DRDO pictures: maiden Flight of Rustom II

[ranadd]

Can it actually fire ,It looks like a dummy though besides the two Pod things.lol

Hope it is sarcasm.

 

[GR!FF!N]

Good lord,that means what I saw was true.on 6th Nov afternoon I saw this drone flying.I also videos it,but only when it was far away.I also opened a thread on that.silly me.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Well certainly doesn't look anything similar to the "Indian air-force drone" in movie "Interstellar" one after which matthew mcconneghey went off the cliff thing could power a whole countryside

I am sure you were "butt-hurt" after seeing the word Indian Air Force Drone in movie interstellar

 

[ranadd]

Well certainly doesn't look anything similar to the "Indian air-force drone" in movie "Interstellar" one after which matthew mcconneghey went off the cliff thing could power a whole countryside

 

[Areesh]

This is the thing which is named as drone or UAV....
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There was no point of bringing Burraq in this thread.

 

[Cyberian]

Is the second round of Rustom crashes?

 

[Thorough Pro]

nice purchase, where di you buy it from?

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[Indian_gorkha]

Is the second round of Rustom crashes?

With a name like "SUPARCO", you shouldn't ask such questions!

 

[Indian_gorkha]

nice purchase, where di you buy it from?

Chalo, we will give it to you. At least we didn't begged for drones or things to be provided at the least possible rates from another country like your fellow people in this forum.

 

[AMCA]

Is the second round of Rustom crashes?

SUPARCO questioning on crashes and quality!! How cute

nice purchase, where di you buy it from?

From HAL ofcourse

 

[AmirPatriot]

If I may ask, why dual engines? I've seen this on the Russian Altius as well. The only advantages of dual engines for a UAV are greater performance and redundancy.

But UAVs are meant to be cheap, reliable and have long endurance. Two engines increase expense, maintenance and fuel consumption. Why not have just 1 more powerful turboprop instead of two weaker ones?

As I understand this uses 2 100 hp Saturn 36T engines, each producing 100 hp. I'm sure India could procure a 200 hp turboprop... even a Rotax 914 internal combustion engine makes 115 hp, and that's the same engine that powers the MQ-1 and Shahed-129.

MQ-1

Shahed-129

 

[Water Car Engineer]

As I understand this uses 2 100 hp Saturn 36T engines, each producing 100 hp. I'm sure India could procure a 200 hp turboprop... even a Rotax 914 internal combustion engine makes 115 hp, and that's the same engine that powers the MQ-1 and Shahed-129.

The current engines on the model are only placeholders.

 

[AmirPatriot]

The current engines on the model are only placeholders.

Any idea what the intended operational engines are going to be?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Any idea what the intended operational engines are going to be?

Local 200hp being made.

 

[AmirPatriot]

Local 200hp being made.

What I find odd is that with no sanctions, why doesn't India import an engine or do license production? Moreover, with its technical capabilities and budget, why can't it make a single 400 hp engine?