tvsram1992
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With Russian and French help we can make an operational engine with in a decade . We can also use kaveri for Rafales in MLU .
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But not on LCA, it wasn't even integrated for ground tests and taxi trials so far,
which makes the claim that it would offer enough thrust for 75% of the requirement more than unlikely.
Testing the engine on other test aircrafts or ground test facilities doesn't matter here, because the engine was not meant to be a tech demonstrator, but to power LCA and it is a failure in this field.
DRDO was only able to offer a tech demonstrator so far and hopes to base future engine developments on the limited experience they got now.
But as they admited, for any fighter development K9 is not useful and they are not good enough to do it alone, therefor even they want foreign support!
So when you look at it with a more realistic view, the glass is not even half full and there is still much to go to fill it!
What is important is that : (1) Glass is not fully empty; the filling up process starts with a drop.
and (2) The process of filling up must continue ... in the sense that we should not give up and let it remain to just one drop ... but keep filling it up .. if possible at a faster rate.
No, what's important is to admit the mistakes and failures of and learn from them, but DRDO is simply switching to the next "ambitious" projects (?? - what ambitious project: putting Kaveri on a technology demonstator LCA is "ambitious" project??)and distracting with some babysteps by selling them as milestones, or major achievements. Testing K9 on IL 76 proved nothing (?? - so we should have put the Kaveri directly on LCA, just like stupid china)than that the engine works in general, but nothing else since it didn't powered the aircraft and the IL would have flown with the 3 normal engines anyway.(?? - so you mean to say that Kaveri was coupled with IL-76 only for a photo / video opportunity.)
All the time and money we spend and the delays it caused in the LCA project were wasted because of DRDO and this can't be taken that easily. Somebody has to be taken accountable for this and there should be changes in DRDOs project management and an analysis of all that went wrong, only then they can improve again!
No, what's important is to admit the mistakes and failures of and learn from them, but DRDO is simply switching to the next "ambitious" projects and distracting with some babysteps by selling them as milestones, or major achievements. Testing K9 on IL 76 proved nothing than that the engine works in general, but nothing else since it didn't powered the aircraft and the IL would have flown with the 3 normal engines anyway.
All the time and money we spend and the delays it caused in the LCA project were wasted because of DRDO and this can't be taken that easily. Somebody has to be taken accountable for this and there should be changes in DRDOs project management and an analysis of all that went wrong, only then they can improve again!
No, what's important is to admit the mistakes and failures of and learn from them, but DRDO is simply switching to the next "ambitious" projects and distracting with some babysteps by selling them as milestones, or major achievements. Testing K9 on IL 76 proved nothing than that the engine works in general, but nothing else since it didn't powered the aircraft and the IL would have flown with the 3 normal engines anyway.
All the time and money we spend and the delays it caused in the LCA project were wasted because of DRDO and this can't be taken that easily. Somebody has to be taken accountable for this and there should be changes in DRDOs project management and an analysis of all that went wrong, only then they can improve again!
I believe that India should get rid of this failed project. Stop playing with the gullible Indian enthusiasts by talking about how this engine can go on trains, ship, death stars, etc.
We don't need your certificate of excellence.. Please refrain from giving certificate.
So get rid and what? close the project???
Quietly cancel this project. Start joint engine development with more advance countries. Don't go alone if you guys are not capable.