Tejas pilots pull 8 ‘g’ and beyond clearing critical FOC point

[AMCA]

8G only?

This is not an Air superiority fighter. 8 G is enough for the role its gonna serve.

 

[Beast]

Werent you saying it cant pull 4gs? Why laugh after hearing it's pulling 8 and beyond?

I say it cant pull beyond 8G. Until now still stands true. The low AoA still persists. Indian shall stop humiliating herself by letting this plane go on aerial display in foreign airshow.

 

[Vyom]

8G only?

A typical F/A-18 can go about 9 Gs, and that is with a G suit. Yes, so lowly of us, I know Chinese have manged to create jets with acceleration faster than a wakefield plasma accelerator. Silly me.

I say it cant pull beyond 8G. Until now still stands true. The low AoA still persists. Indian shall stop humiliating herself by letting this plane go on aerial display in foreign airshow.

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[halupridol]

Yay,,yay,,celebrate,,,after decades of development,,atlast pulls 8g,,grt achievement,,,,Vaccations/promotions for dpsu guys now,,,whatta achievement!
FOC,,can wait

 

[Water Car Engineer]

I say it cant pull beyond 8G. Until now still stands true. The low AoA still persists. Indian shall stop humiliating herself by letting this plane go on aerial display in foreign airshow.

And this report clearly states 8 and beyond - your point is void. This was even stated before this report. This is the lowest tier, mostly acting as a point interceptor in the IAF anyway. What matter is that it met the FOC parameters, getting ready for induction. And dont worry about it going to airshow or whatever, they can do whatever they please.

 

[AMCA]

I say it cant pull beyond 8G. Until now still stands true. The low AoA still persists. Indian shall stop humiliating herself by letting this plane go on aerial display in foreign airshow.

Does it really make a difference in your not accepting the fact? Not really. Humiliation would be for an aircraft from your inventory if it ever gets a chance to participate against LCA in a foreign Air show.

 

[Vanamali]

8G only?

its actually 3G, they saw it in mirror and quoted as 8G... Hope you are happy now.. Happy New Year....

 

[srshkmr]

Hmm .. what is a 8G? in layman terms?

 

[Bharat_Bhakt]

Hmm .. what is a 8G? in layman terms?

pulling 8 times your own weight

 

[knight11]

Hmm .. what is a 8G? in layman terms?

8G in layman term means the conditions when the body faces the pressure of 8 time its own weight. Suppose your wt is 70 KG then the pressure on you around 70 kg is equal to 1 G.

 

[My-Analogous]

Mysuru, Jan 01: India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas cleared one of the most critical flight test parameters in the programme, when the pilots pulled 8 'g' (limit of envelope) during its ongoing test flights in Bengaluru. By doing so, it has cleared a key point towards the Final Operational Clearance (FOC), as mandated by the Indian Air Force (IAF). Tejas Sources told OneIndia that Tejas pilots pulled 8 ‘g' and beyond a couple of times during trials held in the last fortnight of December. Commodore Jaideep Maolonkar, Chief Test Pilot at National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) and Group Capt Rangachari, a Test Pilot of NFTC achieved this critical task taking the fighter closer to the FOC. Interestingly, officials at the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) were tight-lipped about this major milestone achieved. As reported by OneIndia earlier, scientists and engineers are now engaged in last-minute preparations to take Tejas for the 4th edition of Bahrain International Air Show (BIAS-2016), being held from January 21-23 at the Sakhir Airbase. This will be Tejas' first official outing outside India to participate in a flying demonstration. Also read: OneIndia Exclusive: Tejas may create history with flying demo at Bahrain air show Fighter can now perform combat maneuvers "The 8 'g' is the limit of the flight envelope which permits aircraft to perform combat maneuvers. This will enable the pilots to do tight turns. They have demonstrated it a couple of times. The pilots are comfortable and aircraft behaved itself," a source said. As this piece goes live on New Year's Day, the Tejas programme has so far (from 2001) logged 3031 flights (1938 hours) with nearly 15 variants joining the programme at different stages. Though Tejas skipped the December 2015 deadline for attaining the FOC, the year otherwise was a satisfying one with the first Series Production aircraft (SP1) being handed over to IAF during early January. "Being a weapon platform, Tejas has to perform in extreme climatic conditions. Therefore the vigorous testing pursued at Leh (-20deg C) and at Jaiselmer (+40deg C) concludes the aircraft can perform in almost all weather conditions effortlessly. Very few aircraft can demonstrate such capabilities," claims the source.

Congrats and hope we will see a good paid off

 

[Great Sachin]

8G only?

Unlike Chinese plane which pull 16G

 

[My-Analogous]

Breaking news, person from country that has failed to develop even a cycle claims to know more about what a plane can do than the developers do.
Still, it's better than boasting to others about having "developed" an obsolete junk plane - while being slapped by the actual developers when you tried to sell that plane, who loudly told everyone you have no rights on that aircraft. Now that's humiliation, people still laugh at you at airshows and you are too shameless to realise it.

You idiot troller, China is producing so many things which you Indians saw on movies only. Do some research before posting.

 

[Great Sachin]

This is Happy New Year News

 

[Force Awakens]

@Beast yes our planes can only pull 8g and beyond unlike Chinese jets which can pull 420g.