NAL-developed Saras aircraft completes successful first flight

[ranadd]

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But I wish they were wing mounted like the HondaJet.

Nope. Never. This config will be less noise and vibration. Although it is prop vs jet. Not sure if it was true innovation or blind luck, this design is a winner. Scaling and Marketing are the usual Indian vices though.

Fun fact: My colleague got a blue hondajet, upgraded from a C 400. I have accompanied him in the HJ couple of times.

 

[xyxmt]

Best news of today.

now lets wait only 20 more years

 

[egodoc222]

So if it passes all the tests? Who'll handle the production line?

 

[randomradio]

So if it passes all the tests? Who'll handle the production line?

HAL.

 

[Kinetic]

What the fu*k is this?

India's own civilian aircraft. A first step.

 

[deep.ocean]

FUGLY.. send it to Scrap Yard

 

[GodToons]

Saras successfully completed its second test flight

https://twitter.com/x/status/966268223246225408

 

[Hindustani78]

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan coming out of SARAS PT1N aircraft, in Bengaluru on February 21, 2018.

 

[Shockwave]

Great, this aircraft has both military and civil application. All the best NAL.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

NAL-developed Saras aircraft completes successful first flight

BENGALURU: The National Aeronautics Laboratories (NAL)-developed Saras aircraft on Wednesday completed a successful first flight in its new avatar. The new upgraded version of the plane, development of which was nearly scrapped after its first crash in March 2009, is a 14-seater and was in the skies for 40 minutes.
The SARAS PT1N (14 seater) flight on Wednesday was commanded by Wing Commander UP Singh, Group Captain RV Panicker and Group Captain KP Bhat from the Indian Air Force's Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE).
"The aircraft took off at about 11am from HAL airport and flew at the maximum height of 8,500 ft at the speed of 145 knots. The chase aircraft (KIRAN) was piloted by Group Captain Badrish and telemetry was commanded by Group Captain Naraynen, Wing Commander Pandey and Wing Commander R Sridhar (retd)," an official statement read.

All the system parameters were found to be normal and the team claimed a text book flight. NAL, a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) lab, had a young team of 40 scientists and engineers working on the project for the past nine months.
The primary objective is to evaluate the system performance in about 20 flights and the data collected from this shall be used to freeze the design of production version aircraft.

"The production version aircraft will be of 19 seat capacity and will undergo both civil and military certification," the statement added.
NAL Director Jitendra Jadhav had told TOI that the modified Saras will have a configurable configuration. "While the design is for a 14-seater plane, it can be configured to accommodate 19 people. The final product will be taken care of by the IAF, but we will need this much money for the prototypes," he had said while claiming that manufacturing of two Limited Series Prototypes alone will require Rs 400 crore to Rs 500 crore.
The Saras programme had come crashing down after an accident in 2009. The original design included a maximum take-off weight of 6,100kg and a maximum payload of 1,232kg. The first prototype which completed its maiden flight on May 29, 2004, was overweight at 5,118kg compared to the 4,125kg design specifications.

https://m.timesofindia.com/india/na...cessful-first-flight/articleshow/62636993.cms

Not the first flight..

M-102 flew back in 90 ? Before collapse of USSR.

Heck one even crashed back in 2008-9.. killing pilots onboard.

It's because we don't make copies.

Really, Han patriot? You find reverse trust props laughable?

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Google Dick Rutan for fun.
Or Piaggio Avanti.

Good day, Tay.

It is a Russian Myasishchev M-102 'Duet' project... it was flown in 80s or 90zx I belive and than abandoned after USSR collapse.

Again started by russia - invited india to cut costs (P.S; A Ukrainian page was offering a “saras” with the engines not long ago)... and was cancelled yet again in the 90s... due to russia’s bad economic conditions.

India again engaged Russia after problems....
The first and only aircraft crashed killing 3 , back in 2009;

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/66344/human-error-faulty-design-behind.html


And again resurrected with russian Rosoboronexport help (signed agreements). MBD is designing it.. in contract since 2010...

 

[xyxmt]

Awesome...now lets get the work complete...initial success is a good sign...

thats where the problem lies, Russians only shows you how to start the projects and then loose interest mid flight

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

thats where the problem lies, Russians only shows you how to start the projects and then loose interest mid flight

And than they join in... because of $$.

It is a USSR design... which was resurrected by russia (who invited india to cut costs) but abandoned it again in the 90s... leaving India to cancel it again.. it was cancelled again in 1998.. when india was sanctioned after nuclear tests..

However india tried developing it in 2000s... without russian help and had to cancel it yet again due to problems (massive ones). And again contacted MDB which is now designing or rather developing it for india.

See my post above.

thats where the problem lies, Russians only shows you how to start the projects and then loose interest mid flight

Nifty pic of Duet from 93...

 

[deckingraj]

thats where the problem lies, Russians only shows you how to start the projects and then loose interest mid flight

You seems to be pretty smart...hopefully this time, Russian can take us to bottom of it as well...

 

[Ultima Thule]

Wish it was, but it's not. The fuselage is different, the wing is different, the canopy is different, the tail fin is different, the control surfaces are different, engine is different, all the avionics are different.

May be from this
https://goo.gl/images/36m4xp
Hahaha @randomradio

 

[SQ8]

Nothing indigenous about it, but that is besides the point. What possible usage or achievement is putting pusher turboprops on what the standard business jet formula since 1962 going to achieve?

What is the achievement here?
Frankly both TATA and Mahindra have the industrial expertise and finances to be able to build a 100 seat Sukhoi superjet class aircraft within 5 years if given the go ahead and India’s government institutions are still trying to reinvent the wheel(and failing at it).