Saar, That seem to me as a grated (i.e. multicolour) reflection off the display surface. The clean outline of colourful circle that is absent everywhere else, is my clue.Dileep wrote:Doesn't the central MFD show a radar scan raster?kedar.karmarkar in Aero India Thread wrote:Inside scoop on the Tejas - well not quite the way everyone thought -
http://kedar.smugmug.com/photos/498514415_DfZ2Y-L.jpg
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terrain map?
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Looks like my desktop... with all the icons.SaiK wrote:terrain map?
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Reflection of the ASTE patch on the MFD.Just my thought.
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Now that you mentioned it, that might actually be the answer!!!
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All this while I was looking at the bottom centre MFD wondering what you lot could see! The one you're talking about is used for weapons/stores management if I am not mistaken.
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yes my bad. i mean't 2008. i saw the pics of LSP 3 and LSP4(under construction) in Livefist forum. But that was 6 months back. I am really surprised that there is no news.Katare wrote:You mean end of 2008 right?
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Patience is a Virtuesohamn wrote:yes my bad. i mean't 2008. i saw the pics of LSP 3 and LSP4(under construction) in Livefist forum. But that was 6 months back. I am really surprised that there is no news.Katare wrote:You mean end of 2008 right?
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one immediate point, they need a wider HUD for the future, preferably a bracketless one.
point two : for psy-ops you need to take the pic of a cockpit that has all its gizmos on !
point two : for psy-ops you need to take the pic of a cockpit that has all its gizmos on !
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Can somebody tell me (or give me a link for) more details of Navy LCA? What will be the difference to IAF LCA, what empty weight and MTOW will it have?
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What is that calculator look alike just below the HUD in LCA cockpit? Why is it not present in any other aircraft?
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neeraj - The F-22 has it, so does the MiG-35. I suspect it is the weapons control unit.
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neerajb wrote:What is that calculator look alike just below the HUD in LCA cockpit? Why is it not present in any other aircraft?
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You are referring to the up front programmable controls (UFPC) for the HUD. These allow quick acquisition and manipulation of data in the HUD field of view. All modern HUDs have them.
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Long time lurker, first post
Found this pic of five LCA's flying together
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq10 ... 1360-1.jpg
Also, I hope that this post might just help awaken this thread as it has been dormant for a week now
Found this pic of five LCA's flying together
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq10 ... 1360-1.jpg
Also, I hope that this post might just help awaken this thread as it has been dormant for a week now
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mailaliasgar, welcome to the forum.
I have changed your username to 'aliasgar'
I have changed your username to 'aliasgar'
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the control stick in front of the display panel is very close..is it in the pilot's obstruction of the panel? it appears to be very close in the picture.
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LCA-Tejas has completed 1091 Test Flights successfully. (17-Apr-09).
LCA has completed 1091 Test Flights successfully
(TD1-233, TD2-304,PV1-189,PV2-120,PV3-144,LSP1-46,LSP2-55).
189th flight of Tejas PV1 occurred on 16th Apr 09.
120th flight of Tejas PV2 occurred on 16th Apr 09.
LCA has completed 1091 Test Flights successfully
(TD1-233, TD2-304,PV1-189,PV2-120,PV3-144,LSP1-46,LSP2-55).
189th flight of Tejas PV1 occurred on 16th Apr 09.
120th flight of Tejas PV2 occurred on 16th Apr 09.
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Thanks. I googled using UFPC as keyword and here is what I struck.tejas wrote:neerajb wrote:What is that calculator look alike just below the HUD in LCA cockpit? Why is it not present in any other aircraft?
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You are referring to the up front programmable controls (UFPC) for the HUD. These allow quick acquisition and manipulation of data in the HUD field of view. All modern HUDs have them.
http://www.drdo.com/pub/techfocus/oct04/avionics.html
Based on the googling, I infer that it is an input device to enter navigational/mission data into the mission computer in addition to providing inputs to HUD. Correct me If I am wrong here.
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Superb 3d art of Tejas by Michelle Bivotti.
http://www.michellebivotti.com/images/g ... 2_full.jpg
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Awesome art. Goes straight to my Tejas collection
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Here is the artist P Romsy giving a tutorial on how this was done
http://evermotion.org/index.php?unfold_ ... =exclusive
And the artist's website
http://www.romsy.cz/
http://evermotion.org/index.php?unfold_ ... =exclusive
And the artist's website
http://www.romsy.cz/
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She's gonna do an MCA too !
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its an excellent colour scheme as well. as it is, the LCA is tiny, in a very light gray/blue scheme, it'll be very difficult to spot, even at close range..now all they need to do is paint a canopy on the underside and it'll be near perfect.
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The LCA is almost visually in-visible, take a look at this video, it nearly disappears when it pulls up into the vertical and that too in a clear sky, just ****** awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbXooobp7I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbXooobp7I
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Hello, Here is Pavel Romsy from Michelle Bivotti 3D visualization studio - http://www.michellebivotti.com
I found this forum randomly when I was been searching about My tutorial backlinks:) I´m very glad that you like the images. We have printed this image on A2 poster format in our studio so I can provide higher resolution image for fans:)
Unfortunately the magazine article doesn´t have any english translation.
Have a nice day:)
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Fantastic pictures, Pavel. Where can we get the higher resolution pics?
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would not be real.p_saggu wrote:She's gonna do an MCA too !
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Hello Pavel,
Do you have plans to market the high res poster? I would buy one of each poster if it is priced competively (5$ per poster )
Do you have plans to market the high res poster? I would buy one of each poster if it is priced competively (5$ per poster )
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I apologize if this has been posted before. Could someone shed some information on the wing design for the Tejas? I've read about the shape itself, being like the Viggen's minus the canards, of course. I am curious about what appears to be a canted wing - leading wing root is high, then slopes rearward, to end lower than the middle of the fuselage near the exhaust. This is quite different from say the Mirage 2K, for example. It wasn't apparent to me before these awesome renderings.
Does that basically help in the angle of attack or cruise?
In fact, I cannot really find any other fighter where the wing is canted downwards like this (not Mirage 3/5, not F16, not rafale/ef2000, no MiGs). The closest I can tell with layman's eyes is the F-16XL.
Does that basically help in the angle of attack or cruise?
In fact, I cannot really find any other fighter where the wing is canted downwards like this (not Mirage 3/5, not F16, not rafale/ef2000, no MiGs). The closest I can tell with layman's eyes is the F-16XL.
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Have you seen a F-4 Phantom or even the Sea harrier..Devesh Rawal wrote:I am curious about what appears to be a canted wing - leading wing root is high, then slopes rearward, to end lower than the middle of the fuselage near the exhaust. This is quite different from say the Mirage 2K, for example. It wasn't apparent to me before these awesome renderings.
In fact, I cannot really find any other fighter where the wing is canted downwards like this (not Mirage 3/5, not F16, not rafale/ef2000, no MiGs). The closest I can tell with layman's eyes is the F-16XL.
The biggest canted wings were in a WWII corsair.. nothing new...
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you are talking about the wing-root twist I believe. have a look at the articles in the first post in the thread, you may like them !Devesh Rawal wrote:I apologize if this has been posted before. Could someone shed some information on the wing design for the Tejas? I've read about the shape itself, being like the Viggen's minus the canards, of course. I am curious about what appears to be a canted wing - leading wing root is high, then slopes rearward, to end lower than the middle of the fuselage near the exhaust. ..............
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Rahul - Thank you. Some of the links are dead. However the wikipedia article confirmed my curiosity. High AoA seems to be the answer. Pretty clever design, it suggests.
Sam - I think my use of 'canted' threw you off. Its not like the F4, Harrier or Corsair.
Sam - I think my use of 'canted' threw you off. Its not like the F4, Harrier or Corsair.
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By 'canted' he meant Anhedral. But I think, Devesh is talking about Angle of incidence of the wing and not the wing-root twist. For level flight, it would be desirable to have the fuselage levelled too and hence a small positive incidence angle. In commercial airliners the incidence angle is very prominent but, I guess, at supersonic speeds the particle character of air is more appropriate then fluid and hence Bernoullie's theorem gives way to lift generation by compression and that is the reason many supersonic jets have almost 0 angle of incidence.
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Folks no new updates on the LCA so far please wake up early tomorrow and find out info from your doodhwalas.
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Give me please a few days, I´ll send download link.Dilbu wrote:Fantastic pictures, Pavel. Where can we get the higher resolution pics?
I´ll provide the poster for free. No need to pay for it But if you want to help me, spread link to michellebivotti.com please:)HariC wrote:Hello Pavel,
Do you have plans to market the high res poster? I would buy one of each poster if it is priced competively (5$ per poster )
here is photo from poster which I´ll will share, hope that you will like it and send me an e-mail when you have it printed and on the wall =)
poster preview: http://www.michellebivotti.com/images/temp/poster.jpg
I´ll get back in few days with the download link.
Pavel
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4 more to go for 1100 flights
LCA-Tejas completed the 1096 Test Flights. (28-Apr-09)
LCA-Tejas completed the 1096 Test Flights. (28-Apr-09)