heheraghuk wrote:Its my birthday tomorrow and couldn't have asked for a better gift from my employers!
HAPPY BIRTH DAY! Mate!!
heheraghuk wrote:Its my birthday tomorrow and couldn't have asked for a better gift from my employers!
Please see RaghuK who works at HAL's post, How coem SU-30MKI got Tagged as DELTA?Bharadwaj wrote:Another delta takes to the air....could be a mirage...not sure.
Maybe I was not clear....I was referring to "another delta" being another Lca in the air.Aditya_V wrote:Please see RaghuK who works at HAL's post, How coem SU-30MKI got Tagged as DELTA?Bharadwaj wrote:Another delta takes to the air....could be a mirage...not sure.
Has it Landed?raghuk wrote:LSP-7 comes into to land!
It must have come in from the east. My line of sight is somewhat blocked for landing altitudesAditya_V wrote:Has it Landed?raghuk wrote:LSP-7 comes into to land!
AK PHYREE ARR PEE GEE Pfyre.raghuk wrote:MKI lands and will probably be followed by the big Illyushin and yes the LSP-7 landed at around 1650
raghuk wrote:Its expected at around 1700. The intake has just been more aerodynamically reshaped and it still exists and has not been closed.
kirang wrote:http://www.tarmak007.blogspot.in/2012/0 ... lsp-7.html
more juice for gurus and hopefully more info for jingos and lurkers!!
Congratulations Team LCA!Tejas Limited Series Production - 7 took off for its maiden flight from HAL airport at 4:27 pm on 9th March 2012. This test flight is significant for the programme, as LSP -7 build standard is close to the initial operational clearance (IOC) standard. Accordingly LSP -7 aircraft, along with LSP - 8 will be offered to the Indian Air Force for user evaluation trials (UET). The flight was also significant considering the fact that for the first time Production Test Schedule was used for the first flight of a LSP aircraft in this programme. This is also the first time maiden flight of a prototype was not accompanied by the customary ‘chase’ aircraft, which is an indicator to the level of confidence in the machine.
The flight lasted 28 minutes with Gp Capt KK Venugopal at the controls in the cockpit and Wg Cdr Kabadwal of the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) as Test Director in the telemetry. During the test flight, performance of the aircraft systems including Multi-mode Radar (MMR), Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS), Auto-pilot and Instrument Landing System (ILS) was satisfactory, providing a moment of pride for all the stake holders which include ADA, HAL, IAF, CEMILAC, DG AQA, ADE and NAL among others.
Only for early prototypes when the system is not yet proven.Uttam wrote:Awesome. Kudos to the Team LCA.
The second picture of LSP-7 in flight show retracted landing gear. I thought, usually they don't retract the landing gear for the first flight as a safety measure. (Of course, I may be totally off-base, so please correct me.) This show the level of confidence of Team LCA.
Why would you coat the skin panels in yellow to protect the airframe underneath? Most of the LCA's skin panels are carbon composites.Lalmohan wrote:yellow primers are used to ensure corrosion protection of the aluminium airframe. al-li alloys in particular are very corrodable
not sure if the paints are naturally yellow due to their protective agents or are yellow to allow visual inspection of coverage and flaking - probably the latter
suryag wrote: Flying without a chase aircraft shows some good confidence by the pilot and the DRDO/HAL team