FLASH! Light Combat Helicopter Sea-level Trials From Tomorrow!

[SamantK]

India's Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) is all set to begin a week of sea-level trials early tomorrow morning at Tambaram, on the outskirts of Chennai. A prototype of the LCH landed at Tambaram today along with a chase helicopter. The trials will include speed calibration and manoeuverability trials. The trials which could stretch to ten days will include generic performance and handling at sea-level (Bangalore is at 3,000 feet above sea level), calibration of the LCH's air speed measurement system and measurement of forces in terms of stress on various components of the platform.

Livefist wishes the test team the very best for the week ahead!

Incidentally -- something big to look out for soon is the third prototype of the LCH, which my sources tell me will be the defining shape and configuration of the final LCH. I'm told it will look significantly different in terms of dimensions too.

Livefist: FLASH! Light Combat Helicopter Sea-level Trials From Tomorrow

 

[Matrixx]

Best news of the day...........

 

[SamantK]

^^Absolutely the best news...

 

[xataxsata]

Very very good news its induction will be very fast

 

[xataxsata]

LCH is a beast to slain armored regiments of enemy.

The enemy of India will be afrid very afraid of it, when it will roar in the gang with the AH-64D Apache Longbow.


This

+ this

=

 

[david blain]

LCH is a beast to slain armored regiments of enemy.

The enemy of India will be afrid very afraid of it, when it will roar in the gang with the AH-64D Apache Longbow.


This

+ this

=

PAtton nagar

 

[aanshu001]

LCH is a beast to slain armored regiments of enemy.

The enemy of India will be afrid very afraid of it, when it will roar in the gang with the AH-64D Apache Longbow.


This

+ this

=

the upper one is weaponized dhruv not LCH

 

[Sergi]

Good news
Hopeing for best results

Good news
Hopeing for best results

 

[Mr.Wick]

Self Delete

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

 

[IndoUS]

The LCH looks a bit slimmer than the first test version, did they change the design? Even the weapons attachments seems to be on an angle.

 

[SamantK]

LCH climbing above 6000m... I love this bird! I guess one of the most successful projects from HAL...

 

[Water Car Engineer]

India's Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) is all set to begin a week of sea-level trials early tomorrow morning at Tambaram, on the outskirts of Chennai. A prototype of the LCH landed at Tambaram today along with a chase helicopter. The trials will include speed calibration and manoeuverability trials. The trials which could stretch to ten days will include generic performance and handling at sea-level (Bangalore is at 3,000 feet above sea level), calibration of the LCH's air speed measurement system and measurement of forces in terms of stress on various components of the platform.

Livefist wishes the test team the very best for the week ahead!

Incidentally -- something big to look out for soon is the third prototype of the LCH, which my sources tell me will be the defining shape and configuration of the final LCH. I'm told it will look significantly different in terms of dimensions too.

Livefist: FLASH! Light Combat Helicopter Sea-level Trials From Tomorrow

Third prototype will be good to see.

The LCH looks a bit slimmer than the first test version, did they change the design? Even the weapons attachments seems to be on an angle.

This is how the wings were before.

 

[SamantK]

Third prototype will be good to see.

This is how the wings were before.

The wings were modified further, as far as I can see, swept back a bit

and more angled..

 

[Water Car Engineer]

^^^^

Yes.

This is how the wings were before.