TCT-5 performs excellently in Missile Ejection Test : DRDO

[micky]

Thursday, May 29, 2014
By : DRDO


DRDO successfully evaluated Transport-cum-Tilting vehicle-5 (TCT-5), designed and developed by VRDE, Ahmednagar, for launch of canister-based missile Agni 5.

• DRDO successfully evaluated Transport-cum-Tilting vehicle-5 (TCT-5), designed and developed by VRDE, Ahmednagar, for launch of canister-based missile Agni 5. TCT-5 vehicle transported a 65 ton canister based dummy missile fitted with two rocket motors and a gas generator unit to the test site where it was tested exercising missile ejection test (MET).
  
  TCT-5 has a unique configuration of 140 ton GVW hydraulic gooseneck steerable trailer launching mechanism with overall dimension of 30 m (length) x 3.2 m (width) x 4.4 m (height). It has an electronic controller for all auto and remote operations, a 23 kVA genset, a PTO driven hydraulic power pack and can therefore carry out launch operation without any external power source and logistics. Various performance parameters, like vibration, strain, deflection, etc., were measured during the test. The vehicle was found stable without any damage and is now ready for the next launch.
  
  Shri Avinash Chander, SA to RM; Dr VG Sekaran, DG (MSS); Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, AVSM, NM, C-in-C, SFC; Shri K Jayaraman, Director ASL; Shri G Satheesh Reddy, Director RCI; and Dr Manmohan Singh, Director VRDE, witnessed the MET. Shri Sanjay Chaudhuri, Sc F, and his team has filed patent for the innovative design of the TCT-5.

 

[$@rJen]

Great work

No finish the finish the test and mass produce them