rockstarIN
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Any body else with off crap feces to post who would like to go pink?? Hmm?
On the serious note of the topic.. and not withstanding rockstar's acerbic and misplaced comment.
The Tejas has been a bigger bite for HAL than it could chew off easily.. the result are the delays and errors.
However.. the fruit of this will be felt when the AMCA is being designed as the Tejas's technology "training" to HAL will contribute a lot to a well thought out and well defined AMCA.
I fail to understand what is so acerbic and misplaced info. about it.
I said unlike other air forces like PAF & USAF, IAF is waiting to get the jets for user trails/induction certified by NFTC
Now here is some info. about National Flight Test Centre
National Flight Test Centre (NFTC)
NFTC was formed in July 1994 pooling in resources of ADA, HAL & IAF by the then Scientific Adviser to the Raksha Mantri, Dr. A PJ Abdul Kalam, to undertake flight-testing of the LCA exclusively . An effective and efficient system has been put in place in the disciplines of:
Flight test operations
Flight test engineering
Flight test instrumentation
Development Flight Test Programme
Full Scale Engineering Development (FSED) phase
Initial Operational Clearance (IOC)
Final Operational Clearance (FOC)
Special tasks associated with futuristic technologies
NFTC
Meanwhile PAF is directly involved in JF-17 from the development itself.
USAF technicians started getting experience on F-35s.
USAF to Train on New F-35 Before Year's End - Defense News
I'm not saying having NFTC is a huge advantage, but that is how things work here. They are very adamant people to give certifications, there is a news that LCA doing 8-9 G but these guys not ready to certify/accept it.
And about LCA's usefulness in today's contest. I still believe a light weight interceptor is always required for IAF. The small, low RCS interceptor is to replace Migs and have a good advantage on our western borders since there is no heavy class sir dominance fighters at opposite side.
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The photograph is real.
It is scanned from HAL's Tejas booklet.
I have checked the video of PV-3 first flight. there is no probe in that video.
You can also check the same in youtube.