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AoA is 22 deg. to be increased to 24 deg. as per plans for the LSP-6.Aditya_V wrote: Per discussion, AOA which I think right now is restricted 24 degrees, to increase it by a few degrees.
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Flight test update
LCA-Tejas has completed 1822 Test Flights successfully. (10-April-2012).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-219,PV3-336,LSP1-71,LSP2-205,PV5-36,LSP3-47,LSP4-48,LSP5-78,LSP7-2)
LCA-Tejas has completed 1821 Test Flights successfully. (09-April-2012).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-219,PV3-336,LSP1-71,LSP2-205,PV5-36,LSP3-47,LSP4-48,LSP5-77,LSP7-2)
LCA-Tejas has completed 1822 Test Flights successfully. (10-April-2012).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-219,PV3-336,LSP1-71,LSP2-205,PV5-36,LSP3-47,LSP4-48,LSP5-78,LSP7-2)
LCA-Tejas has completed 1821 Test Flights successfully. (09-April-2012).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-219,PV3-336,LSP1-71,LSP2-205,PV5-36,LSP3-47,LSP4-48,LSP5-77,LSP7-2)
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This seems to be a very big issue with LCA. Question to Gurus.AoA is 22 deg. to be increased to 24 deg. as per plans for the LSP-6.
What significant advantage does an additional 2 degrees of AoA provide
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^http://www.insideracingtechnology.com/t ... attack.htm
Thought it might be helpful.
Thought it might be helpful.
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Laymans interpretation.. Higher the AOA the better it is for Aircraft to do STOL's ie short takeoff's and landings. Good for those carrier based landings that the NLCA is supposed to do.. Also though not so evident higher AOA is better during recovery from steep dives causing the aircraft to handle high speed stall better and recover at a steeper angle than otherwise... so overall sharper handling..
Caveat All knowledge from Wiki so generic only...
Caveat All knowledge from Wiki so generic only...
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A higher max AoA should also improve the sustained turn rate if I'm not mistaken. Since the aircraft is basically climbing in the direction of the turn, at a constant bank angle the only way to improve the rate of turn would be to increase the lift generated by the wings. This can be done by increasing airspeed (which is limited by the engine power available) and increasing the angle of attack (which is limited by the max angle of attack beyond which the aircraft will stall).
Aero gurus, bliss to forgive if I made mess of things in the above explanation.
Aero gurus, bliss to forgive if I made mess of things in the above explanation.
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Well I have yet another theory. The aim is not just 2 degrees more of AoA. The 2 degrees is only to meet what the Air Force wanted IIRC. But even for that there will have to be plenty of testing with a stall recovery chute. Each degree of AoA will have to be tested at all speeds and attitudes before the flight control software can be modified to allow a pilot to get there freely (I'm guessing). But it won't stop at that they will go beyond those two degrees and take it to the limit, whatever that limit might be. Hopefully those 2 degrees more will not be the limit. It may be possible to achieve much higher AoA. I heard that the Gripen AoA testing continued for thousands of tests long after it went into service. I am guessing the same thing will happen here.
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Yes, 2 more degrees may be just to achieve design specs. They may use the testbeds for more later once FOC is done.
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Flight test update
LCA-Tejas has completed 1824 Test Flights successfully. (11-April-2012).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-220,PV3-336,LSP1-71,LSP2-205,PV5-36,LSP3-47,LSP4-49,LSP5-78,LSP7-2)
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LCA-Tejas has completed 1822 Test Flights successfully. (10-April-2012).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-219,PV3-336,LSP1-71,LSP2-205,PV5-36,LSP3-47,LSP4-48,LSP5-78,LSP7-2)
LCA-Tejas has completed 1824 Test Flights successfully. (11-April-2012).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-220,PV3-336,LSP1-71,LSP2-205,PV5-36,LSP3-47,LSP4-49,LSP5-78,LSP7-2)
from
LCA-Tejas has completed 1822 Test Flights successfully. (10-April-2012).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-219,PV3-336,LSP1-71,LSP2-205,PV5-36,LSP3-47,LSP4-48,LSP5-78,LSP7-2)
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In high AoA the aerodynamic characteristics are no longer linear for instance for a given aerofoil there comes a stage when lift seizes to increase with increase in AoA in fact drag starts to shoot up .The wing can stall and in extreme cases when it's wake disturbs the flow near the tail the AC may go into a spin.
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^^^ While that is true. For LCA, the stall is supposed to set in near 35 degrees. So aerodynamically it is supposed to sail through the 22 to 24 degree. I can't comment about the structural and air intake issues.
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what is "can't comment" meaning? do you work with team LCA?, and know about the issues? and a security risk to discuss them in open forum?
You can perhaps throw some light on the issues.
You can perhaps throw some light on the issues.
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"I can't comment" means "I don't know enough to comment"
I don't know why ADA has limited the AoA to 24 degrees ... From open literature, I can tell you that it is not the aerodynamics of the wing ... that is all.
Whether we can discuss it on an open forum, I have said nothing which is not already known.
I don't know why ADA has limited the AoA to 24 degrees ... From open literature, I can tell you that it is not the aerodynamics of the wing ... that is all.
Whether we can discuss it on an open forum, I have said nothing which is not already known.
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^^^ There is that High AoA pdf article that gives all the info one needs to understand this. All jingos need to read that article.
IIRC LCA can go to 35 deg AoA, but there are some limitations due to instabilities in yaw and roll that limit the designers to 24 deg. Going beyond it will mean having a perfect understanding of the aircraft characteristics and required FBW laws. The article mentions that 24 deg is a safe limit and further testing will increase it to the 'expected' (probably what IAF wants) limit of 26 deg.
IIRC LCA can go to 35 deg AoA, but there are some limitations due to instabilities in yaw and roll that limit the designers to 24 deg. Going beyond it will mean having a perfect understanding of the aircraft characteristics and required FBW laws. The article mentions that 24 deg is a safe limit and further testing will increase it to the 'expected' (probably what IAF wants) limit of 26 deg.
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and you are right, a lot of what I said in the last few comments is gleaned that article ... also B Harry had stated some of these details in his writings.
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AoA value of 35 deg is the maximum achievable figure as per design specifications.
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Gurneeshji,
Can you please post a link to that article.. Should make for an interesting read.
thanks.
Can you please post a link to that article.. Should make for an interesting read.
thanks.
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afaik the max AoA of F-16 and F-18 are claimed as 30' and 40' respectively with the F-15E around mid 20s. does it sound right?
rafale and EF would be up around 28-30 range?
rafale and EF would be up around 28-30 range?
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He is speaking of thisBala Vignesh wrote:Gurneeshji,
Can you please post a link to that article.. Should make for an interesting read.
thanks.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/78345390/Appr ... -LCA-Tejas
Additional reading:
http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/9158/1/312.pdf
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the raptor I read can do high alpha - about 60*. I have no idea how that transforms to a risk factor for landing at that angle. there must be extreme thrust to handle, high drag-no stall and plus fantastic sensors to collobroate with alphas to automatically reduce speed and angle, within safety limits.- the wheels must touch right?
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Indranilroy ji, Thanks for the paper. Do you know if design optimization in terms of code is also done in tandem with CFD codes for LCA or any other aircraft right now?
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Thrust vectoring. IIRC the Su 30, MiG 35 and other TV variants can do something similar or better.SaiK wrote:the raptor I read can do high alpha - about 60*. I have no idea how that transforms to a risk factor for landing at that angle. there must be extreme thrust to handle, high drag-no stall and plus fantastic sensors to collobroate with alphas to automatically reduce speed and angle, within safety limits.- the wheels must touch right?
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^^Thanks indranilroy.
Superb primer by Wg. Cmdr. Vikram Singh, in plain English. I am glad that the LCA team is openly publishing the characteristic, challenges and testring strategies etc. I am not sure if this is unique to LCA or if other countries publish so openly as well.
It appears that the testing philosophy is "Departure prevention" rather than actual "spin recovery", while being prepared for an actual spin recovery in the event of a departure.
I am quoting some pieces here because it is extremely interesting for me personally and I am assuming it will be for some of you as well.
On some of the challenges:
On testing Philosophy:
Superb primer by Wg. Cmdr. Vikram Singh, in plain English. I am glad that the LCA team is openly publishing the characteristic, challenges and testring strategies etc. I am not sure if this is unique to LCA or if other countries publish so openly as well.
It appears that the testing philosophy is "Departure prevention" rather than actual "spin recovery", while being prepared for an actual spin recovery in the event of a departure.
I am quoting some pieces here because it is extremely interesting for me personally and I am assuming it will be for some of you as well.
On some of the challenges:
The correction factors are initially estimated from CFD studies andwind tunnel measurements and therefore can have significant errors especially attransonic Mach Nos. Thus in any new combat aircraft programme a significant part ofthe flight test programme consists of experiments which are directed towards aero datavalidation and air data calibration. Based on the flight test results and the closeness ofmatch with the corresponding wind tunnel data the envelope is systematically expandedin stages to ultimately cover the boundaries including the nonlinear high angle of attack regimes
On testing Philosophy:
On recovery techniquesHowever, a full investigation of HAoA characteristics of a highperformance ac including spinning is a very high risk, high cost and time consumingproposition. Considering the large number of external stores configurations and theneed to clear a two seater version, the test campaign could well take a few years ofwork up, flight test, analysis, re design and certification.
it was decided that the ac would not be intentionally spun.Departure prevention, rather than spin recovery, will form the basis of test philosophywith full preparation for an OOCF event and its recovery.
(a) Recovery With Control Surfaces
(b) Recovery With Spin Parachute
- (i) Deflect full OUT-SPIN rudder simultaneously with IN-SPIN aileronsfollowed by down elevator after 2 sec delay. Recovers within 2 turns.
(ii) Some other configurations (stores, zero slats etc.) showed moredifficult recovery.
(iii) Some configurations required 18.5 deg In-Spin Aileron(e.g. Zero Slat, A/B etc.)
(iv) Some configurations required 25 deg In-Spin Aileron(e.g. Ext. Store configs.)
(v) Recovery from Inverted Spins easier (Neutral Aileron sufficient)
- Restore rudder and aileron to NETURAL.After a delay of about 2 secs, deploy parachute and restore elevator to neutral.Recovery within 2 turns.
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How do they measure corrections from metrics alone or the design itself has certain tolerance and limiting factors that is included?
for example, let us say inlets.. when you start your design, assume you don't use CFD.. and then you run over CFD, and it points out certain corrections.
Now, you limitations again is with design factors as well. Did they begain designing from CFD given inputs, or they started off with some general baseline design, and started applying the correction factors?
for example, let us say inlets.. when you start your design, assume you don't use CFD.. and then you run over CFD, and it points out certain corrections.
Now, you limitations again is with design factors as well. Did they begain designing from CFD given inputs, or they started off with some general baseline design, and started applying the correction factors?
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What about the air intakes? They have to worry about compressor stall as well at high AoA.indranilroy wrote:"I can't comment" means "I don't know enough to comment"
I don't know why ADA has limited the AoA to 24 degrees ... From open literature, I can tell you that it is not the aerodynamics of the wing ... that is all.
Whether we can discuss it on an open forum, I have said nothing which is not already known.
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^should be well covered by stator vanes angles (digital controls) right? doesn't the GE404 one have it? and ours is fully FADEC-ed. Or is that still outside of the game plan here?
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I meant exactly as I said ... I just do not know ... I do not know anybody who is privy to such information.nachiket wrote:What about the air intakes? They have to worry about compressor stall as well at high AoA.indranilroy wrote:"I can't comment" means "I don't know enough to comment"
I don't know why ADA has limited the AoA to 24 degrees ... From open literature, I can tell you that it is not the aerodynamics of the wing ... that is all.
Whether we can discuss it on an open forum, I have said nothing which is not already known.
I was just answering from the aerodynamics point of view. What we know openly, I have not seen a graph where there is any deviation from linearity of CL max till 30 degrees. However the same cannot be said about roll and yaw. According to the paper, they see a fall in the moments at about 25 degree. The author says that the rudder can be used to artificially provide stability upto 30 degrees. However, to be on the safer side they are going to restrict AoA to 26 degrees.
I don't know anything about the intakes. I have not seen any information in open literature.
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No 'ji' please .venug wrote:Indranilroy ji, Thanks for the paper. Do you know if design optimization in terms of code is also done in tandem with CFD codes for LCA or any other aircraft right now?
I am sorry I did not get what you are asking. Are you asking of optimizations in CFD codes? Or design optimizations found using CFD analysis incorporated into the prototypes?
For the first question, I don't know, but I would guess so ... I know NAL does some work related to this ... Otherwise, I work in HPC and will be available for hiring in 2-3 years
If you are speaking about the second question, the answer is definitely an yes. You can see some of the optimizations in LSP 7.
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That is because of TV. http://www.sfte-ec.se/data/Abstract/A2000-II-02.pdfSaiK wrote:the raptor I read can do high alpha - about 60*. I have no idea how that transforms to a risk factor for landing at that angle. there must be extreme thrust to handle, high drag-no stall and plus fantastic sensors to collobroate with alphas to automatically reduce speed and angle, within safety limits.- the wheels must touch right?
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indranilroy wrote: http://www.scribd.com/doc/78345390/Appr ... -LCA-Tejas
Oh my. What a fabulous article. An arcane and detailed subject written with great clarity. +10
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Ive always wondered if HAL have built in house CFD programs for LCA or they used a software from third parties.....
Hoping for the former, i bet we are not short of programmers cum aerospace engineers in this country...
Hoping for the former, i bet we are not short of programmers cum aerospace engineers in this country...
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HAL is the production agency and ADA is doing all the R&D related with LCA. AFAIK ADA uses commercially available CFD packages and they also have the capability of CFD programming so no worries here.Vashishtha wrote:Ive always wondered if HAL have built in house CFD programs for LCA or they used a software from third parties.....
Hoping for the former, i bet we are not short of programmers cum aerospace engineers in this country...
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^^Thanks
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Here is a video of scale model of F104 tested in a wind tunnel with spin recovery chutesshiv wrote:indranilroy wrote: http://www.scribd.com/doc/78345390/Appr ... -LCA-Tejas
Oh my. What a fabulous article. An arcane and detailed subject written with great clarity. +10
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Indranilroy , thanks, I meant the second one, it would be great to know how they carried out the optimizations. HPC! wow, nice to know. I work in CFD looking into CUDA now.
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now, raptor is successful with pitch-axis vectoring alone.. that increases the stealth characteristics as well when compared to pak-faish rears that does 360* tv. perhaps roll and yaw need not required high vectoring and it fits well to augment thrust on pitch alone.
now, if the thermal signature does only reduce by 30%, then I would choose 360% tv, and use a retractable probe based infra jammer and dispense flares when approached from rear. why waste money, when this is more elegant and efficient way to destroy the chaser say at 50ft away from rear., and focus on the kill mission.
now, if the thermal signature does only reduce by 30%, then I would choose 360% tv, and use a retractable probe based infra jammer and dispense flares when approached from rear. why waste money, when this is more elegant and efficient way to destroy the chaser say at 50ft away from rear., and focus on the kill mission.
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How can I see that article? Every one of my browsers is horribly mangling that page (Firefox, Chrome, IE)?shiv wrote:indranilroy wrote: http://www.scribd.com/doc/78345390/Appr ... -LCA-Tejas
Oh my. What a fabulous article. An arcane and detailed subject written with great clarity. +10
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There is an article here
http://defensetech.org/2010/12/31/j-20- ... ent-267669
Can we analyze how relevant is LCA is with these points.
http://defensetech.org/2010/12/31/j-20- ... ent-267669
Can we analyze how relevant is LCA is with these points.