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Man first check your Tejas![]()
I'm still trying to figure out why India named a plane after the great state of Texas in Spanish.
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Man first check your Tejas![]()
I'm still trying to figure out why India named a plane after the great state of Texas in Spanish.
TEJAS is a sanskrit name that is used by most gujaratis and the meaning of this word is luster/ radiant energy / fire.
We respect your view, But if you follow the LCA thread you will come to know, what cause the delay and what could be rectified in case of AMCA... Just look on these points..
1. Do we need to make huge infrastructure what we made in case of LCA, or we can use the LCA infrastructure to make/test AMCA???
2. Will the massive experience gained in developing LCA help AMCA ?? or won't it??
3. ALH dhruv took many years to developed, LCH took less than half of its time, Won't this happen in case of LCA and AMCA??
4. Will the experience gained in PAK-FA be useful for AMCA or won't it??
Likewise there are many points, If you think logically, you may be little optimistic...
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With aerodynamic design optimisation near complete, the AMCA's broad specifications are final. The aicraft will have a weight of 16-18 tons [16-18 tons with 2-tons of internal weapons and 4-tons of internal fuel with a combat ceiling of 15-km, max speed of 1.8-Mach at 11-km. The AMCA will be powered by 2 x 90KN engines with vectored nozzles. For the record, the official ADA document that will finally be processed this year by the government towards formal project launch describes the AMCA as a "multirole combat aircraft for air superiority, point air defence, deep penetration/strike, special missions
IMO i think the service ceiling for the AMCA should bee AT LEAST 18km (59,000) feet and it should be able to reach Mach 2 and have engines that can produce 100kn of thrust with afterburner (just my opinion) if this is what the IAF wanted then i guess its best for them
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What for when you have these (in customised versions) as well?
http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/118201-su-pak-fa-fgfa-18.html
The same reason why EF next to MKI, with the same capabilities makes not much sense. If at all AMCA must offer us something that the FGFA don't have, or can't do and so far, there seems to be not much difference and that's why India don't need 2 similar 5th gen fighters.
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You are correct. Radar cross section (RCS) values of a complex body changes with respect to the viewer. An appropriate analogy is that you see a different part of a car as you do your 'walk-around'. The only body that has a constant RCS regardless of perspective is the sphere.However is the target is manuevering, lets say both lazy and evasive?, does that reflect the same RADAR signature (im sure not).
Not clutter detection but clutter rejection. I will try to understand your question and answer accordingly...Then how does the entire cluttre detection system works in accordance with the approaching fighter's RCS?
RCS reduction methods tries to insert the cluster into the clutter rejection threshold even if the radar is looking 'up' or against relatively electrically 'calm' background. The nose-on aspect is always the lowest RCS value, but if it is above the 'calm sky' clutter background, that RCS value will be flagged. If it is below that 'calm sky' clutter background, it will not be flagged. Now add the Earth's electrical mess into the mix, then the 'stealth' aircraft is practically 'invisible'. This is why radar systems prefers to look 'up' whenever possible.How does the RCS reduction works here?
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