HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions-[Thread 2]

[ito]

A truly a watershed development in Indian military history.

 

[fsayed]

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

3 planes ?

@PARIKRAMA

 

[PARIKRAMA]

3 planes ?

@PARIKRAMA

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The extreme left one tail is green.. looks like an SP unit for testing.. just parked in open hangar

The inducted ones have full body same color..

see these pics

notice tail color same as whole body

https://twitter.com/x/status/748731597461921793

https://twitter.com/x/status/748739588143718402

 

[PARIKRAMA]

Here's What This Fighter Pilot Said After A 10-Minute Solo Sortie On Tejas
All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: July 01, 2016 18:24 IST

On landing after a flawless flight demo, the olive green aircraft was greeted with a water salute as it taxied onto the base from the runway.

BENGALURU:
HIGHLIGHTS

1. Tejas ahead of other fighters in the world, claimed Mr Rangachari.
2. He flew the supersonic fighter up to 1,500 feet altitude at 900 km speed.
3. Tejas is capable of flying with four-tonne payloads.

Flying the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) after its induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) was like being on top of the world, said Group Captain Madhav Rangachari on Friday.

"I felt like being on top of the world when flying the Tejas fighter. It's an honour and a privilege to pilot the inaugural flight of the LCA soon after its induction," Mr Rangachari told reporters after a 10-minute solo sortie under a cloudy sky and windy conditions.

The 40-year-old test pilot is the commanding officer of the IAF's 45 squadron nicknamed Flying Daggers. With 3,000 flying hours experience, Rangachari was part of the Mirage 2000 squadron before flying the multi-role Tejas since a year.


Taking off from the IAF's Aircraft System Testing Establishment (ASTE) tarmac in the city's eastern suburb and adjacent to the defence airport of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Rangachari flew the multi-role supersonic fighter up to 1,500 feet altitude at 900 km speed (450 knots) within visual range in the Bengaluru sky.

"I could do only horizontal profile and not vertical due to the cloudy sky. It's an excellent aircraft and generation ahead of other fighters in the world. Being the only of its kind (light combat), it's not comparable with other military aircraft," Mr Rangachari asserted.

Though the aircraft did not have weapons under its wings for the sortie, Rangachari said he had flown it with air-to-air missiles and laser-guided bombs during test flights and had verified its strike power.

"For flight demonstrations and aerobatics, we do not carry weapons, though Tejas is capable of flying with four-tonne payloads, including missiles and bombs and hitting targets accurately," Mr Rangachari claimed.

As the Tejas squadron will operate from Bengaluru for the next two years before moving to its designated air base at Sulur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, the air force will deploy more test pilots and technicians to fly them for final operational clearance and training.

"The squadron has six test pilots, 20 technicians to fly the LCA and more fighter pilots will join us, as we induct two more of them this year and three more next year when delivered by HAL," Mr Rangachari said.

On landing after a flawless flight demo, the olive green aircraft was greeted with a water salute as it taxied onto the base from the runway.

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/flyi...of-the-world-1426973?pfrom=home-lateststories

 

[nang2]

now the work should be focused on giving it a weight reduction better aerodynamic profile lesser drag and of course a new air induction system like that on F35 and an AESA(GaN based) radar and combined EW-ECM and avionics suite

One thing I didn't get. How come LCA needs weight reduction when it extensively uses composite? How light do you want it to be? Anyone cares to enlighten me? Thanks.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

2 .

The extreme left one tail is green.. looks like an SP unit for testing.. just parked in open hangar

The inducted ones have full body same color..

see these pics

notice tail color same as whole body

https://twitter.com/x/status/748731597461921793

https://twitter.com/x/status/748739588143718402

here is a different angle.

it shows two tails without that paint

 

[GuardianRED]

here is a different angle.

it shows two tails without that paint

Nice Catch

Looks like a 2 Seater trainer

 

[Kraitcorp]

@Abingdonboy

Indians have EVERY right to be HAPPY with the Progress of Tejas

Only we can understand how HARD and painful the journey has been

That is because we have done all the hard work ourselves ; faced setbacks and disappointments ; fallen down numerous times GOT up again but we DID not Quit

Now there is NO looking back ; The future is going to be even better

In short we are like the Stark's in Game of thrones.

The platform with a historic No "01". From KH-2001 to LA-5001

The ceremonial welcome

 

[proud_indian]

C. D. Balaji Interview today on DD News

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Abingdonboy]

2 .

The extreme left one tail is green.. looks like an SP unit for testing.. just parked in open hangar

The inducted ones have full body same color..

see these pics

notice tail color same as whole body

https://twitter.com/x/status/748731597461921793

https://twitter.com/x/status/748739588143718402

here is a different angle.

it shows two tails without that paint

There are 4 LCA in that shelter:

2 single seaters were inducted into the IAF today, the other 2 (1 single seat, 1 twin seat) that can be seen in these pics will be offcially inducted into the IAF in a few weeks once they have been fully "shaken down" by the ASTE. It its these "to be inducted" LCA that still have unpainted tails/sections.

But in NDTV news it showed three Tejas??
@GURU DUTT

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[Abingdonboy]