LCA News and Discussions

Bala Vignesh · Post by **Bala Vignesh** » 27 Apr 2012 12:26

Approach heading please??

SidSom · Post by **SidSom** » 27 Apr 2012 12:26

varunalh wrote:Just saw it come in for landing (~ 12.29PM). Chase a/c was a Hawk.

YAHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........Lungi Dance......

varunalh · Post by **varunalh** » 27 Apr 2012 12:28

Bala Vignesh wrote:Approach heading please??

It was heading west...

Bala Vignesh · Post by **Bala Vignesh** » 27 Apr 2012 12:32

From Kundlahalli gate????

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 27 Apr 2012 12:33

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varunalh · Post by **varunalh** » 27 Apr 2012 12:47

Bala Vignesh wrote:From Kundlahalli gate????

Yup..

SidSom · Post by **SidSom** » 27 Apr 2012 12:51

The Bird has successfully Landed http://livefist.blogspot.in/ twitter update

rajanb · Post by **rajanb** » 27 Apr 2012 12:53

suryag wrote:Rajanb sir you are on the landing path right? please get to the window with camera

Didn't even hear or see it. Haven't seen one in ages. Looks like they avoid CBD side.

It must have taken off eastwards and landed east to west. Whitefield/Sarjapur areas. I am west of the airport. I used to see plenty of them last year.

Now the Pakis will fly a Bundar with an arrestor hook?

mody · Post by **mody** » 27 Apr 2012 12:57

NO Official news of the bird having taken off and landed successfully. No TV channel websites or major newspapers are showing this as yet

We need pictures and video!!

SidSom · Post by **SidSom** » 27 Apr 2012 13:06

rajanb wrote: Now the Pakis will fly a Bundar with an arrestor hook?

What about Cardboard Levcons.... and Fattened UnderCarriage ....??
In all seriousness... how many other countries do make a Naval plane. I can count 4 others Khan,Russ, Chota Khan (UK), French.... and now India. Am I missing any one else....??

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 27 Apr 2012 13:08

^ China makes naval flanker copy now

sudhan · Post by **sudhan** » 27 Apr 2012 13:37

Screen grab of nLCA from Livefist

NRao · Post by **NRao** » 27 Apr 2012 13:38

SidSom wrote: In all seriousness... how many other countries do make a Naval plane. I can count 4 others Khan,Russ, Chota Khan (UK), French.... and now India. Am I missing any one else....??

Those four were naval powers.

Add China and India to that list.

Delete UK in the near future. Am not sure where Russia stands at the moment - they have the tech, but do they have a projected need?

Arav · Post by **Arav** » 27 Apr 2012 13:52

2012 is becoming a memorable year for India...

maitya · Post by **maitya** » 27 Apr 2012 13:52

And here's the relevant report Naval version of LCA Tejas takes off successfully

koti · Post by **koti** » 27 Apr 2012 14:09

Suryag saab.... Time for your update...

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 27 Apr 2012 14:27

LCA Tejas Naval makes maiden flight successfully

Bala Vignesh · Post by **Bala Vignesh** » 27 Apr 2012 14:36

Looks like most first flights happen with the bird taking off on runway 27 and then continuing out on runway heading and clearing Bangalore, carrying out the tests and approaching for landing on Runway 27 again.

member_22605 · Post by **member_22605** » 27 Apr 2012 15:25

was a perfect flight, took off at about 1205 and landed around 1230(had to wait for the rahu kala hence the delay in taking off

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Indrajit · Post by **Indrajit** » 27 Apr 2012 15:28

Saw the clip on HT,the best looking LCA around,this bird deserves a new nomenclature for sure.

sudhan · Post by **sudhan** » 27 Apr 2012 15:35

^^Link for the clip plz?

SidSom · Post by **SidSom** » 27 Apr 2012 15:58

There is seriously a lack of info flowing out (when compared to LSP 7). Either Tarmaak makes that big a diff or..... there is a clamp down on the photos and such (that is mentioned in Tarmaak site). Not many news sites are carrying the news also. Sad

maitya · Post by **maitya** » 27 Apr 2012 16:19

A good pictue of today's 1st flight: Aviation News: Naval LCA Makes its First Flight: Pictures

Same Picture from another site Bangalore Aviation: First pictures: HAL Light Combat Aircraft Navy version first flight

SagarAg · Post by **SagarAg** » 27 Apr 2012 16:25

Congratulations HAL/ADA for the successful flight of LCA NP-1.

Nowww I want to see a photu of it in air.

Raghuk ji photu pl. One will do.

Bala Vignesh · Post by **Bala Vignesh** » 27 Apr 2012 16:31

Time for lungi dance, officially.. Yippee...

rahul_r · Post by **rahul_r** » 27 Apr 2012 16:42

Nice to see that Capt. Maolankar was given the honor of taking the bird up on its maiden flight!

Congrats to all involved in making this first flight a great success!

member_22605 · Post by **member_22605** » 27 Apr 2012 16:48

http://s1150.photobucket.com/albums/o60 ... -47_39.jpg

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 27 Apr 2012 17:10

Great news.

mody · Post by **mody** » 27 Apr 2012 17:24

NO in flight photos as yet

The news not getting the attention it deserves from most of the mainstream media.

wilson_th · Post by **wilson_th** » 27 Apr 2012 17:27

http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensen ... %20Variant

in flight photo with with landing gear extended

maitya · Post by **maitya** » 27 Apr 2012 17:50

And a similar inflight photo (looks to be exact same one as above) in Live fist as well MORE PHOTOS: LCA Navy Lifts Off

naird · Post by **naird** » 27 Apr 2012 18:02

Guru's..

Will there be a designated take off and landing distance for the NLCA flight to be deemed successful ? Or is the current flight to make sure that airframe is flight worthy ?

SidSom · Post by **SidSom** » 27 Apr 2012 18:07

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/news ... wsid=18107

The interesting point of the Official release is

The test flight was carried out with landing gear extended as a routine practice during the maiden flight.

This means the the reports that "permission" was not given to retract the landing gear due to "safety issues" is pure DDM or psyk warefare..

pralay · Post by **pralay** » 27 Apr 2012 18:10

IndiaToday DDM reports Naval version of LCA Tejas takes off successfully

Earlier, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had successfully test fired Agni-V on April 19 and launched Risat-1 exactly a week later.

Bala Vignesh · Post by **Bala Vignesh** » 27 Apr 2012 18:30

Quick question, Why wasn't the tail hook installed on the NP-1?? In none of the pictures, is the hook visible..

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 27 Apr 2012 18:45

permission for landing gear question is DDMitis ignore it

saje · Post by **saje** » 27 Apr 2012 19:17

A few pics for those who think the NLCA and the Gripen look alike.

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 27 Apr 2012 19:20

Actually IIRC LSP-7 on its first flight did retract its landing gear - so confidence on the landing gear of the AF variant is high. Not so for the Navy variant. All in good time.

This is a good milestone to reach. Testing this variant out fully will be interesting.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 27 Apr 2012 19:26

Courtesy Sanjay Simha

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 27 Apr 2012 19:28

FANTASTIC!

great pics.. and a great looking plane! [looks like Indian Sparrow - kuruvi, that is getting extinct]