India's First Home-Made Passenger Plane - Saras

[Papa Dragon]

 

[Valar.]

Interesting

 

[WebMaster]

Congrats, how many SARAS are built? How many operational?

 

[wiseone2]

Congrats, how many SARAS are built? How many operational?

maybe a couple

 

[Papa Dragon]

Congrats, how many SARAS are built? How many operational?

This is the revised variant where a lot of improvements in terms of design and avionics have been made and I guess only a couple of prototypes have been built so far. This will go through extensive testing after which it would be put in mass production

 

[Zen0]

Hope one day India enters the aviation market , its worth 800 billion$ its more lucrative then space race, & its monopolized by U.S.

 

[fallstuff]

SARAS mean stork or crane.

Incidents and accidents
On 6 March 2009, 2 Indian Air Force test pilots, Wing Commander Praveen Kotekoppa and Wing Commander Dipesh Shah along with a Flight Test Engineer Squadron Leader Ilayaraja, were killed when the second prototype Saras aircraft crashed and caught fire in an open field near Bidadi, about 30 km from Bangalore.[10] A court of inquiry found that wrong engine relight drills given to the pilots contributed to the crash,[11] concluding that an "Incorrect relight procedure devised by the designer and adopted by the crew at insufficient height leading to rapid loss of altitude and abnormal behaviour of aircraft resulted into accident

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Congrats, how many SARAS are built? How many operational?

It has some time to go. The program has been restarted after the crash.

 

[chengdusudise]

congratulations but this one looks ugly

 

[Mani2020]

congratulations but this one looks ugly

you snatched words from my mouth

its like some western aircraft on steroids having allergic reaction

 

[Imran Khan]

original aircraft were also ugly CBA-123 vector

 

[Tshering22]

Congrats, how many SARAS are built? How many operational?

Three prototypes are being used for tests.

The IAF has a total order of 15 confirmed aircraft, Coast Guard is looking to replace older Dorniers (20+) with them and once its civilian certification is complete, will open a pandora's box of orders by local smaller carriers which is still to be estimated.

Given PM Modi's vision to operationalise almost all of the 414 air fields as fully-functional regional airports in India by 2035 (most of these are small airstrips where only such aircraft can land), you can easily expect an order of over 300+ by 2035.

you snatched words from my mouth

its like some western aircraft on steroids having allergic reaction

It is supposed to be a work-horse aircraft. Ever saw a pretty looking Dornier 228? These aircraft are sturdy designed for small unpaved/less paved runways in remote locations across the country.

Given that it is the first project we are undertaking, maybe the next development will be a bit better.

Long time for that.

 

[Trango Towers]

They managed to crash this as well.
Indigenously designed looooool
Many many design faults

I expect this to fly 3010 with air india

 

[Maxpane]

congrats for great achievement

 

[Han Patriot]

Really ugly plane. Only innovation is put the propeller backwards, which is also not a new concept.