No tejas Is Edges in both Engine and EW although they have Similar radar but Mk-I's multi-mode radar (MMR) (which has an indigenous antenna and scanner but an Elta EL/M-2032 processing back end) achieve 60 per cent more range than with the latter.
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She looks brand spanking new.
This one seems to have much less ugly white patches over the wings to measure stress on the airframe.
Read earlier that LCA is more draggy when compared to other delta wing ac,which was the reason for its limited combat range(300 km I think)This one seems to have much less ugly white patches over the wings to measure stress on the airframe.
Perhaps they have finished the ultra extensive stress calculations.
This is what I am talking about.Notice white patches all over the wings.
One of the advantages of delta wing, in addition to providing higher lift and instantaneous turn rate, it also reduces the stress on the airframe as compared to a conventional wing.
This coupled with high usage of composites means, high availability, cheaper maintenance and longer service life for the plane.
Its ironical that after more than half a century of license building mostly Russian planes, HAL builds a jet that follows western ethos.
This one seems to have much less ugly white patches over the wings to measure stress on the airframe.
Perhaps they have finished the ultra extensive stress calculations.
This is what I am talking about.Notice white patches all over the wings.
One of the advantages of delta wing, in addition to providing higher lift and instantaneous turn rate, it also reduces the stress on the airframe as compared to a conventional wing.
This coupled with high usage of composites means, high availability, cheaper maintenance and longer service life for the plane.
Its ironical that after more than half a century of license building mostly Russian planes, HAL builds a jet that follows western ethos.
