HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions

[In God We Trust]

God Bless my Country.
Congratulations to the engineers for putting up so much of hardwork.
You surely make INDIA proud.

 

[desiman]

Regarding the overweight issue, it seems they are still working on it.. The News says that way.

BTW, I'm no Guru, so Gurus please provide us more infos if you have..

The weight issues still exist and are being worked on. If you notice none of the armaments are mounded onto the sides of the LCH mainly due to weight issues. From what I have heard HAL is trying to find a nice balance between firepower and weight. They want the LCH to be very maneuverable as well as deadly. There are currently some flight control specs to be worked on also. We will have to wait and see how the beast looks after final testing. Im sure HAL will be able to handle this very well.

 

[IBRIS]

i have one doubt . . . front pilot have no direct view outside

Front pilot operates TV Missiles and TV gun. Attack helicopter flown and it's rockets are fired by rear pilot.

 

[gowthamraj]

is it have par with t-129 which Pakistan is going to by from American firm (specially made for turkey)

 

[manojb]

Not bad at all for first TD !! . Regarding Landing gear, HAL/IAF/IA might had pretty good reason to use traildragger configuration for LCH. One reason being the more front clearance for goodies. If they had to use nosewheel then they have to increase the height of the landing gear to accomodate goodies at front hence adding more metal and weight. Note that HAL Dhruv has nosewheel type configuration. And more over for helos the landing gear is less significant than that of fixed winger..

 

[desiman]

is it have par with t-129 which Pakistan is going to by from American firm (specially made for turkey)

SHHHHHHHHHHHHH WE DONT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT HERE I hope you get my hint

 

[sancho]

guys just calm down a bit.It is only the first test flight.A lot of systems have to be tested before the bird can be inducted into the armed forces.

Nevertheless congratulations to all scientists ,engineers and also the test pilots .
With this India has now entered a select group of nations who manufacture their own attack copter.

Not necessarily, because it's highly based on the Dhruv and those systems are proven.

is it have par with t-129 which Pakistan is going to by from American firm (specially made for turkey)

T-129 is form Agosta Westland an mixed company from Italy and UK, besides that we should wait for the first official specs before we can compare it, but what we can say is, that the LCH is in the same class and can carry the same number of anti-tank missiles.

 

[manish123]

alh ,lca lch.next stop ahh,mca,hch,

 

[Chanakyaa]

The Advanced LCH Cockpit :

A Closeup :



Specs ::

 

[BJlaowai]

India's Indigenous Light Combat Helicopter takes 1st flight

NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday March 30, 2010, New Delhi

India's indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) has flown for the first time. The helicopter, which was test-flown on Monday, successfully hovered for 15 minutes.

The LCH is based on technologies developed for India's Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter.

The LCH will be equipped with missiles in addition to its nose-mounted cannon. It will be able to take out tanks and other armoured vehicles in addition to giving battlefield support to Indian military formations.

India's Indigenous Light Combat Helicopter takes 1st flight

Usually HAL prototypes dont have the IAF logo. But this LCH prototype has both HAL and IAF logos. Also the paint scheme is deviation from the earlier prototype paint schemes, and is more closer to IAF paint scheme. Does this signify something??

 

[Ingis]

Great going India! An indigenously designed stealth attack helicopter. Nice work DRDO and HAL... many congratulations!

 

[Hulk]

Brick by brick step by step DRDO will attain glory in this decade.

 

[Join]

Usually HAL prototypes dont have the IAF logo. But this LCH prototype has both HAL and IAF logos. Also the paint scheme is deviation from the earlier prototype paint schemes, and is more closer to IAF paint scheme. Does this signify something??

No buddy, this does not signify anything... Even LCA tejas prototype has IAF logo..... And This Paint scheme looks cool, usually we have White with Blue stripes, but this has to be a beast and thus the color scheme

 

[Join]

I didnt like the landing gear.

Its fixed with crash-worthy wheel landing gear for better survivability... So this is the best one can do... And this looks like a beast.... I love its landing gear aswell...

 

[brahmastra]

Excess weight has been the main reason for the delay in the LCH programme. The heavy armour needed for protection against enemy fire conflicts with the need for a light, highly mobile helicopter that can twist and dodge and hover stationary to allow pilots to aim and fire their missiles. The LCH was supposed to weight just 2.5 tonnes when empty; but the design team found that it actually weighed 580 kg more than that.

At lower altitudes, this would not be a significant drawback. But, at the LCH’s flight ceiling of 6,000 metres (almost 20,000 feet), this would significantly reduce the LCH’s payload of weapons and ammunition.

Last September, the chief of HAL’s Helicopter Complex, R Srinivasan, told Business Standard that the LCH’s weight would be progressively reduced over the first three Technology Demonstrators (TDs) of the LCH. “We will find ways of cutting down TD-1 by 180-200 kg; TD-2, will be another 100 kg lighter; and TD-3 will shave off another 65-75 kg. That would leave the LCH about 200 kg heavier than originally planned, but the IAF has accepted that.”

HAL chief Ashok Nayak today confirmed to Business Standard that this schedule was on track. “The weight reduction that we had targeted for TD-1, which flew on Monday, has been met. The second prototype, TD-1, which will make its first flight by September, will be lighter still.”

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has said that it needs 65 LCHs; the army wants another 114. If the development programme is not delayed further, the LCH will enter service by 2015-2016. To meet its needs till then, the Ministry of Defence floated a global tender for 22 attack helicopters. With only three companies responding, that tender was cancelled last year.

But HAL remains confident since most of the key technologies in the LCH — e.g., the Shakti engine, the rotors and the main gearbox — have already been proven in the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter, 159 of which are being built for the army and the air force.

Simultaneously, the LCH’s weapons and sensors are being tested on a weaponised version of the Dhruv. These include a Nexter 20 mm turret-mounted cannon, an MBDA air-to-air missile, and an EW suite from SAAB, South Africa. India’s Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) is developing an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) for the LCH. Based on the already developed Nag ATGM, the HELINA (or HELIicopter-mounted NAg) missile can destroy tanks from a distance of seven kilometres.

credit:Ajai Shukla