US Policy. Thats the reason Boeing was not contracted.
They may have decided on consultancy as well. I had not seen this news report before.
Im all for it though, they should get all the assistance they want.
US policy kicks in when they have to export technology. Its obvious your claim of 'only testing' is false as there is no export of technology there. Anyway, I proved it otherwise with a reference also.
Foreign assistance is not a bad thing. indians should have asked for it way before, and maybe LCA project would have been in a better shape now. It does however, signal that there is a problem that they can't solve themselves right now. I never said its a bad thing...but the point is that this thread is LCA vs JF-17 as of now.
you mean to say a sheet made from 1kg metal has more area than a sheet made from 1kg composite (carbon fibre+epoxy); care to explain how
I mean to say which parts of the plane exactly are you putting the composites in? You use the CC is a heavy part, that is either internal or covers less area or in the skin that is lighter but covers more area, or at certain joints. AFAIK, most of the composites are used in the skeleton of the wing that was designed in Italy. If you are using most of the CCs in the rear fuselage, it isn't exactly helping in reducing the RCS. We are talking about radar wave reflection here....whats so difficult to understand?
mean_bird thats the max G's that trainer can pull 7.33G Tejas Airframe is designed to pull 9G it has pulled 6Gs till now you donot have any proof that it cannot pull more do you ?? and will get to there before IOC ,AS per MOD source 17 AOA and Not worthy of Air combat Crap there is no mention of the fractious source or is a self invented sources. not IAF official ever said Test Pilot i spoke to at Aero India were going gaga over Tejas range and handling and Avionics .
To start with, what you 'design' is not necessarily what you get. Tejas were also design to fly around 1995. They were also 'designed' to be light weight (they are currently overweight by a massive 1.5 tons). They were designed to have more G's, They were designed to have more AoA.
You didn't read my post, did you? It clearly says "there is no further room for improvement" and it will carry " a reduced weapons load" and it CANNOT add to its maneuverability - angle of attack - unless a new engine is fitted and there is NO CHANCE of that happening in the first batch.
Do me a favor...please next time you meet that Tejas test pilot...ask him why India isn't ordering any Tejas and preferring to fly the Mig-21s instead.
Bottom line is, LCA will not pull 9g's unless and until it gets a better engine and/or it reduces the excess 1.5 ton overweight....and thats assuming the airframe has no flaws and can manage it.
Whether you like it or not, the first batch of LCAs are nothing more than face-saving, testing and pilot training...but they are far from being combat worthy.