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What a great find. Usual windy jamming BS. This is not Chinese car designing to copy a design. Not only that, the fanboys will actually believe this, swallow this whole thing and spit it elsewhere, only to be embarrassed.Yes you're right sir, may be they mix 2 designs, i agree with you sir
Just because something looks similar it doesn't mean it's copied. First thing off the bat, every Delta wing design will look similar and falls under any of these design characteristics.
They may look similar but they are fundamentally different in all aspects. Given his understanding of designs is by "looks" and feels, not sure how to get this across. Take Viggens fuselage for example as you can see from the images he posted, Viggen does not have an elongated tail cone which is seen in Tejas this increases drag in jets like Tejas.
Viggen is a revolutionary design, unlike Tejas it is an aerodynamically stable aircraft. If I'm not wrong it is the first Delta wing with canards. Back in the day Delta wing aircrafts weren't popular as it is today, due to their inherent issues with maneuvering (for a fighter jet) as it requires complex techniques involving pilot inputs. This issue was solved after the introduction of FBW systems. Canards in modern Delta wing does not generate lift, but in Viggens case the canards are designed specifically such that it generates lift, this causes a downwash at the wings right behind those canards. This resulted in a downforce at the wing and to cancel this out and get maximum lift from the wing they added a wing twist and redesigned the aerofoil in that way.
In Tejas however the weird sweep you see is required due to its small size of the wings in comparison to other Delta wings, the vortices generated behind the wing without the sweep would move forward and thereby pushing the aerodynamic center forward. I can't add gif or links for some weird reason, you may look for gifs showing vortices behind the wing I'll add an image tho and it's position is exactly where Tejas added that special sweep.
I wonder why windy didn't post the front view which would've cleared the air if it's actually copied. This is Viggen.
Tejas, does the aerofoil in anyway look similar to that of Viggen. See how the leading edge is lifted.
We designed, redesigned and tested this in our own labs we made improvements corrected design flaws of MK1 and introduced new designs mk1a, mk2 which will fly in the coming years while windy can keep making threads about "looks" of jet when all you do is the paint jobs and tightening screws in assembly line. Time to reflect on oneself