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[Haanzo]

unrealistic?? just because its Indian LCA??
do you really believe its just an average fighter??
i really wonder what will you tag JF-17 comparing LCA & JF-17 configuration.

jf-17 is a 4gen aircraft able to whip a 4.5 gen planes A.SS hence 4.5 gen planes are useless

please lets stop this madness as MK once said these kind of posts lack sanity

 

[Screaming Skull]

Latest LCA pics!!

Photo by HAL taken recently at a night-flight trial of the LCA Tejas. The photo was taken in the third week of June during the initial night-flying tests on one of the prototypes.

A photograph from HAL of a recent weapons test of the LCA Tejas.​

 

[Jako]

I cant see the photo!

 

[sancho]

I cant see the photo!

Can see them sometimes, don't know why but here are the links:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o_no4M2xEPY/SktmPAsW35I/AAAAAAAAHdE/brlJkoTvy5k/s1600/IMG_0445-756363.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o_no4M2xEPY/SktnekiTdII/AAAAAAAAHdM/WRgnIRlcYso/s1600/DSC00330-774082.JPG

 

[heartwinlion]

Can see them sometimes, don't know why but here are the links:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o_no4M2xEPY/SktmPAsW35I/AAAAAAAAHdE/brlJkoTvy5k/s1600/IMG_0445-756363.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o_no4M2xEPY/SktnekiTdII/AAAAAAAAHdM/WRgnIRlcYso/s1600/DSC00330-774082.JPG

Ist link is not working

 

[sancho]

Ist link is not working

Maybe these:

LiveFist: EXCLUSIVE Photo: Tejas night-flight

LiveFist: EXCLUSIVE Photo: Tejas weapon test

 

[ironman]

Nature too created Indian Flag Background.

 

[RPK]

LCA’s final prototype to take off soon


First Published : 26 Jun 2009 08:19:03 AM ISTLast Updated :

BANGALORE: The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme has achieved another significant breakthrough as its final prototype vehicle PV-5 will soon take to the skies. The PV-5, one of the five prototype vehicles developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency is ready with the Engine Ground Run currently being carried on.


Defence Research and Development Organisation sources told Express that the Engine Ground Run for the PV-5, a two-seat trainer prototype is currently being carried out, before it can be certified to fly.

“The Engine Ground Run precedes the low-speed taxi trial and the high speed taxi-trials, following which the first flight of the aircraft will take place,” said sources. “Once the weather improves the taxi trial will be carried and so will the first flight of the PV-5,” sources added.

Unlike the other four prototypes (PV-1, PV-2,PV-3,PV-4) and the two technology demonstrator (TD-1 and TD-2) aircraft, the PV-5 apart from being a two-seat trainer version of the LCA will be identical to the fighter.

It will be fully combat capable and could be used in that role.

The LCA has completed 1,141 Test Flights successfully as on June 25.

ADA, the technology development agency for the indigenous LCA programme, hopes to get the Initial Operational Clearance before being inducted in the IAF by 2010. IAF plans to have seven LCA squadrons

Source

 

[Mig-29]

Worried over the pace of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas programme, the Indian Air Force has suggested that the deadline for the fighter’s initial operational clearance (IOC) be postponed. According to the latest schedules, the IOC is December 2010. But with a number of issues dogging the design and development of the fighter, the postponement was suggested during last week’s ‘monthly review meeting.’ Senior officials from the designers, the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), the IAF (including the newly appointed Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal N.V. Tyagi) and the manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics, were present. Highly placed sources told The Hindu that the software integration of crucial equipment like the Israeli-built multimode radar (MMR) with the aircraft was yet to be completed. The lack of a radar meant that crucial points on the flight envelope were yet to be tested.The ADA has still not provided HAL with the digital flight control computer and air data computers which have to be integrated into the LCA programme’s Limited Series Production 3 (LSP3) aircraft. The new LSP3, which was scheduled to make its first flight in June 2008, is now expected to do so only in September. Both the IAF and the ADA have bemoaned the low sortie generation by HAL. Just 11 sorties were undertaken in April, 24 in May and 23 in June. Officials claim that a minimum run rate of 30 sorties a month is required to meet the present IOC deadline. With this in mind, a plan to prepare two aircraft for flying in the forenoon and one in the afternoon was worked out. But this has not fructified.HAL officials, however, deny that sortie generation is the primary reason behind the delays. “With two aircraft withdrawn from the flight test programme, we have just five aircraft to generate sorties,” said an official. “And even the available aircraft are not fully fitted to undertake the flights that are required. We have even painted LSP3 in its new colour [grey] and are ready. LSP4 will have its ground run before the end of July and the fuselages for LSP5 and LSP6 are ready. On six occasions in June while the aircraft was prepared and the weather good, there were no pilots.” Officials said the IAF was aware of the shortage of test pilots at the National Flight Test Centre (the LCA is flown exclusively by these pilots) and was looking to increase their number.

ASIAN DEFENCE: Tejas may skip operational clearance deadline

 

[s90]

Guys is there any video of LCA doing 360?

 

[Skywalker]

Guys is there any video of LCA doing 360?

Unfortumately not buddy, infact LCA is doing 69 with DRDO these days.

 

[paritosh]

^^
that was funny!..and it kind of makes sense too...

 

[manojb]

Guys is there any video of LCA doing 360?

 

[s90]

^ Thats not full 360.............

 

[sancho]

^ Thats not full 360.............

You mean a looping or?