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Can anybody explain to me why lca needs 100kn engines.
jf -17 weighs more then lca but engine is 81.4kn
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Can anybody explain to me why lca needs 100kn engines.
jf -17 weighs more then lca but engine is 81.4kn
its not only the weight of the craft but also its weapon loading that has to be taken into account. moreover, LCA design is called aerodynamically 'unstable' - this is so that its easier to handle in fight during complex manouvers. hence it requires a higher power engine to keep it aways stable (you also require fly by wire control)
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Twelve LCA prototypes have flown more than 1000 hours. You have 12 different centres of gravities with each of those prototypes. Which one is the true one?
Can anybody explain to me why lca needs 100kn engines.
jf -17 weighs more then lca but engine is 81.4kn......
Quicksilver : its not only the weight of the craft but also its weapon loading that has to be taken into account. moreover, LCA design is called aerodynamically 'unstable' - this is so that its easier to handle in fight during complex manouvers. hence it requires a higher power engine to keep it aways stable (you also require fly by wire control)
Can anybody explain to me why lca needs 100kn engines.
jf -17 weighs more then lca but engine is 81.4kn
The reason IAF Want More thrust because IAF want LCA Air multi Role Air Superiority plane which can super cruse
While PAF JF 17 is Multi role fighter
So do you not think that a Multi Role Fighter is also tasked with Air Superiority roles?
Super cruise is not a function of propulsion only. For LCA to do so, some major redesign of the air frame would be needed. As much as some Indians may detest this statement of mine, LCA and JF-17 are pretty much envisioned to be in the same league. A decent MR platform that can replace a lot of the older equipment.
In the end, you can only do so much on the LCA before you take the unit cost so high that it ceases to be an affordable aircraft for you to make it the backbone of your Airforce.
Every plane divided based on its functions .... if u see SU 30 is Air Superiority fighter, Multirole Fighter, Strike fighter, Heavy class fighter
while MIG 29 is Multirole fighter plane like this.
Su-30, I think you are confusing few things about the aircraft roles
Until few decades back, fighters used to be very role specific they would be either ground attack or classified as Air superiority / Air defence fighters ..However, with modernisation in metallurgy, avionics, aircraft design came the new breed of fighters, known as Multi Role Fighters (MR) .The main thing that differentiates the two types of fighters (conventional and MR) is the vast choice of weapons and the availability of AI (airborne interceptor i.e. the radar on aircraft) .MR fighter carries variety of munitions in a single sortie and with a flick of a switch , it can change it role from air-to-air to air-ground or vice versa
What you are saying is that SU-30 MKI is a Multi Role and also the Air defence fighter well; it can only be one if you label it as MR, so it means that it is definitely an air defence fighter as well....
It is also worth mentioning that sometimes same airframe is used for the different roles examples are Mi-23 MF (air-air) /Mig-23 BN (air-ground) or Tornado IDS (air-ground)/Tornado ADV (Air Defence Variant)
On the contrary, Mirage 2000, F-16, Eurofighter, Rafael, SU-30, Chengdu J-10 ,Gripen etc are all MR fighters that can perform both the roles efficiently .Mig-29 is an air superiority fighter only (not a MR)...Tejas and JF-17 will be designated as MR fighters because of their varied choice of weapons. But it will be overrating to compare these two fighters with Eurofighter or SU-30 or F-16 (say block 60) ..
LCA and JF-17 will be a new generation of cost effective, Multi Role fighters that will form the backbone of their respective airforces and make all existing older fighters redundant For PAF , JF-17 will replace A-5s, F-7P and majority of Mirage squadrons. And on your side, LCA will replace Mig 21, Mig 23 and Mig-27s ..
LCA and JF-17 will eventually (after replacing F-7 and Mig-21 ) become the first fighter or the stepping stone for the young graduating pilots from academies they will form part of the Operational conversion units and after flying for initially 3 to 4 years, officers will proceed to the advance fighters ..