	X	X	✓	X	✓

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
1,417	500	-	-	-	~13	~6

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 850	< 700	< 700	N/A

Engine performance

Engine			Aircraft mass
Engine name		Number	Basic mass		Wing loading (full fuel)
Svenska Flygmotor RM 6C		1	8,255 kg		210 kg/m2
Engine characteristics			Mass with fuel (no weapons load)			Max Gross Weight
Weight (each)	Type		6m fuel	20m fuel	21m fuel
1,400 kg	Afterburning axial-flow turbojet		8,909 kg	10,284 kg	10,435 kg	11,634 kg
Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)			Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (WEP)
Condition	100%	WEP	6m fuel	20m fuel	21m fuel	MGW
Stationary	5,575 kgf	8,028 kgf	0.90	0.78	0.77	0.70
Optimal	5,575 kgf (0 km/h)	10,126 kgf (1,250 km/h)	1.14	0.98	0.97	0.88

Survivability and armour

Flares/Chaff

Aircraft countermeasures to distract IR and radar-guided missiles and also AA radar

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear500 km/h

As with all delta or double-delta wing configurations, your silhouette is significantly larger than other contemporary aircraft you'll face from 9.7-11.7. The fuel tanks are located close to the center of the fuselage, meaning that most rounds that connect with your aircraft will likely cause you to burn up. The engine is also massive and fragile, meaning that even a glancing blow from an enemy's gun can critically damage your engine.

Flight characteristics are also heavily damaged with even minor damage to the wings, particularly if the damage is uneven, greatly increasing the chances of getting into a irrecoverable flatspin. As with most aircraft of the BR, you will not be able to survive a missile if it comes into contact with your aircraft.

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB2 147

RB6 206

SB5 875

Crew training10 000

Experts1 160 000

Aces2 800

Research Aces2 150 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 130 / 310 / 600 %

2 × 232 / 232 / 232 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Compressor Engine G-suit	Fuselage repair Airframe Wings repair Cover EFS	aden_belt_pack Flares/Chaff m/56d aden_new_gun m/57 RB24J

Armaments

Ballistic Computer
CCIP (Guns)	CCIP (Rockets)	CCIP (Bombs)	CCRP (Bombs)

Offensive armament

The Saab J35XS is armed with:

• A choice between two presets:
  • 1 x 30 mm Akan m/55 cannon, wing-mounted (120 rpg)
  • 1 x 30 mm Akan m/55 cannon + 12 x large calibre countermeasures

Suspended armament

The Saab J35XS can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:

• Without load
• 6 x RB24J missiles
• 12 x m/56D rockets
• 76 x srak m/57B rockets
• 4 x RB24J missiles + 76 x srak m/57B rockets
• 4 x RB24J missiles + 12 x m/56D rockets
• 2 x RB24J missiles + 8 x m/56D rockets + 76 x srak m/57B rockets

Custom loadout options

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
m/56D rockets	4, 6							4, 6
srak m/57B rockets		19		19	19		19
RB24 missiles	1		1	1	1	1		1
RB24J missiles	1		1	1	1	1		1

Usage in battles

For the J35s in general it's better to keep your speed up at all times, one sharp turn can put you in a bad position as food for the enemy team, turn fight only when you are alone with an enemy player as you lose much speed and cannot recover as quickly as other jets, J35s are one of the best turn fighters in game thanks to it's Delta wings, but given the turn fighting advantage your wings act as a massive airbreak when turning sharp at a certain speed, J35s compress at high speeds so you cannot turn that sharp, you need to slow down a bit to around 900 km/h

Saab J35XS Has limited amount of flares so use them wisely, it's recommended to only take standard flares as you only have 12 flares and you drop 2 each time, if you take mixed flares you will end up dropping 4 each time (2 flare, 2 chaff) so only take flare and to avoid radar missiles stay low to the ground as you don't have RWR to notice an enemy lock.

Saab J35XS Missiles are RB24J, it's exactly the same as AIM-9J/AIM-9P, You can only lock from behind the enemy 5.5km, having 6 of them you can swing it around like free cookies.

Saab J35XS The guns are very good usually one hit one kill as they're 30mm cannons (akan m/55) it's exactly the same as the british ADEN 30mm but the problem here is the Swedish variant does not have any tracer round in any of the belts, so you need to practice using it, if you have an aircraft with ADEN 30mm you can find tracers in it so it would make it easier to practice, if you don't you can test flight any aircraft with ADEN 30mms such as the Hunter FGA.9, Also watchout for the ammo as you only have 120 and that cannon is fast firing.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Decent speed
• Effective high Caliber flares/chaffs
• Great turn rate at low speeds
• Has IRST
• 6 Missiles

Cons:

• Bleeds speed fast
• Very limited count of flares/chaffs (12)
• Average turn speed above ~900 km/h
• Gun placement makes it harder to aim
• No tracers in any of the gun belts
• No RWR

History

The SAAB J-35XS (Xerxes Sigurd/Export Suomi) is a Finnish export of the Swedish J35F interceptor. During and after 1970, Sweden provided second hand J35's to the Finnish Air Force. The first wave of exported Drakens were put into service on 1972, while the first J35 assembled under licence by Valmet was finished on March 12th, 1974. A unique feature to the Finnish variants was the ability to mount Soviet R-13M missiles, along with countermeasures such as flares and chaff.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Saab J35XS from live.warthunder.com.

Images

• 

  J35XS flares, 6 x RB24Js

• 

  J35XS afterburner off

• 

  J35XS afterburner on

Videos

Saab 35FS: A Basic Review - Tims Variety

See also

Related development

• SAAB 35 Draken (Family)

External links

• [Wikipedia] Saab 35 Draken

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