HAL LCH| Updates and Discussions

[atyagi]

None of your link are working..can you please post correct link

 

[realindian]

^
both links r not working

 

[praveen007]

corrected 2nd link is working

 

[Guynextdoor]

Why would we buy if we can build...

 

[Guynextdoor]

OK Gentlemen...may I inform you that I have SEEN the LCH MANY MANY times with mine own eyes over the last everal months....the damn thing keeps flying all around my building...

 

[CONNAN]

OK Gentlemen...may I inform you that I have SEEN the LCH MANY MANY times with mine own eyes over the last everal months....the damn thing keeps flying all around my building...

next time you see it get your best cam and get a nice shot bro

 

[Guynextdoor]

next time you see it get your best cam and get a nice shot bro

Oh I've tried with my samsung phone dude. But I can tell you, the stories from what I've seen are much more than what you'd read on the news- I knows some real spices

 

[sirius4u]

Kind enuf to throw sum light?

 

[CONNAN]

Oh I've tried with my samsung phone dude. But I can tell you, the stories from what I've seen are much more than what you'd read on the news- I knows some real spices

got anythig hot bro

 

[praveen007]

just read on brf about performing of " flips, reverse flight, upside-down, and sharp turns with " with weapon load.

 

[Guynextdoor]

got anythig hot bro

Ok. The HAL test centre is in Banglore in an area surrounded by lots of defence organizations (LRDE, GTRE etc.). The airstrip and hangar adjoin a lake which, on the other side adjoins a IT park with motorola, HP etc. and Mine is the first building when you look at it from HAL side and conseqently closest to the facility. Every day I see at least one ALH flying..it is ALWAYS there. I think I've also seen LCAs.

The first time I saw LCH it was a few days after news reports of the 'hover'. This time it wasn't just hovering. It was taking one long circular flight, escorted by an ALH, starting from the strip, around the lake, the tech park and finally back. I think it was the first time it went outside the HAL campus itself.

The second time I saw it, it was hardly eight/ten days after my first sighting. Surprisingly, there was no escort. It was on it's own and I was taken aback at the how far they had pushed it...it was taking all sorts of steep curves, dancing up and down and the pilot was flying it like one of the ALHs...not what you'd expect from a brand new heli which is hardly some 13/15 days old. This was also the time when I made my first observation about it's capabilities

a) It is agile- yes, but it is also QUIET. Why do I say so? Remember I see ALH every day. You KNOW when it flies anywhere in the sky coz it's noisy. LCH, though with the same power pack configuragtion is muffled. In fact on this occasion I pulled out my samsung corby and was waiting, looking the direction of the lake expecting it to come by when it actually crept up behind me and I didn't realize it until it was almost flying over me

b) I think for some reason the test program is highly accelerated. Y do I say that? Apart from the observation that within the first few days the heli was dancing all over the place, they are using every slot available. A few days after the above sighting, bangalore had lots of rains and showers. Trees were pulled off and I was stuck near my cigarette shop waiting for a VERY VERY nasty, almost cyclonic storm to clear out. There was a brief lull for, say, 40 mins? N I saw LCH flying then. You don't test a brand new helo in such inclement weather unless you want to really push it right?

C) I can't make visual observations about profile and silhuette coz it is black in color. Big or small proflies- all will easily stand out to the eye when painted black

d) Recently (last week types), I've heard a heli with the 'muffled' acoustic signature of the LCH flying in the night extensively...I'm quite sure that it's now being put through night testing

Plus, I stopeed smoking 10 days ago so all other sightings have dropped drastically

 

[Kinetic]

OK Gentlemen...may I inform you that I have SEEN the LCH MANY MANY times with mine own eyes over the last everal months....the damn thing keeps flying all around my building...

Now don't tell us that you are not a member of LeT/JeM!!!

Ok. The HAL test centre is in Banglore in an area surrounded by lots of defence organizations (LRDE, GTRE etc.). The airstrip and hangar adjoin a lake which, on the other side adjoins a IT park with motorola, HP etc. and Mine is the first building when you look at it from HAL side and conseqently closest to the facility. Every day I see at least one ALH flying..it is ALWAYS there. I think I've also seen LCAs.

The first time I saw LCH it was a few days after news reports of the 'hover'. This time it wasn't just hovering. It was taking one long circular flight, escorted by an ALH, starting from the strip, around the lake, the tech park and finally back. I think it was the first time it went outside the HAL campus itself.

The second time I saw it, it was hardly eight/ten days after my first sighting. Surprisingly, there was no escort. It was on it's own and I was taken aback at the how far they had pushed it...it was taking all sorts of steep curves, dancing up and down and the pilot was flying it like one of the ALHs...not what you'd expect from a brand new heli which is hardly some 13/15 days old. This was also the time when I made my first observation about it's capabilities

a) It is agile- yes, but it is also QUIET. Why do I say so? Remember I see ALH every day. You KNOW when it flies anywhere in the sky coz it's noisy. LCH, though with the same power pack configuragtion is muffled. In fact on this occasion I pulled out my samsung corby and was waiting, looking the direction of the lake expecting it to come by when it actually crept up behind me and I didn't realize it until it was almost flying over me

b) I think for some reason the test program is highly accelerated. Y do I say that? Apart from the observation that within the first few days the heli was dancing all over the place, they are using every slot available. A few days after the above sighting, bangalore had lots of rains and showers. Trees were pulled off and I was stuck near my cigarette shop waiting for a VERY VERY nasty, almost cyclonic storm to clear out. There was a brief lull for, say, 40 mins? N I saw LCH flying then. You don't test a brand new helo in such inclement weather unless you want to really push it right?

C) I can't make visual observations about profile and silhuette coz it is black in color. Big or small proflies- all will easily stand out to the eye when painted black

d) Recently (last week types), I've heard a heli with the 'muffled' acoustic signature of the LCH flying in the night extensively...I'm quite sure that it's now being put through night testing

Plus, I stopeed smoking 10 days ago so all other sightings have dropped drastically

Excellent observation mate! Next time pls take some pic of this beast.

 

[Dark Angel]

New pics expand to see them correctly


See the weapons test are being done these days i guess

 

[anathema]

You really are guynextdoor to HAL ...a very nice post.

The second time I saw it, it was hardly eight/ten days after my first sighting. Surprisingly, there was no escort. It ...not what you'd expect from a brand new heli which is hardly some 13/15 days old. This was also the time when I made my first observation about it's capabilities

I guess that tells us that LCH has been flying much before than the actual publicized media trial.

a) It is agile- yes, but it is also QUIET. Why do I say so? Remember I see ALH every day. You KNOW when it flies anywhere in the sky coz it's noisy. LCH, though with the same power pack configuragtion is muffled. In fact on this occasion I pulled out my samsung corby and was waiting, looking the direction of the lake expecting it to come by when it actually crept up behind me and I didn't realize it until it was almost flying over me

Not exactly -- ALH is powered by a pair of turbomecca turbo shaft engines. whereas LCH is powered by only one leading it to its lower acoustic signature when compared to ALH.

 

[shrivatsa]

You really are guynextdoor to HAL ...a very nice post.



I guess that tells us that LCH has been flying much before than the actual publicized media trial.




Not exactly -- ALH is powered by a pair of turbomecca turbo shaft engines. whereas LCH is powered by only one leading it to its lower acoustic signature when compared to ALH.

nop it has two engines
The Hindu Business Line : Light combat helicopter makes its debut
— G R N Somashekar

First flight: The Light Combat Helicopter being put through the paces in Bangalore on Sunday.
Our Bureau

Bangalore, May 23

The made-in-India attack helicopter, the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), whose prototype formally took to the skies on Sunday, is set for induction in four years and will place the country in a select group of nations that have similar dedicated choppers.

The Vice-Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal P.K. Barbora, who witnessed the ceremonial inaugural flight here, said Indian aviation was desperately looking for a copter like the LCH , as also some friendly nations that may want to acquire it. However, “now begins the hard work for the bird, for its IOC and FOC (final operational certification) and serial production.”

He cautioned that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, which is developing and manufacturing the aircraft for the Armed Forces, should not repeat past mistakes and hoped that the LCH will meet all the needs of the Forces.

The agile copter can fire at ground, air and moving targets, and take part in counter-insurgency, urban warfare, escort and search and rescue operations. The development of LCH commenced in 2006. The 5.5-tonne light combat helicopter, a Rs 376-crore project, is derived from HAL's other all-purpose chopper, the ‘Dhruv' advanced light helicopter.

The lean, black, first prototype, called the technology demonstrator or TD-1, is a two-seater that can fire up to 6 km. It is powered by two ‘Shakti' engines made by HAL-Turbomeca joint venture and is one of the few choppers that can fly in reverse. According to Mr Ashok Nayak, Chairman, HAL , the defence enterprise expects to get initial orders for 65 LCH aircraft once it reaches the production stage. The LCH flew ceremonially for ten minutes at the old HAL airport, bringing up the rear of flight displays of other military aircraft. The Secretary, Defence Production, Mr R.K. Singh, and services brass witnessed the show.

The Defence Minister, Mr A.K.Antony, his Deputy, Mr Pallam Raju, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal P.V.Naik, cancelled their visit to the event in the aftermath of an Air India plane's crash at Mangalore on Saturday

According to Mr Singh, “Such indigenous capability has strategic and economic benefits. Every time you show such a machine, you make a strong statement to the world.” HAL's other joint product, the light combat aircraft, Tejas, was on course to getting its IOC by December 2010 and may take two more years to be inducted into the Air Force.