anathema
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nop it has two engines
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I think you are right ! I might have got it confused with LUH.
Hang on , i will do some googling and lets see what i come up with...
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nop it has two engines
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Full list of Payload's
AH-64 - 5268 kg
MI-28 - 4210 kg
LCH - 3400 kg
KA-50 - 3000 kg
Euro - 2940 kg
SuperCobra- 2800 kg
AW-129 - 2079 kg
Its not second but lightest attack chopper. AW-129 has an empty weight of 2530 kg while LCH is 2250 kg.^^^^^
Interesting points of note
*LCH is the Second lightest helicopter on that list , losing out to the AW-129 Mangusta
Over all LCH does alight for being a helicopter of its class.
But disappointingly, It does not fair very well against the Super cobra
LCH can go longer and Higher then The SC. But SC is faster and it can carry more.
Thats a huge advantage for operating at northern region. 'just' 400 km?!!!! LCH already the highest ceiling attack chopper, thats also a huge technological achievement.On top of that , LCH only has 400M advantage in service ceiling over the SC
And the LCH only has a 15 KM advantage over the range of the SC.
the SC on the other hand , has an empty weight proportional to the max weight of the LCH
And has a max Speed of 136 km more than the LCH Max speed.
All in all it has decent showing compared to the rest.
Currently , our neighbour Pakistan only has Cobra heli's and not SC , so the LCH can still be the top dog in the region for a while at least.
^^^ SC does not carry more imo ..it carries ~2800 kg. of ammunitions
while LCH carries around 3400 kg...(compare that with ~5000 kg. of apache )
.it lacks speed no doubt.. (HAL should work on that )..
Its not second but lightest attack chopper. AW-129 has an empty weight of 2530 kg while LCH is 2250 kg.
How SC can carry more??? LCH can carry 3450 kg of weapons while SC can carry 2810 kg.
Range, altitude and weapons load matter much more than speed.
Thats a huge advantage for operating at northern region. 'just' 400 km?!!!! LCH already the highest ceiling attack chopper, thats also a huge technological achievement.
That is an advantage SC has but this doesn't make it superior.
Above all LCH is much more stealthier than SC.
Yes Pakistan doesn't have SC but I think its matter of time that Pakistan will get SC and F-35.
China also has a good attack chopper programme. So we should be prepared.
its 400 M not 400 Km.
I am implying that the SC can go to almost as many places as the LCH,
I never said that , i only said it was an advantage
I don't really believe that , Just because the LCH looks sleeker , does not mean it is stealthy in many meaningful way. i mean it has giant rotating blades, how can anything be stealthy with something like that.
Sure you can say it is stealthier, but that's like comparing a grain of sand to two grains of sand , and saying i have more.
Sure when the US lets them.
F-35 lines will be busy well into the 2020 , unless they make a large order they wont get them any sooner.
AH-12 SC , may be possible , but that is still at least 5 years away.
By Them we may have AH-64 Apache Longbows , with large number of LCH.
Well aware , but all we can do is keep working on our own projects.
But since we can add foreign sub-systems to out choppers , we have have an Edge
It can. Just google Comache...^^ I have no idea how a chopper can be stealth..
Anyways it being stealth will nto have that effect because it will not be used for A2A role...the main role will be destroying the tanks imo..however my knowledge in this field is very limited...
Regarding no. of Apache, i believe we should have gone for atleast 50 of these to create some punch..or, maybe the no. will be increased as per our habit...
Than why our LCH armed with A-to-A missiles?!!! Its not just to destroy other choppers. Stealth is a huge advantage for chopper which can evade ground based radars at longer ranges but still attacks the target.
Kinetic -
Which is the A2A missile load out on LCH? and as of now they are only thinking of adding A2A.
Even MQ1predators, and Apache were supposed to have Sidewinders as well. But have they been added so far?....
Thanks Prateek -For the time being
Mistral A2A missile ,
Mistral ATAM is tried and tested against hostile helos and UAV
It was tested on Dhruv WSI version as well .
Image is of dhruv , you can see that "Tiger" design pattern . And the Mistral
Mistral Atam missile, air missile defense, air to air missile. MBDA
http://www.mbda-systems.com/mbda/site/docs_wsw/fichiers_communs/docs/pdf07_mistralatam.pdf