Picture of LUH PT-1 structure

[Abingdonboy]

On the contrary, the papers are brimming with headlines that the Indian PM has not spared a single country in the West, begging them to invest and manufacture their products in India so that its stone age industry may benefit from the advancements which have been made in its absence. Wise move, if I may say so.

Lol, the PM is doing his job! I understand that your nation has been without a leader who has placed their nation's interests first for a LONG time but don't let that cloud your judgment.

How dare the PM secure tens of billions of dollars of investment for his nation, the horror!

Here's the LUH PT-1 structure that was uncoupled from the coupling jig at HAL facilities recently.

Isn't the PT-1 meant to fly this year?

 

[gslv mk3]

Isn't the PT-1 meant to fly this year?

Yes.

 

[anant_s]

Don't you guys know, that Pakistani engineering is miles ahead of us? One example was posted above, their brilliant "light helicopter". Here is another thing - the Pakistani media was claiming this to beat India's nano and other indigenous cars. The engine is Chinese, but the rest of it is Pakistani. I present to you, the magnificent Habib Sitara:

Isn't that a golf Cart?

 

[janon]

Isn't that a golf Cart?

It's their India-beating cart car.

Sitara, Pak's car, which 'beat India' - The Times of India
Rs 1 lakh car? Pak beats India
Pakistan’s Habib beats Tata in low-priced cars | The Acorn

That's the same reasoning as their delusions that manufacturing the JF-17 in Pakistan is somehow getting them ahead of India, which has been doing so for more than half a century.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Yes.

So an induction date of late 2018/early 2019 (a best case scenario), still a long time for the IAF and IA to wait to get replacements for their ancient Cheetak/Cheetah.

 

[anant_s]

It's their India-beating cart car.

Sitara, Pak's car, which 'beat India' - The Times of India
Rs 1 lakh car? Pak beats India
Pakistan’s Habib beats Tata in low-priced cars | The Acorn

That's the same reasoning as their delusions that manufacturing the JF-17 in Pakistan is somehow getting them ahead of India, which has been doing so for more than half a century.

Actually it looks like marriage of a small engine with a drive transmission and a basic cart. Quite ingenious (& perhaps cost effective), but to call it a CAR, well thats getting a little too ambitious.
Also there is a similar concoction used in India (especially in Kutch region) of a make shift vehicle made by combining a small trolley with a strong bike like Bullet/Yezdi. It is lovingly called Chakda.