LCA-Tejas flies with in-flight refuelling probe for the first time

[Penguin]

JF-17 initial probe

BLock II revised probe

South African Mirage probe (note similarity JF-17 initial probe)

Cheetah E

Mirage 2000

Pakistani Mirage III ROSE (note similarity Cheetah E)

 

[Penguin]

Rafale

Gripen

Mig-29SMT

Mig-29K and Mig-35

Jaguar

 

[Penguin]

Mig -31

Sukhoi 27/30 series

J-10

J-8-II Finback

KAI FA-50PA

Hawk 200

Hawk-120

 

[RPK]

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

this one looks way better

 

[bloo]

Is it retractable?

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

Is it retractable?

Nope.

 

[Mustang06]

Ain't she a beauty!

 

[HariPrasad]

i was thinking the same but since its just the test flight . . position can be altered later i guess.

No position shall not be altered. They are not fools to place it at a wrong place and what you and can think which they will not be able to realize.

 

[punit]

Nope.

is it possible to have retractable ones ?

 

[Indika]

weird position, looks fugly.

yup that looks ugly, a retractable would have been good one. probably this is just for capability demonstrator and they may refine it later.

Wouldnt this increase the drag on the body when flying faster?

 

[punit]

yup that looks ugly, a retractable would have been good one. probably this is just for capability demonstrator and they may refine it later.

Wouldnt this increase the drag on the body when flying faster?

it will .

 

[TaimiKhan]

@MilSpec @ranjeet @Sky lord @Abingdonboy @Water Car Engineer

https://twitter.com/x/status/826420860550467586

Not meant sarcastically, but a beautiful looking plane has been made ugly by the location of the IFR probe.

Should be relocated.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

is it possible to have retractable ones ?

No clue bro . . ask the in house experts about it

 

[Aasimkhan]

Have you guys in your shit industry even designed a car or two? A bike maybe without outside help? You're the definition of the throwing a stone from a glass house.

WTF ? Our plane is already sold in international market, Even India Navy has rejected TEJAS, you have no face to tell us we have designed cars or bikes, we have sold fighters in international market and u r still sitting on a flop