Supersonic Tejas - A Review

[rockstarIN]

Just complete this one first , dear Rest can come later ...

Al least it flies at night

 

[Secur]

Al least it flies at night

So ? This isn't WWII era to think of flying at night as some big deal ...

 

[Hephaestus]

Supersonic Tejas​

Achieving speed of Mach 1.6, equivalent of 1,699 kilometers per hour, light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas is India’s first indigenous supersonic, light weight fighter aircraft. There has been no looking back ever since the LCA took its maiden test flight on January 4, 2001.
By Vantika Dixit

Achieving speed of Mach 1.6, equivalent of 1,699 kilometers per hour, light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas is India’s first indigenous supersonic, light weight fighter aircraft designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as its prime partner under the Ministry of Defence. The supersonic fighter is expected to get initial operational clearance by December 2010 and the final operational clearance by December 2012. There has been no looking back ever since the LCA took its maiden test flight on January 4, 2001.

Powered by gas turbine engine, the LCA Tejas is an advance technology, single seat, single engine, supersonic, light weight, all weather, multiple role air superior fighter aircraft. The LCA features tailless compound delta planform with relaxed static stability, fly-by-wire flight control system, advanced digital cockpit with elimination of all the mechanical gauges, multimode radar, and all digital avionics system. The aircraft can perform state-of-the-art electronic warfare (Ew) jobs which can identify the enemy radiations and jam them with strong burn-through capabilities. There are variants of LCA Tejas meant for different requirements. LCA Trainer is a two seater trainer used for training purposes. LCA Trainer PV5 is already fabricated and took its maiden flight on November 26, 2009.

“Before ADA started developing the LCA, no indigenous alternative was available with India. The country felt the need for indigenous development of fighter aircraft mainly from the defence point of view and utilization of technological capability available in-house. As a result, in 1983, the government approved the initiation of the LCA program with a seed money of Rs 560 crore towards preparation of project proposal for full scale engineering development. The government split the complete development program into two phases: Technology demonstrator phase which was approved in April 1993, and the prototype development phase, which got approved in November 2001. Configuration of the aircraft was finalized in 2004, ” explains Program Director PS Subramanyam, who is also director of ADA.

LCA Tejas has been primarily built for the air defence role which is for area defence. It is also used for escort missions, in the air-to-ground roles and interdiction. The aircraft also can perform air-to-air and air-to-sea roles. LCA Tejas is modified to derive a Naval variant for Indian Navy. The Navy variant will be capable of operation from a carrier ship at sea. The trainer version of LCA navy, LCA NP1 is already under fabrication. “The Naval version has to be designed to cater the stringent requirements of vision, approach angle, landing gear loads, ski jump take off, and landing at shorter length. The Naval version will have stronger landing gear, arrester hook system, and drooped nose section for better cockpit vision during deck landing. It will have fuel dump system and an advanced control feature of leading edge vortex control for better landing performance,” says Subramanyam. The Naval version of LCA is expected to make its first flight in 2010.

The LCA Tejas is tested thoroughly in each stage. Test rigs/simulators are established and each system is tested individually and cohesively before it is integrated into the aircraft. The IAF has placed an order for 20 aircrafts with 16 fighters and four trainers. Further order has been initiated for 16 more fighters and four trainers. These series production aircrafts are planned to be delivered in the first quarter of 2011 for induction by the IAF. The first squadron is likely to be set up at Sulur, near Coimbatore. The present expenditure is more than Rs 5,000 crore with nearly 100 major work centers and 300 smaller work centers engaged in the development of LCA Tejas. Government has approved additional Rs 8, 000 crore for developing higher derivatives of the Tejas aircraft. The development cost of Tejas is now being shared by the IAF and Indian Navy also. Developing a technologically advanced fighter aircraft has led ADA to also take up the development of an autonomous unmanned research aircraft (AURA) and an advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) to add to India’s might, and pride.

Vantika Dixit is Senior Assistant Editor of Technology Review India edition.

Supersonic Tejas - Technology Review

Don't see anything new in this..... anyways this could've been posted in the LCA News sticky.....

 

[帅的一匹]

please don't reply to the dumbfuck chinese members here.. Forget about their J-10s, take anything from their high speed metros to SLBM testing to anything under construction.. much more labourers die due to negligence there than here in India..

over 270 people got injured in shanghai metro and in a separate incident 5 people got killed .. and this is the first google search i made.. there will be lots more..

In contrast no of deaths in Delhi metro till date has been Zero ! and in construction phase of such a HUGE project only 3 labours died and that too when construction contracts were handed out to private groups..

Their SLBM exploded inside their own submarine while they were testing it.. LMAO how pathetic can be that ? Their rocket crashed over a village where more than 500 people had died..

God knows how many J-10s fell from the sky just because their engines got hung when they tried to gain altitude too fast !

Stop Trolling BS, you fabricate these story by yourself.

 

[chinapakistan]

Well, Indians lose their patience with something J-10 too early .... one or two crashes; there goes J-10 into the dustbin.

PLAAF has exhibited marvellous "patience" with J-10.

A plan on the ground never crash. Very clever!
Do you know the who has the highest number of crashed combat jets in the world? That is your great india.

And the Tajax is just a joke program, the whole world is laughing at indian on this.
This project totally represents indian efficiency and their big mouth as well as that they never take time serious and always be late in any situation.

 

[Safriz]

Thanks to this thread now i know that Tejas can fly,and can go supersonic in freefall

 

[Srinivas]

Thanks to this thread now i know that Tejas can fly,and can go supersonic in freefall

It can also kill

 

[Safriz]

It can also kill the pilot

Yup agreed

 

[GORKHALI]

Thanks to this thread now i know that Tejas can fly,and can go supersonic in freefall

Thanks to this thread.It shows level of PDF think tank.. On Post atleast it dint crashed yet unlike some.

 

[Safriz]

Thanks to this thread.It shows level of PDF think tank.. On Post atleast it dint crashed yet unlike some.

No no...level of thinking is alreet here.
We sometimes do give a thought about the brave sons of India.....knowingly risking their lives to fly an unflyable dangerous plane..
They deserve a salute..

 

[SQ8]

Self Fellatio thread again.. people just cant help giving themselves TLC..
please use the loo for that.
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