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180 Choppers in like 36 years???
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180 Choppers in like 36 years???
Engine is underpowered ..If am not wrong it is not Shakti engine.Published September 6, 2016
SOURCE: HAL PR
Achieving yet another significant milestone, HAL conducted a technical flight of indigenous Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) in Bengaluru, today. The helicopter lifted at 1210 hours and was in the air for 15 minutes at HAL facilities. The flawless flight was carried out by HAL test pilots.
This event marks an important and significant beginning for prototype testing of LUH. This is the third indigenous helicopter product from the stables of HAL after ALH and LCH. Apart from replacement of ageing fleet of Cheetah / Chetak, LUH is expected to capture a sizeable share both in domestic and international market.
Light Utility Helicopter (LUH):
The LUH has a maximum All-Up-Weight (AUW) of 3150 Kgs, fitted with Safran HE Ardiden-1U engine of 750 KW power, with a range of 350 Km, service ceiling 6.5 Km, seating capacity of six passengers plus two pilots. The helicopter is designed to carry out various utility roles such as reconnaissance, transport, cargo load and rescue operations. The helicopter can operate from sea level to high altitudes of Himalayas.
Its powered by Powerplant 1 × HAL/Turbomeca Shakti 1U turboshaft engine, 1,272 kW (1,706 hp)Engine is underpowered ..If am not wrong it is not Shakti engine.
Read the article...HAL official PR.Its powered by Powerplant 1 × HAL/Turbomeca Shakti 1U turboshaft engine, 1,272 kW (1,706 hp)
@PARIKRAMA @migflug
What is under the tail? Do You know?
Safran Tweet mentioning LUH engine Ardiden 1U
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The 3.1-tonne helicopter, being built for the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force, will replace the fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters
- The ground tests for the LUH took place in 2015, but the first flight were delayed due to certification issues in the software used in the chopper.
- The chopper is powered by a Shakti engine made in collaboration with French company Turbomeca.
- HAL will start manufacturing in 2018
The indigenously developed light utility helicopter took to the Bengaluru skies for the first time on Tuesday - it is a major milestone for the project as the test were being held back due to software-related hurdle.
The helicopter lifted at 1210 hours and was in the air for 15 minutes at HAL facilities, HAL officials confirmed to Asianet Newsable.
The 3.1-tonne helicopter being built for the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force will replace the fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters.
The Indian military has a requirement for 384 helicopters of which 187 helicopters will be built by HAL.
In a statement HAL said, the maiden flight test was an important and significant beginning for prototype testing of LUH. This is the third indigenous helicopter product from the stables of HAL after ALH and LCH. Apart from replacement of ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak, LUH is expected to capture a sizeable share both in domestic and international market.
The ground tests for the LUH took place in 2015, but the first flight were delayed due to certification issues in the software used in the chopper. Since the LUH is classified as a military project, the developers were required to put up special encrypted software.
HAL will start manufacturing the choppers from 2018, after certifications and operational clearances are obtained. The chopper is powered by a Shakti engine made in collaboration with French company Turbomeca.
The LUH has a maximum All-Up-Weight (AUW) of 3150 Kgs, and has a seating capacity of six passengers plus two pilots. The helicopter is designed to carry out various utility roles such as reconnaissance, transport, cargo load and rescue operations. The helicopter can operate from sea level to high altitudes of Himalayas.
http://newsable.asianetnews.tv/india/built-light-utility-helicopter-bengaluru-hal
Tail Fin = Vertical stabilisers ?@ni8mare
Finally..
its for tail skid.. normally helos have a tail fin in this category. here the D shape is basically to protect it from hitting ground ..
Published September 6, 2016
SOURCE: HAL PR
Achieving yet another significant milestone, HAL conducted a technical flight of indigenous Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) in Bengaluru, today. The helicopter lifted at 1210 hours and was in the air for 15 minutes at HAL facilities. The flawless flight was carried out by HAL test pilots.
This event marks an important and significant beginning for prototype testing of LUH. This is the third indigenous helicopter product from the stables of HAL after ALH and LCH. Apart from replacement of ageing fleet of Cheetah / Chetak, LUH is expected to capture a sizeable share both in domestic and international market.
Light Utility Helicopter (LUH):
The LUH has a maximum All-Up-Weight (AUW) of 3150 Kgs, fitted with Safran HE Ardiden-1U engine of 750 KW power, with a range of 350 Km, service ceiling 6.5 Km, seating capacity of six passengers plus two pilots. The helicopter is designed to carry out various utility roles such as reconnaissance, transport, cargo load and rescue operations. The helicopter can operate from sea level to high altitudes of Himalayas.
Until now, I was thinking that the maximum number of LUHs that could be bought would be 384 (187+197), but according to this excerpt taken from Prasun K. Sengupta's latest article, the number is considerably higher :
" the Ministry of Defence-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) conducted the 15-minute-long maiden flight of its homegrown, multi-role, 3.15-tonne, single-engined Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), 440 of which are required for the three armed services of India (125 for the Air Force, 259 for the Army and 56 for the Navy) over the following decade. "
http://trishul-trident.blogspot.in/2016/09/homegrown-luh-takes-to-skies.html
This implies that the 56-chopper Navy requirement (which I believed till now was reserved for twin-engine helos) for which choppers like Bell 429 were thought to compete for, would go to the single-engined LUH.
So has the twin-engine requirement been junked?
Your thoughts, please : @PARIKRAMA @randomradio @Abingdonboy @Water Car Engineer
It's not junked. Enough number of twin engines are coming in from Russia through the Kamov GTG.
The navy's medium helicopter requirement is separate. It's not related to the LUH.