Tejas SP-11 had its first flight today.

[Tom M]

It was no the guns, it was not the missles, it was beauty that killed the beast, lol, mate u need to focus on the lighter things in life. Why so serious

Did I sound serious ??? LOL

Maybe, an STD from the beauty will surely kill the beast.

 

[Novice09]

People stopped making delta designs 20 years ago.

Yes, Tejas is delayed project... design was freeze in early 90s... due to lack of experience and expertise it took 10/15 years to MATERIALISE the design... so yes, it is an old design...

Tejas 2 is planned to have canards.

I don't think so... currently, CAD designs of MK2 are mostly based on Kaveri engine though...

If canard is there than it would be great...

Oh bhai es Tejas ko ya toh remote control jahhaaz bana ki beychne ki koshish Karo. ya phir es ka mujasma bana do. Will save your time and money.

If that doesn't work then es main Toyota corolla ka 1.6 engine rakhwa ke taxi bana do. parade day bhi kaam de ga. I have a mechanic who can do the job in under 10k(excluding the engine) if your interested.

We don't need a paint job... that's too, green...

how long they need to test Tejas ? shouldn't it be in Serial/Mass production ?

It is already in SERIAL PRODUCTION... No. 11 is going through pre-handover tests... NORMAL procedure...

Production rate is also gradually going to speed-up upto 24 in a year...

 

[khansaheeb]

Well, a beauty can't win a war for you but a beast does.



At-least we don't have to take loans to buy the SP's. LOL

Beauty always wins over ugliness:-"Well, a beauty can't win a war for you but a beast does."

 

[wali87]

We don't need a paint job... that's too, green...

Sir my mechanic doesn't offer paint jobs, only engine job.

 

[LKJ86]

Seriously!!....What does J-20 and Rafale uses then?....

Like the J-20?

 

[KapitaanAli]

But Tejas is not pure delta wing. It's cranked and got three pairs of prominent slats.

It's beautiful:

 

[Tom M]

Beauty always wins over ugliness:-"Well, a beauty can't win a war for you but a beast does."

It's relative. So it doesn't matter as long as either of them works.

 

[khansaheeb]

But Tejas is not pure delta wing. It's cranked and got three pairs of prominent slats.

It's beautiful:
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Looks like an airfix model, cheap and nasty. I bet Indian pilots are scared to fly it.

 

[HariPrasad]

CANARD DELTA not pure delta wings like your Mirage-2000H @HariPrasad

Ya, they all are delta wing with some addition like Tejas is cranked Delta and naval Tejas is Cranked Delta with lavcon.

 

[Roybot]

Looks like an airfix model, cheap and nasty. I bet Indian pilots are scared to fly it.

That's because it has just got out of the assembly line. A coat of paint before it goes to the squadron and it will look great.

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

I don't think so... currently, CAD designs of MK2 are mostly based on Kaveri engine though...

If canard is there than it would be great...

Tejas MK2 model is planned to be displayed in Aero 2019 and it is planned to have canards per my sources. Let's wait for the official confirmation.

 

[Novice09]

Sir my mechanic doesn't offer paint jobs, only engine job.

Yeah... we are busy with FRANCE for engine JOB... till then US is OK to provide engine...

 

[Ultima Thule]

Ya, they all are delta wing with some addition like Tejas is cranked Delta and naval Tejas is Cranked Delta with lavcon.

Tejas is compound delta wing, not cranked delta here it is

COMPOUND DELTA WING
JAS-35 DRAKEN

your Tejas is also compound wing design

This is cranked delta wing design

@HariPrasad ​

 

[Ultima Thule]

But Tejas is not pure delta wing. It's cranked and got three pairs of prominent slats.

It's beautiful:
View attachment 504637

Not cranked but compound delta wing cranked delta wing like this @KapitaanAli

@KapitaanAli

 

[KapitaanAli]

Not cranked but compound delta wing cranked delta wing like this @KapitaanAli View attachment 504761
@KapitaanAli

It's the same thing in this case.

The reason "cranked" is associated to a wider outer wing is because that's how almost all compound/cranked wings were, except for Tejas.

A compound wing need not be cranked, theoretically, but Tejas is a compound delta wing design, with a crank resulting in a narrower outer wing.