sudhir007
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If they want to add more internal fuel and more weapons loading capacity.. that is the option they have got.. Lets hope they do that in MK2
When will the first prototype fly? it came out from production hanger quite long back. doing taxi trials for quite long???
I think ADA doesn't want to commit,So looks like we didnt get much in LCA MK2, But I am sure these designs will change. And there is enough time in hand of ADA to do the design change.
But what we can do.?. the wings of Tejas is placed so high compared to others... But this design is more suited for indian environment especially the wide nature of our environment.... Secondly if we put the huge Gear on wings.. we will have additional penalty on structural desing as well as weight... so it seems the only way to increase fuel is increase by 0.5 m and proper estatemanagement... so i guess there is an increase in 0.2m in height also..If we go by the MK2 models and specboards shown at Aero India, they lenghten the fuselage for 0.5m (interestingly the hight increases for 0.2m as well, but not sure why that happens), to integrate the new engines, as well as internal fuel tanks. The location of the gear on the other side remains the same and that is the big difference to Gripen NG and why there won't be additional station at the fuselage. I hoped for additional wingstations, at least at the wingtips, but people attended Aero India stated, that this would require more work to strenghten the wing (however, imo it would be worth it).
Based on older infos and latest specs from Aero India, I would expect LCA MK1 to have the following specs:
Empty weight: 6560Kg
Internal fuel: 2485Kg
MTOW: 13000Kg (reduced by 500Kg, because of 1000Kg overweight)
Payload: 3500Kg (reduced by 500Kg, because of 1000Kg overweight)
Logically MTOW is supposed to be empty + internal fuel + useful payload right?? so what do you mean by reduced by 500 kg?
Logically MTOW is supposed to be empty + internal fuel + useful payload right?? so what do you mean by reduced by 500 kg?